SPELLING GRADE 3

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Words with dr, sc, ft, nk

1. dry
2. dream
3. drink
4. score
5. soft
6. left
7. think
8. dragon
9. drum
10. scared
11. scarf
12. gift
13. thank
14. bank

Challenge
drawer
scanner
aircraft
prank


Words with ch, sh, th, ng

1. rich
2. finish
3. they
4. mother
5. something
6. long
7. morning
8. chain
9. touch
10. shadow
11. smash
12. thick
13. tooth
14. ring

Challenge
cheese
sandwich
dishwasher
belongings



Consonant Sounds /j/ and /s/

1. large
2. page
3. jam
4. center
5. pencil
6. sometimes
7. silly
8. orange
9. jeans
10. joke
11. jelly
12. circle
13. cents
14. circus

Challenge
bandage
vegetables
journey
concert



Adding -s and -es

1. friends
2. inches
3. brushes
4. fixes
5. flies
6. tries
7. pennies
8. crackers
9. marches
10. stitches
11. rushes
12. mixes
13. ladies
14. parties

Challenge
wasps
mailboxes
companies
batteries



Adding -ed and -ing

1. started
2. starting
3. smiled
4. smiling
5. cried
6. crying
7. planned
8. planning
9. hoped
10. hoping
11. fried
12. frying
13. hopped
14. hopping

Challenge
amazed
amazing
dragged
dragging


Review

1. bank
2. dragon
3. dream
4. drink
5. gift
6. left
7. scared
8. scarf
9. thank
10. long
11. morning
12. mother
13. rich
14. ring
15. shadow
16. smash
17. something
18. tooth
19. center
20. cents
21. circus
22. jam
23. jelly
24. large
25. orange
26. silly
27. crackers
28. fixes
29. flies
30. friends
31. inches
32. ladies
33. pennies
34. crying
25. smiling


Short e

1. smell
2. then
3. together
4. getting
5. head
6. ready
7. instead
8. fresh
9. spelling
10. else
11. breakfast
12. dead
13. feather
14. bread

Challenge
arrest
pretend
heavier
jealous



Long e

1. many
2. any
3. seem
4. deep
5. week
6. idea
7. video
8. city
9. lucky
10. busy
11. Halloween
12. asleep
13. secret
14. even

Challenge
trophy
activity
referee
torpedo


Short a and Long a

1. last
2. and
3. math
4. began
5. tail
6. afraid
7. today
8. camping
9. trail
10. aim
11. Maine
12. holiday
13. crayon
14. spray

Challenge
fantastic
mechanic
complain
essay


Short o and Long o

1. body
2. socks
3. gold
4. most
5. ago
6. coat
7. toast
8. monster
9. collar
10. Ohio
11. hello
12. road
13. coach
14. load

Challenge
fossil
volleyball
potato
oatmeal


Short i and Long i

1. still
2. with
3. his
4. bright
5. might
6. my
7. why
8. visit
9. picnic
10. winter
11. tight
12. sight
13. fly
14. sky

Challenge
pumpkin
lightning
nightmare
recycle


Review

1. breakfast
2. fresh
3. getting
4. instead
5. ready
6. smell
7. spelling
8. together
9. asleep
10. city
11. even
12. lucky
13. many
14. secret
15. video
16. week
17. afraid
18. and
19. began
20. camping
21. math
22. today
23. ago
24. coat
25. load
26. road
27. fly
28. his
29. my
30. picnic
31. sky
32. visit
33. why
34. winter
35. with


Using Just Enough Letters

1. found
2. doing
3. until
4. one
5. sure
6. always
7. almost
8. hasn’t
9. couldn’t
10. alone
11. a lot
12. hadn’t
13. angry
14. hungry

Challenge
chimney
computer
hundred
burglar


Words with w and wh

1. was
2. warm
3. want
4. went
5. where
6. what
7. when
8. watched
9. wear
10. would
11. wheel
12. whip
13. whale
14. while

Challenge
warrior
weather
whether
whisper


Consonant Sounds /s/ and /k/

1. once
2. chance
3. face
4. house
5. neck
6. trick
7. jacket
8. since
9. police
10. erase
11. chase
12. bucket
13. ticket
14. locker

Challenge
furnace
violence
purpose
tackle


Words with kn, wr, and st

1. knife
2. know
3. wrong
4. write
5. wrote
6. listen
7. Christmas
8. knee
9. knight
10. knock
11. wrap
12. wrestle
13. castle
14. whistle

Challenge
doorknob
knowledge
wristwatch
hustle


Homophones

1. there
2. their
3. they’re
4. hour
5. our
6. to
7. too
8. two
9. tail
10. tale
11. hole
12. whole
13. weak
14. week

Challenge
boarder
border
soar
sore


Review

1. alone
2. always
3. couldn’t
4. hadn’t
5. hasn’t
6. one
7. until
8. warm
9. watched
10. wear
11. went
12. when
13. while
14. chance
15. chase
16. house
17. jacket
18. locker
19. neck
20. since
21. ticket
22. castle
23. knee
24. listen
25. whistle
26. wrap
27. wrestle
28. write
29. wrote
30. hour
31. our
32. they’re
33. to
34. too
35. week


Words with Double Consonants

1. happen
2. pretty
3. letter
4. little
5. rabbit
6. off
7. hurry
8. million
9. balloon
10. ladder
11. puddle
12. middle
13. hammer
14. lesson

Challenge
intelligent
marshmallow
pepperoni
supposed


Vowel Sounds in book and boy

1. good
2. took
3. cookie
4. put
5. enjoy
6. point
7. voice
8. shook
9. foot
10. pull
11. toys
12. royal
13. noise
14. oil

Challenge
understood
plural
destroy
disappointed


Vowel Sounds in uncle and moon

1. study
2. summer
3. such
4. true
5. due
6. who
7. move
8. truck
9. uncle
10. Sunday
11. glue
12. clue
13. lose
14. movie

Challenge
dumped
clumsy
gruesome
whoever


Vowel Sound in ball

1. walking
2. talk
3. drawing
4. straw
5. claws
6. because
7. fault
8. chalk
9. stalk
10. lawn
11. thaw
12. sauce
13. haunted
14. cause

Challenge
sidewalk
lawyer
laundry
faucet


Getting Letters in Correct Order

1. friend
2. night
3. thought
4. does
5. again
6. said
7. people

8. believe
9. tried
10. died
11. eight
12. tired
13. Friday
14. Saturday

Challenge
pierced
horrible
jewelry
guard


Review

1. hammer
2. happen
3. ladder
4. lesson
5. letter
6. little
7. middle
8. million
9. puddle
10. rabbit
11. good
12. noise
13. oil
14. point
15. pull
16. put
17. royal
18. voice
19. clue
20. glue
21. move
22. movie
23. study
24. summer
25. true
26. chalk
27. lawn
28. walking
29. again
30. believe
31. night
32. people
33. said
34. thought
35. tried


Including All the Letters

1. easy
2. picture
3. through
4. guess
5. caught
6. kept
7. different
8. surprise
9. favorite
10. Tuesday
11. swimming
12. Monday
13. fifth
14. presents

Challenge
answered
Hawaii
valuable
library


Prefixes un- and re-

1. unhappy
2. unsafe
3. unlucky
4. restart
5. rewrite
6. replay
7. reread
8. untie
9. unfold
10. unwrap
11. unpack
12. repay
13. refill
14. repaint

Challenge
unconscious
undefeated
remodel
rebound


Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ness

1. careful
2. beautiful
3. wonderful
4. really
5. finally
6. sadness
7. happiness
8. helpful
9. graceful
10. sadly
11. lively
12. happily
13. kindness
14. sickness

Challenge
forgetful
lonely
easily
greediness


Vowels with r

1. early
2. heard
3. were
4. third
5. fur
6. work
7. word
8. search
9. earth
10. dirt
11. nurse
12. turkey
13. Thursday
14. world

Challenge
rehearsal
twirl
furniture
worst


More Vowels with r

1. America
2. very
3. pair
4. hair
5. near
6. year
7. deer
8. stereo
9. fair
10. stairs
11. fear
12. clear
13. cheer
14. steer

Challenge
prairie
appear
beard
volunteer


Review

1. caught
2. different
3. easy
4. favorite
5. guess
6. kept
7. presents
8. surprise
9. swimming
10. through
11. replay
12. restart
13. unfold
14. unlucky
15. unpack
16. unsafe
17. unwrap
18. beautiful
19. careful
20. finally
21. happily
22. happiness
23. lively
24. wonderful
25. early
26. search
27. were
28. word
29. America
30. cheer
31. fair
32. pair
33. steer
34. very
35. year


Compound Words

1. himself
2. afternoon
3. everything
4. grandmother
5. homework
6. outside
7. bedroom
8. butterfly
9. grandfather
10. everybody
11. backyard
12. popcorn
13. everyone
14. anyone

Challenge
reindeer
lamppost
nowhere
nickname


Contractions

1. I’m
2. it’s
3. he’s
4. that’s
5. didn’t
6. won’t
7. let’s
8. haven’t
9. doesn’t
10. aren’t
11. I’ve
12. they’ve
13. we’re
14. you’ll

Challenge
needn’t
should’ve
you’ve
that’ll


Vowels in Final Syllables

1. wagon
2. open
3. garden
4. sugar
5. paper
6. travel
7. animal
8. lemon
9. dollar
10. another
11. brother
12. squirrel
13. nickel
14. final

Challenge
Oregon
calendar
character
cardinal


Suffixes -er, -or, -ist

1. farmer
2. reader
3. player
4. visitor
5. sailor
6. artist
7. finalist
8. painter
9. waiter
10. hunter
11. actor
12. inventor
13. violinist
14. tourist

Challenge
announcer
manager
governor
scientist


Words with No Sound Clues

1. special
2. real
3. before
4. every
5. being
6. laugh
7. could
8. caterpillar
9. cousin
10. chocolate
11. dinosaur
12. upon
13. Wednesday
14. clothes

Challenge
barbecue
scissors
somersault
cupboard



Review
1. afternoon
2. backyard
3. bedroom
4. butterfly
5. grandfather
6. grandmother
7. himself
8. outside
9. popcorn
10. didn’t
11. I’m
12. it’s
13. animal
14. another
15. brother
16. dollar
17. garden
18. lemon
19. squirrel
20. sugar
21. wagon
22. actor
23. farmer
24. hunter
25. painter
26. sailor
27. violinist
28. waiter
29. caterpillar
30. chocolate
31. clothes
32. could
33. cousin
34. upon
35. Wednesday




Social Studies: Using a Map
grid
locate
compass rose
cardinal directions
scale
miles
map key
symbol


Social Studies: Urban Communities
cities
urban
goods
services
shipped
police
firefighter
tourist


Social Studies: Rural Communities
woods
farming
soil
coastlines
fishing
pasture
ranching
logging


Social Studies: Culture
culture
customs
beliefs
language
religion
festivals
heritage
traditions


Social Studies: Citizenship
government
democratic
vote
election
rights
responsibilities
citizen
United States


Social Studies: Native Americans of the Past
buffalo
roamed
tepees
cliff dwellers
Anasazi
mesa
pottery
kiva


Health: Your Teeth
crown
enamel
plaque
floss
pulp
gum
root
dentist


Health: Medicine
prescription
vaccine
bacteria
penicillin
virus
strep throat
pharmacist
disease


Health: A Healthy Community
clinic
sanitation workers
pollute
litter
recycle
community
landfill
sewage


Science: Animals with Backbones
mammal
reptile
amphibian
gills
lungs
cold-blooded
warm-blooded
backbone


Science: Measuring Matter
length
width
height
volume
meter
liter
weight
grams


Science: Simple Machines
lever
fulcrum
screw
pulley
load
inclined plane
wheels and axles
wedge


Science: Earth’s Layers
core
mantle
crust
earthquake
magma
erupt
volcano
lava


Science: The Solar System
solar system
planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Saturn
astronauts


Reading: Stories That Twist
backfired
discouraged
unidentified
misbehaving
mischievous
question
senseless
unpleasant


Reading: Life’s Challenges
satisfaction
boulders
chimney
ladder
ashamed
forest
shovel
treasure


Reading: Looking Beneath the Surface
behavior
blushed
enemy
suggested
nervous
pretended
careless
threatening


Reading: Understandings and Misunderstandings
agreement
baffled
communicate
confused
conversation
embarrassed
frustrated
admiration


Reading: Unexpected Situations
flying saucer
invisible
foreigners
neighbor
spaceship
helmet
underground
vaporize


Reading: Imagination at Work
curious
faraway
rhythm
poetry
rhyme
creative
scenery
fantasy


Mathematics: Time
clock
minutes
hour
day
week
calendar
month
year


Mathematics: Multiplication
multiply
column
times
multiplication
product
array
factors
row


Mathematics: Geometry
cone
cube
sphere
cylinder
rectangular prism
faces
solid
edge


Mathematics: Measuring Capacity and Mass
cup
pint
quart
gallon
liter
pound
ounce
gram


Mathematics: Fractions
whole
numerator
denominator
fifths
sixths
eighths
halves
fraction


Mathematics: Graphs and Charts
data
tally chart
bar graph
pictograph
scale
tallies
labels
count


Work and Play: Baseball
pitcher
catcher
batter
infielders
outfielders
fly ball
line drive
pop-up


Work and Play: Carpenter
plans
cabinet
shelf
hammer
nail
saw
board
tape measure


Work and Play: Police Officer
uniform
radio
siren
laws
badge
station
squad car
protect


Work and Play: Pottery
clay
wheel
shape
pot
bowl
glaze
kiln
fire