Title card for Spelling Pattern Worksheets Grades 2 and 3, organized by rule, with three sample pages: Silent k, Just add -ing: sort and Plurals: y to ies, which is right?
  • Title card for Spelling Pattern Worksheets Grades 2 and 3, organized by rule, with three sample pages: Silent k, Just add -ing: sort and Plurals: y to ies, which is right?
  • Four small pages for the rule Double, then -ing, labelled The rule, Sort, Write the word and Which is right?, with a note that the fifth is a test.
  • Three panels titled Silent letters, Endings and Plurals, each listing its rules, under the heading 17 rules, not 30 weeks.
  • The Double, then -ing sort page with a word bank and two columns, Double the last letter and Just add -ing, filled in green on the key.
  • The Silent b sort key with a word bank and two columns, b is silent and b makes a sound, with answers in green, beside text on checking against CMUdict.
  • The Mixed sort for plural endings with a word bank and five columns, Add -s, Add -es, Change y to ies, Keep y add -s and Change to -ves, filled in green.
  • Panel listing the files: a US Letter PDF of 163 pages and an A4 PDF of 163 pages, plus a Start Here PDF with print settings.

Spelling Pattern Worksheets

Instead of a week-by-week list, this set is organized by rule, so you can go straight to the one a child is stuck on. There are 17 rules in three groups: Silent letters, Endings and Plurals. A rule takes five pages. A child reads the rule with examples, does a sort, writes the words, circles Which is right?, and takes a test that a grown-up reads from the key. In a sort the child must judge what the rule does with every word, even a word the rule skips, like number among the silent b words. A mixed sort ends each group with new words. Rule pages have nothing to mark, so they have no key. Inside a group the order helps, but the three groups stand alone. A script re-tested every sort using separate rule code, and checked the silent letters against CMUdict.

$3.99 on Etsy

From our listing records. Etsy shows the current price and your local currency at checkout.

Buy on Etsy

Print PDF, US Letter and A4. A script confirmed the page sizes, embedded fonts and margins. A test print on a real printer has not been recorded.

Instant download from Etsy · nothing shipped

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

How it works

  1. Four small pages for the rule Double, then -ing, labelled The rule, Sort, Write the word and Which is right?, with a note that the fifth is a test.
    Five pages per rule Four pages for the rule Double, then -ing: The rule, Sort, Write the word and Which is right? The fifth is a test.
  2. Three panels titled Silent letters, Endings and Plurals, each listing its rules, under the heading 17 rules, not 30 weeks.
    17 rules in 3 groups Three panels: Silent letters, Endings and Plurals, each listing the rules it covers.
  3. The Double, then -ing sort page with a word bank and two columns, Double the last letter and Just add -ing, filled in green on the key.
    Sorts that test the rule The Double, then -ing sort page. Words such as hop and swim go in one column, and jump and read in the other.
  4. The Silent b sort key with a word bank and two columns, b is silent and b makes a sound, with answers in green, beside text on checking against CMUdict.
    Is the letter silent? The Silent b sort key. Words like plumber and climber go in the silent column, and number and member in the sounded column.
  5. The Mixed sort for plural endings with a word bank and five columns, Add -s, Add -es, Change y to ies, Keep y add -s and Change to -ves, filled in green.
    Mixed sorts The mixed sort that ends the plurals group, with five columns for -s, -es, y to ies, keep y and f to ves.

Compatibility and file formats

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.

Instant download from Etsy · nothing shipped.

Video

Questions

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.

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. 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.