3rd Grade Spelling

Unit 1
Short a, Short i
1.
land
2.
stick
3.
plan
4.
trip
5.
stand
6.
act
7.
thing
8.
last
9.
lift
10.
band
11.
grand
12.
swim
13.
stamp
14.
list
15.
sand
16.
brick*
17.
dancer*
18.
gadget*
19.
skill*

Unit 2
Short o, Short e
1. crop
2. test
3. clock
4. spent
5. drop
6. left
7. sled
8. plot
9. spend
10. west
11. block
12. tent
13. desk
14. flock
15. nest
16. colony*
17. kept*
18. letters*
19. socket*

Unit 3
Short u
1. lunch
2. until
3. cover
4. buzz
5. become
6. stuff
7. nothing
8. dull
9. month
10. study
11. love
12. uncle
13. cuff
14. none
15. under
16. button*
17. hunter*
18. summit*
19. trust*

Unit 7
Vowel-consonant-e
1.
state
2.
close
3.
slide
4.
face
5.
globe
6.
pave
7.
size
8.
smoke
9.
flame
10.
broke
11.
prize
12.
skate
13.
smile
14.
plane
15.
stone
16.
alive*
17.
scene*
18.
scrape*
19.
tube*

Unit 8
Long a, ai, ay
1.
aid
2.
pay
3.
chain
4.
mail
5.
tray
6.
paint
7.
maybe
8.
plain
9.
lay
10.
main
11.
always
12.
pail
13.
laid
14.
away
15.
paid
16.
holiday*
17.
railway*
18.
remain*
19.
waist*

Unit 9
Long e, ee, ea
1.
sheep
2.
dream
3.
street
4.
east
5.
treat
6.
mean
7.
wheels
8.
peace
9.
real
10.
cheese
11.
leave
12.
stream
13.
sweet
14.
teacher
15.
heat
16.
beetle*
17.
degree*
18.
reason*
19.
steam*

Unit 4
ou, oi
1. proud
2. boil
3. loud
4. house
5. join
6. cloud
7. sound
8. voice
9. oil
10. round
11. point
12. south
13. found
14. soil
15. ground
16. aloud*
17. choice*
18. mouth*
19. noise*

Unit 10
Long i sound & igh
1.
night
2.
bright
3.
find
4.
light
5.
wild
6.
high
7.
blind
8.
fight
9.
sight
10.
kind
11.
sign
12.
knight
13.
mild
14.
right
15.
sigh
16.
libraries*
17.
might*
18.
slight*
19.
title*

Unit 5
ew, oo
1.
crew
2. loose
3. news
4. school
5. drew
6. knew
7. smooth
8. pool
9. shoot
10. threw
11. roof
12. fool
13. chew
14. balloon
15. choose
16. dew*
17. loop*
18. review*
19. toot*

Unit 11
Long o, ow, oa, o
1.
snow
2.
load
3.
almost
4.
row
5.
soak
6.
window
7.
foam
8.
most
9.
flow
10.
goat
11.
throw
12.
float
13.
blow
14.
below
15.
soap
16.
coast*
17.
fold*
18.
pillow*
19.
solo*

* Words are for extra credit. One will be given on the pretest and test, it may take the place of any misspelled word.

Unit 6
Review
Words will be
chosen from the
last five units, all
week will be spent
in review

Unit 12
Review
Words will be
chosen from the
last five units, all
week will be spent
in review

3rd Grade Spelling

Unit 13
sh, ch, tch, th, wr, ck
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

shape
church
watch
father
wrap
check
finish
sharp
mother
write
catch
chase
shall
thick
wrote
chuckle*
scratches*
shower*
wrinkle*

Unit 19
Vowel sound
short o
1.
draw
2. cost
3. dawn
4. across
5. belong
6. cross
7. soft
8. crawl
9. song
10. boss
11. straw
12. lawn
13. raw
14. lost
15. law
16. because*
17. bought*
18. caught*
19. haul*

Unit 14
Consonant sounds
/j/, /s/
1.
change
2. fence
3. space
4. age
5. center
6. large
7. since
8. price
9. page
10. ice
11. dance
12. pencil
13. slice
14. place
15. city
16. bridge*
17. cellar*
18. plunge*
19. nudge*

Unit 15
Digraphs, clusters
shook
flash
speech
think
strong
cloth
brook
stitch
string
scratch
fresh
spring
switch
stretch
splash
flight*
station*
strange*
thunder*

Unit 16
Schwa sound,
uh or er
1.
afraid
2. around
3. upon
4. never
5. open
6. animal
7. ever
8. about
9. again
10. another
11. couple
12. awake
13. over
14. asleep
15. above
16. agree*
17. alarm*
18. tractor*
19. water*

Unit 20
r-controlled vowel,
/or/ sound
1.
story
2. wore
3. north
4. board
5. form
6. corner
7. warm
8. score
9. morning
10. forget
11. before
12. storm
13. tore
14. order
15. war
16. forest*
17. forty*
18. report*
19. sport*

Unit 21
r-controlled vowel,
/ur/ sound
1.
word
2. fur
3. early
4. circus
5. turn
6. skirt
7. earth
8. work
9. curl
10. learn
11. hurt
12. dirt
13. earn
14. shirt
15. heard
16. firm*
17. return*
18. thirst*
19. turkey*

Unit 22
r-controlled vowel,
/ar/ sound
1.
bear
2. air
3. fare
4. pear
5. care
6. their
7. hair
8. bare
9. fair
10. there
11. pair
12. wear
13. chair
14. where
15. hare
16. beware*
17. compare*
18. rare*
19. stare*

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Unit 17
Words writers use
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

friend
very
people
your
after
busy
other
were
should
once
would
sure
little
every
could
between*
either*
however*
though*

Unit 23 Homophones

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

way
its
owe
sell
great
sail
cell
scent
oh
cent
its
grate
weigh
sale
sent
past*
passed*
roll*
role*

* Words are for extra credit. One will be given on the pretest and test, it may take the place of any misspelled word.

Unit 18
Review
Words will be
chosen from the
last five units, all
week will be
spent in review

Unit 24
Review
Words will be
chosen from the
last five units, all
week will be
spent in review

3rd Grade Spelling

Unit 25
Double consonants
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Unit 31
Plurals s
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

supper
happen
pepper
kitten
sudden
letter
dinner
cotton
lesson
mitten
bottom
summer
better
ladder
ribbon
bubble*
collar*
rattle*
zipper*

& es
flags
inches
dresses
pies
bushes
classes
apples
colors
drums
branches
things
buses
benches
tracks
brushes
friends*
patches*
sandwiches*
slippers*

Unit 26
Double consonants
+y
1.
carry
2. bunny
3. happy
4. muddy
5. berry
6. furry
7. puppy
8. sorry
9. merry
10. jelly
11. hurry
12. pretty
13. cherry
14. worry
15. funny
16. ferry*
17. silly*
18. unhappy*
19. witty*

Unit 32
Irregular plurals
1.
goose
2. woman
3. calf
4. fish
5. mouse
6. leaf
7. children
8. geese
9. calves
10. leaves
11. half
12. child
13. women
14. mice
15. halves
16. reindeer*
17. air mail*
18. lava*
19. spinach*

Unit 27
Adding -ing
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

coming
skating
taking
giving
choosing
smiling
baking
sliding
changing
waving
leaving
making
hoping
trading
having
greeting*
handwriting*
18. painting*
19. weaving*

Unit 33
Suffixes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Unit 28
Adding -ed & -ing
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

stopped
digging
rubbed
sitting
planned
wrapping
sledding
dropped
scrubbing
hopped
putting
tripped
swimming
spotted
running
grabbed*
jogging*
knitting*
strolled*

Unit 29
Contractions &
original words
1.
hes
2. whats
3. dont
4. Im
5. thats
6. doesnt
7. theres
8. shes
9. isnt
10. Ill
11. wont
12. heres
13. didnt
14. whos
15. cant
16. hasnt
17. Id
18. lets
19. youre

er, -est
larger
sadder
widest
sharper
closest
hotter
saddest
redder
reddest
wider
later
largest
closer
hottest
latest
safer*
safest*
thinner*
thinnest*

* Words are for extra credit. One will be given on the pretest and test, it may take the place of any misspelled word.

Unit 30
Review
Words will be
chosen from the
last five units, all
week will be
spent in review