Third Grade Spelling Lists

 

Lesson 1        Short a and short e

Officer Buckle and Gloria

 

1.   sat       

2.   felt       

3.   last       

4.   send       

5.   next       

6.   best

7.   went

8.   hand

9.   stand

10.   past

11.   grand

12.   stamp

13.   belt      

14.   lend

15.   checked      

 

Bonus:  because

 

Lesson 2          Short i, o, and u

Pepita Talks Twice

 

1.   slip

2.   fish

3.   pick

4.   rocks

5.   lunch

6.   gift

7.   thing

8.    inch

9.    truck

10.   pond

11.   from

12.   jump

13.   socks

14.   dish

15.   thump

 

Bonus: organization

 

Lesson 3        Long a and long e

Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective

 

1.   easy

2.   grade

3.   meet

4.   late

5.   seat

6.   saved

7.   pail

8.   these

9.   reach

10.   name

11.   raise

12.   leave

13.   gain

14.   theme

15.   scream

 

Bonus:  condensation

 

 Lesson 4     Long i and long o

      Allie’s Basketball Dream

 

1.   tight

2.   while

3.   show

4.   stone

5.   bright

6.   whole

7.   window

8.   time

9.   follow

10.   close

11.   flight

12.   tide

13.   grow

14.   broke

15.   below

 

Bonus: evaporation 

 

Lesson 5     Words with st and str

The Olympic Games: Where Heroes are Made

 

1.   least

2.   fast

3.   just

4.   burst

5.   strip

6.   stick

7.   strike

8.   artist

9.   almost

10.   student

11.   strong

12.   start

13.   blast

14.   step

15.   street

 

Bonus:  spectator

       

Lesson 6      With  kn, wr, gh, and ph

Turtle Bay

 

1.   known

2.   written

3.   laugh

4.   sphere

5.   wreck

6.   writer

7.   wrong

8.   wrap

9.   wrench

10.   knocked

11.   knot

12.   wring

13.   enough

14.   rough

15.   wrinkle

 

Bonus: familiar

   

Lesson 7      With sh, ch, and tch

Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome

 

1.   shot

2.   chance

3.   match

4.   watch

5.   showed

6.   shock

7.   pushed

8.   such

9.   crash

10.   chew

11.   batch

12.   hitched

13.   sharp

14.   mush

15.   speech

 

Bonus:  doesn't

 

Lesson 8      Words with /s/ and /j/

Wild Shots, They’re My Life

 

1.   space

2.   stage

3.   huge

4.   fence

5.   price

6.   police

7.   office

8.   engine

9.   badge

10.   pencil

11.   excite

12.   force

13.   range

14.   ginger

15.   giraffe

 

Bonus: people

 

Lesson 9      Words with /oi/

        Little Grunt and the Big Egg

 

1.   joyful

2.   choice

3.   voice

4.   joint

5.   moist

6.   spoil

7.   royal

8.   annoy

9.   noise

10.   employ

11.   soil

12.   loyal

13.   boiled

14.   destroy

15.   pointy

 

Bonus:  recipe

 

Lesson 10      Words with /ou/

     Rosie, A Visiting Dog’s Story

 

1.   crown

2.   proud

3.   however

4.   count

5.   crowded

6.   around

7.   south

8.   loud

9.   house

10.   shouted

11.   howl

12.   growl

13.   bounce

14.   fountain

15.   sound

 

Bonus:  quotient

 

Lesson 11      Possessives and Plurals

The Stories Julian Tells

 

1.               brother’s

2.               brothers

3.               uncle’s

4.               uncles

5.               sister’s

6.               sisters

7.               sisters’

8.               man’s

9.               men’s

10.         child’s

11.         girls

12.         girl’s

13.         girls’

14.         mine

15.         yours  

 

Bonus:  mystery

 

Lesson 12     Words With /o/

 The Talent Show

 

1.   song

2.   law

3.   because

4.   soft

5.   dawn

6.   crawl

7.   lost

8.   taught

9.   long

10.   pause

11.   frost

12.   lawn

13.   hawk

14.   laundry

15.   author

 

Bonus: museum

 

Lesson 13      With /oo/ boot and /oo/ book

     Centerfield Ballhawk

 

1.   boots

2.   grouped

3.   shook

4.   school

5.   looked

6.   hood

7.   choose

8.   brook

9.   zoomed

10.         balloon

11.         loose

12.         soot

13.         understood

14.         cartoon

15.         afternoon

 

Bonus:  parallel

 

Lesson 14      Words with /ar/

Ramona Forever

 

1.   started

2.   card

3.   park

4.   smart

5.   star

6.   shark

7.   mark

8.   barber

9.   party

10.   pardon

11.   bark

12.   tart

13.   carpet

14.   farther

15.   barn

 

Bonus: specific 

 

Lesson 15      Words with /ar/ like air

      Sayings We Share: Proverbs And Fables

 

1.   bear

2.   tear

3.   haircut

4.   stairs

5.   wear

6.   airplane

7.   compare

8.   repair

9.   pear

10.   prepare

11.   stare

12.   glare

13.   sharing

14.   fairy

15.   aware

 

Bonus: calendar

 

Lesson 16      With /or/ like more

     Papa Tells Chita a Story

 

1.   forks

2.   worn

3.   form

4.   fourth

5.   war

6.   storm

7.   horse

8.   warn

9.   morning

10.   forest

11.   court

12.   porch

13.   poured

14.   port

15.   important

 

 

Bonus:  icicles

        

Lesson 17      Homophones

     Coyote Places the Stars

 

1.   hear

2.   one

3.   won

4.   way

5.   heard

6.   flower

7.   our

8.   flour

9.   weigh

10.   here

11.   beat

12.   herd

13.   beet

14.   hair

15.   hare

 

Bonus: exaggerates

        

Lesson 18    Words with /ur/ like purse

    Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears

 

1.         curl

2.         birth

3.         burned

4.         perfect

5.         thirty

6.         church

7.         firm

8.         skirt

9.         clerk

10.   jerked

11.   dirt

12.   shirt

13.   person

14.   purse

15.   term

 

Bonus:  appreciate

 

Lesson 19      Double Consonants

     Lon Po Po

 

1.   pulled

2.   begged

3.   hugged

4.   silly

5.   correct

6.   latter

7.   matter

8.   supper

9.   common

10.   lesson

11.   collect

12.   setting

13.   bottles

14.   different

15.   jelly

 

Bonus: delicious

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Lesson 20      With er and est

     The Crowded House

 

1.   faster

2.   wisest

3.   bigger

4.   slowest

5.   cooler

6.   hottest

7.   soonest

8.   shorter

9.   kindest

10.   louder

11.   slimmer

12.   wildest

13.   tamer

14.   whitest

15.   strangest

  

Bonus:  business

 

Lesson 21      Compound Words

     Leah’s Pony

 

1.         sometimes

2.         pickup

3.         dishwater

4.         notebook

5.         upstairs

6.         football

7.         sunshine

8.         outdoors

9.         hallway

10.   timeout

11.   doorway

12.   sunset

13.   bookcase

14.   everyone

15.   everything

 

Bonus: neighborhood

 

Lesson 22      VCCV Words

     Yippee Yay

 

1.   cowboy

2.   horses

3.   corral

4.   winter

5.   always

6.   cactus

7.   garden

8.   tender

9.   fifteen

10.   basket

11.   welcome

12.   lasso

13.   market

14.   until

15.   Monday

 

Bonus: coincidence

 

 

Lesson 23      VCV Words

    Boom Town

 

1.   belong

2.   hotel

3.   focus

4.   miner

5.   pupil

6.   begin

7.   music

8.   future

9.   behind

10.   tiger

11.   become

12.   motel

13.   baker

14.   cabin

15.   ocean

 

Bonus: tongue

 

Lesson 24     Ending with ed and ing

     Cocoa Ice

 

1.   blooming

2.   settled

3.   stamping

4.   leaving

5.   liked

6.   taking

7.   getting

8.   filled

9.   swimming

10.   rolled

11.   hoping

12.   used

13.   hurrying

14.   buying

15.   worried

 

      Bonus:  persuasive

 

Lesson 25     Ending with tion and sion

     If You Made a Million

 

1.         combination

2.         action

3.         vision

4.         motion

5.         section

6.         nation

7.         permission

8.         confusion

9.         question

10.   attention

11.   vacation

12.   production

13.   quotation

14.   tension

15.   sensation

 

Bonus:  nuisance

 

Lesson 26     Suffixes –er, -ful, - ly, -able

  I’m in Charge of Celebrations

 

1.         farmer

2.         useful

3.         softly

4.         suitable

5.         lonely

6.         quietly

7.         teacher

8.         thankful

9.         exactly

10.   readable

11.   nicer

12.   safer

13.   harmful

14.   playful

15.   suddenly

 

Bonus:  friendship

 

 

Lesson 27     Changing y to i

    Alejandro’s Gift

 

1.         pennies

2.         buried

3.         replies

4.         candies

5.         emptied

6.         stories

7.         married

8.         copies

9.         parties

10.   studied

11.   mysteries

12.   discoveries

13.   worries

14.   families

15.   ponies

 

       Bonus:  diamond

 

Lesson 28     Contractions

    Rocking and Rolling

 

1.   it’s

2.   isn’t

3.   you’ve

4.   we’d

5.   didn’t

6.   she’s

7.   we’ve

8.   haven’t

9.   he’d

10.   they’d

11.   there’s

12.   don’t

13.   we’ll

14.   won’t

15.   he’s

 

Bonus:  orchestra

 

 

Lesson 29        Words That End Like Ever

    Rocking and Rolling

 

1.   water

2.   over

3.   never

4.   under

5.   river

6.   number

7.   wonder

8.   tower

9.   rather

10.   finger

11.   center

12.   prefer

13.   better

14.   border

15.   fever

 

    bonus: excitement

 

Lesson 30      Words ending with –le or -al

    Visitors from Space

 

1.   simple

2.   total

3.   apple

4.   title

5.   central

6.   purple

7.   signal

8.   normal

9.   middle

10.   able

11.   terrible

12.   people

13.   medal