3rd Grade Spelling Words - Sight Words, Reading, Writing, Spelling & Worksheets

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Our school implemented a new 3rd grade spelling program. Each child will select fifteen spelling words from the following three categories.

Third Grade Spelling Words

Each child will have different personal and spelling pattern/chunk words. This spelling program selects words that are meaningful to our children; the intent is to create a desire to learn how to spell them correctly.

Lesson 1: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern Long E WordsClassroom Words
believebehindcompose
buildprettieranswer
caughtdecidedjustice
countryfriendlycommon
differentincreasedecompose

Lesson 2: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern EA Spelling WordsClassroom Words
communityreadygovernment
confusionheardservice
decidedwearmotion
discoverreasonsengaged
especiallycreativityequality

Lesson 3: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern -_R WordsClassroom Words
government *diaper (er)gravity
especially*earlier (er)together
hopelessthirty (ir)provide
problemsecure (ur)equal
lovablecomfort (or)feature

* spelled these words incorrectly on the last spelling test

Lesson 4: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern -Plurals WordsClassroom Words
excitingcountriesinformed
unhappinesslibrariesresponsible
whetherelectionscollaborate
prettiestbutterflieselection
independentmachinesconsiderate

Lesson 5: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern ED Suffix WordsClassroom Words
behaviorcollapsedgeography
explorescrambledmultiply
United (United States)stumbledengineering
attentionexpandedgeographic
moleculeterrifiedregions

Lesson 6: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern Compound WordsClassroom Words
diamondsscatterbraintechnologies
skinnybuttermilkdesign
frightenafterthoughtsources
climbedheadachepresent
whichmotorcyclemetacognition *

* Metaconition – n. thinking about one’s own mental process.

Lesson 7: Spelling Words

They did not have any classroom words this week.

Personal WordsPattern Long I
incrediblecompromise
boughsidentify
educationmicrophone
physicalassignments
magentarevised

Lesson 8: Spelling Words

They did not have any classroom words this week.

Personal WordsPattern -ING Words
physicalstruggling
educationforgiving
discussioncompromising
analyzeannouncing
formulatecomplimenting

Lesson 9: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern -LY & -Y Suffix WordsClassroom Words
responsibilitiessuspiciouslyenvironment
especiallymeaningfullycharacteristics
bacteriaseriouslydenominator
inventeddecidedlyperspective
beautifulnormallytemperature

Lesson 10: Spelling Words – Homophones

This spelling lesson focused on homophones. Each student must choose 5 sets of homophones for a total of 10 spelling words. She/he should select words that they commonly misuse, e.g., its and it’s or there, they’ve or their.

Lesson 11: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern Hard & Soft C WordsClassroom Words
responsibilitiescircumstancesquadrilateral
organizationcinnamonopportunity
contractionconsiderateconclusion
adjectivescertificatesequence
experienceCaliforniaelaboration

Lesson 12: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern Hard & Soft G WordsClassroom Words
chaoticgeographicdefinitions
strategiesdangerousliters
ostrichgorgeousresources
onomatopoeiabiographykilograms
multiplicationgenerousreproduce

Lesson 13: Spelling Words

Personal WordsPattern /aw/ & /au/ WordsClassroom Words
strategiesawesomenessdecision
multiplicationauctiondisagree
resourcesawkwardinterval
relevantauditoriumelaboration
malfunctionauthorityquantity

Our 3rd grade spelling program occurs over a two week period. During the early part of the 1st week, children will compile their spelling list. Each child needs to submit 5 spelling pattern or chunk words (Monday night homework). During school, they will compile of long list of words. Each student will select 5 spelling pattern or chunk words. The content words will be the same for all students but the personal words will be unique to each student based on their writing assignments. On Wednesday, spelling lists are finalized and spelling homework begins.

During the 2nd week of spelling, students continue to practice spelling words for homework. On Thursday, students practice spelling words in class and each student takes a spelling “check-up” on Friday.

The teachers will NOT conduct a formal spelling test but rather instruct the children to find their spelling buddy. Two students will administer a spelling test to each other. If a child misspells a word, she can take the test again. After the second attempt, if there are any misspelled words, these words will be carried over to next week’s spelling words. The goal of this spelling program is to give children learning experiences and strategies that will assist them in remembering how words are spelled.

3rd Grade Spelling Worksheets

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