Spelling Pattern Worksheets Grades 2 and 3, Silent Letters, Endings, Plurals, Printable

Spelling for second and third grade, organized by rule and not by week. There are 17 rules in three groups, 88 worksheet pages and 71 answer keys, 163 pages in all.

Silent letters: kn, wr, mb, gn, -stle and -sten, and silent h. Endings: when to double the last letter before -ing, when to just add it, when to drop the e, why w, x and y never double, and the same rules with -ed. Plurals: -s, -es, y to ies, keeping the y, f to ves, and words that change or stay the same.

Each rule has five pages: the rule with examples, a sort, a page to write the words, Which is right?, and a test. The sorts test the rule itself. A child has to decide what the rule does to each word, including words where it does not apply, such as number in the silent b sort.

A mixed sort ends each group. A script tested every sort and every new word with its own version of the rule, and silent letters against CMUdict.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Spelling-Patterns-Grades-2-3-Letter.pdf, 163 pages
- Spelling-Patterns-Grades-2-3-A4.pdf, 163 pages
- Start-Here-Spelling-Patterns.pdf, which file to use, print settings

Digital download. Nothing is shipped.

COMPATIBILITY
Print PDF. Page sizes in the files: US Letter 612 x 792 pt and A4 595 x 842 pt. A script confirmed the sizes, that the fonts are embedded and that no ink falls within 0.25 inch of the page edge. Test printing on a real printer has not been recorded for this file.

QUESTIONS AND HOW-TO
Why by rule and not by week?
You can go straight to the rule a child is stuck on, and the contents page links to each one.

Do you need to do them in order?
Inside a group it helps, because each rule builds on the last. The three groups stand alone.

How does the test work?
A grown-up opens the answer key for that test and reads the words. The child writes them.

Where are the answers?
After the worksheets, in the same order. Rule pages have nothing to mark, so they have no key.

Can I use it with a class?
The license is for personal use, so one family or one child.

Print settings for this PDF
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A4 or US Letter
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A4 is 210 x 297 mm (8.3 x 11.7 inches). It is the usual paper in most other countries.
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HOW AI WAS USED
AI helped write the rules, the word lists, the listing text, the how-to text and the code that builds this file. Scripts tested: each word in each sort column and each new word against separate rule code, silent letters against CMUdict, that the wrong spellings on pick pages are not common words, and that a key equals its page plus green. No person is claimed to have checked it unless stated here.

PLEASE NOTE
Printer and paper are not included. These are practice pages, not lesson plans and not a reading test. They make no promise about results. Digital files cannot be returned once downloaded; if a file does not open or a link is broken, send a message through Etsy. License: for your personal use only. No resale or sharing of this file.