Link to Harcourt Activities for third graders
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
Challenge words
else heard attention guest listen
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
Challenge words
frown expression surprised emotion smirk
Lesson 3 Long a and long e
Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective
11. raise
1. easy
2. grade
3. meet
4. late
5. seat
6. saved
7. pail
8. these
9. reach
10. name
12. leave
13. gain
14. theme
15. scream
Challenge words
mystery solve search found investigate
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
Challenge words
basketball coach forward dribble guard
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
Challenge words
events competitions stroke teammate distance
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
Challenge words
tortoise dolphin whale sea horse coral
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
Challenge words
medicine crutch nurse hospital equipment
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
Challenge words
creature strange scaly peculiar unusual
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
Challenge words
rumble weather volcano earthquake hurricane
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
Challenge words
special trust behave companion trained
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
Challenge words
tease friendship polite wiggle nuisance
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
Challenge words
sausage service tablecloth mustard cafeteria
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
Challenge words
season umpire diamond average pitcher
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
Challenge words
announce alarm complain excitement speaker
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
Challenge words
steady balance regular constant slowpoke
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
Challenge words
exciting trail defend marsh drown
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
Challenge words
canyon bright shiny sparkle horizon
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.</