Spelling Words for 3rd Graders

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30 weekly 3rd grade spelling lists organized by pattern, each with a printable list, six practice pages, a test and a weekly packet, plus a master list and spelling bee words.

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All 30 spelling lists, a blank test and spelling bee words

The whole year on three pages, a blank 15-word test at 3rd grade size, and 120 spelling bee practice words in easy, medium and hard sets.

Week 1: Short vowels

plank, scratch, blast, crept, swept, trench, brisk, flinch, swift, blond, prompt, flock, plump, skunk, strum. Challenge words: hiccup, fabric, mascot.

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    Learning this week's spelling words: short vowels with blends, as in plank, crept, swift, blond and plump

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    Tracing and writing spelling words with short vowels with blends, as in plank, crept, swift, blond and plump

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    Missing Letters: week 1 (Short vowels)

    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with short vowels with blends, as in plank, crept, swift, blond and plump

    Answer key on page 2

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    Spelling Packet: week 1 (Short vowels)

    A full week of spelling practice: short vowels with blends, as in plank, crept, swift, blond and plump

    Answer key on page 12

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Week 2: Long vowels with silent e

blaze, crate, parade, theme, compete, athlete, invite, spine, polite, slope, quote, stroke, dune, amuse, include. Challenge words: trombone, concrete, sunrise.

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    Learning this week's spelling words: silent e with every vowel, as in blaze, theme, spine, slope and dune

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    Tracing and writing spelling words with silent e with every vowel, as in blaze, theme, spine, slope and dune

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    Word Sort: week 2 (Long vowels with silent e)

    Sorting spelling words by pattern: a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e

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    Missing Letters: week 2 (Long vowels with silent e)

    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with silent e with every vowel, as in blaze, theme, spine, slope and dune

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    Putting spelling words in ABC order past the third letter

    Answer key on page 2

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    Spelling Test: week 2 (Long vowels with silent e)

    Spelling fifteen words and a sentence from dictation

    Answer key on page 2

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    Spelling Packet: week 2 (Long vowels with silent e)

    A full week of spelling practice: silent e with every vowel, as in blaze, theme, spine, slope and dune

    Answer key on page 12

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Week 3: Long a: ai, ay, eigh, ey

faint, sprain, praise, complain, stray, delay, display, decay, weight, freight, eighty, sleigh, obey, prey, convey. Challenge words: neighborhood, maintain, survey.

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with long a spelled ai, ay, eigh and ey, as in faint, stray, weight and obey

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    Spelling fifteen words and a sentence from dictation

    Answer key on page 2

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    Spelling Packet: week 3 (Long a: ai, ay, eigh, ey)

    A full week of spelling practice: long a spelled ai, ay, eigh and ey, as in faint, stray, weight and obey

    Answer key on page 12

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Week 4: Long e: ee, ea, ie, ey

sneeze, steep, breeze, degree, stream, beneath, eager, cheap, field, shield, chief, thief, valley, hockey, chimney. Challenge words: achieve, referee, increase.

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    Tracing and writing spelling words with long e spelled ee, ea, ie and ey, as in sneeze, stream, shield and valley

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    Missing Letters: week 4 (Long e: ee, ea, ie, ey)

    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with long e spelled ee, ea, ie and ey, as in sneeze, stream, shield and valley

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    Spelling Packet: week 4 (Long e: ee, ea, ie, ey)

    A full week of spelling practice: long e spelled ee, ea, ie and ey, as in sneeze, stream, shield and valley

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Week 5: Long i: igh, y, i

slight, delight, frighten, sigh, highway, reply, supply, deny, apply, multiply, mild, remind, grind, pilot, item. Challenge words: lightning, satisfy, silence.

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with long i spelled igh, y and i, as in sigh, reply and mild

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Week 6: Long o: oa, ow, o

throat, roast, cloak, groan, approach, follow, shadow, swallow, hollow, willow, bolt, scold, ghost, almost, host. Challenge words: goalpost, oatmeal, marshmallow.

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    A full week of spelling practice: long o spelled oa, ow and o, as in throat, shadow and ghost

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Week 7: ue, ew, ui and oo

value, argue, avenue, continue, crew, screw, jewel, renew, fruit, suit, juice, bruise, smooth, scoop, shampoo. Challenge words: barbecue, recruit, raccoon.

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    Missing Letters: week 7 (ue, ew, ui and oo)

    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with the /oo/ sound spelled ue, ew, ui and oo, as in argue, jewel, fruit and smooth

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    Spelling Packet: week 7 (ue, ew, ui and oo)

    A full week of spelling practice: the /oo/ sound spelled ue, ew, ui and oo, as in argue, jewel, fruit and smooth

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Week 8: oo and u as in book and push

brook, crooked, wooden, hoof, nook, rookie, goodness, cushion, pudding, pulley, bushy, butcher, bulldozer, bullfrog, bushel. Challenge words: cookbook, bulletin, woodpecker.

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    Missing Letters: week 8 (oo and u as in book and push)

    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with the sound in book, spelled oo or u, as in brook, wooden and cushion

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    Putting spelling words in ABC order past the third letter

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    Spelling fifteen words and a sentence from dictation

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    A full week of spelling practice: the sound in book, spelled oo or u, as in brook, wooden and cushion

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Week 9: ou and ow

bounce, cloudy, pouch, south, scout, amount, couch, allow, drowsy, powder, shower, tower, towel, vowel, prowl. Challenge words: fountain, announce, downtown.

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    Missing Letters: week 9 (ou and ow)

    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with the /ow/ sound spelled ou and ow, as in bounce and drowsy

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Week 10: oi, oy, au and aw

moist, avoid, poison, spoil, decoy, voyage, employ, laundry, fault, sausage, haunted, awful, hawk, lawn, scrawl. Challenge words: appoint, autograph, jigsaw.

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with oi, oy, au and aw, as in moist, voyage, fault and hawk

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Week 11: ar and or

cargo, partner, marble, charge, alarm, target, harvest, orbit, forest, report, corner, normal, orchard, torch, fortune. Challenge words: carnival, tornado, garbage.

Week 12: er, ir and ur

person, perfect, clerk, verse, swerve, circus, squirt, swirl, chirp, thirteen, curtain, return, hurdle, church, surface. Challenge words: permanent, confirm, purpose.

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Week 13: ear, eer, ere and ier

beard, appear, nearly, spear, cheer, steer, volunteer, pioneer, sphere, severe, interfere, fierce, pierce, cashier, pier. Challenge words: engineer, atmosphere, chandelier.

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Week 14: Soft c and soft g

fence, prince, cereal, citizen, fancy, ceiling, cement, gentle, magic, energy, gym, germ, engine, pigeon, gerbil. Challenge words: centipede, gingerbread, cylinder.

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Week 15: ph, gh and ch

graph, photo, alphabet, dolphin, trophy, tough, rough, cough, laughter, chorus, echo, stomach, anchor, ache, character. Challenge words: orchestra, photograph, microphone.

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with ph and gh that say /f/ and ch that says /k/, as in dolphin, cough and echo

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Week 16: Silent letters: kn, wr, gn, mb

knob, kneel, knapsack, wreck, wrench, wreath, wrestle, gnaw, gnat, sign, design, plumber, crumb, limb, comb. Challenge words: knowledge, campaign, debt.

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Week 17: qu and squ

quarter, quarrel, quilt, equal, quest, liquid, request, quench, squirm, squash, squeeze, squint, squawk, squid, squeak. Challenge words: earthquake, frequent, squabble.

Week 18: Adding -ed and -ing

grabbed, stirring, trimmed, jogging, slammed, traded, voted, closing, sliced, invited, melting, rested, dusted, crashed, camping. Challenge words: forgetting, admitted, arriving.

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Week 19: Change y to i

cherries, ladies, pennies, candies, copied, hurried, worried, studied, heavier, luckiest, earliest, happiness, laziness, easily, angrily. Challenge words: emptiness, occupied, loneliest.

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Week 20: Plurals: -es, -oes and -ves

benches, brushes, peaches, inches, bunches, potatoes, heroes, volcanoes, mosquitoes, dominoes, halves, wolves, loaves, scarves, calves. Challenge words: themselves, buffaloes, mattresses.

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Week 21: Prefixes dis-, mis- and pre-

dishonest, disconnect, distrust, disorder, disloyal, misspell, misplace, misbehave, misprint, mistreat, prepay, precook, presoak, prewash, premade. Challenge words: disappointed, misunderstand, prehistoric.

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Week 22: Prefixes non-, over-, under- and sub-

nonstop, nonsense, nonfiction, nonliving, overdue, overflow, overcook, overhead, underline, underground, underwater, undercooked, submarine, subzero, subtitle. Challenge words: overcrowded, subheading, underestimate.

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Week 23: Suffixes -ness and -ment

kindness, darkness, sadness, illness, weakness, thickness, freshness, payment, movement, treatment, statement, shipment, agreement, amazement, excitement. Challenge words: awareness, entertainment, carelessness.

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Week 24: Suffixes -able and -ible

washable, breakable, comfortable, valuable, adorable, dependable, remarkable, usable, possible, visible, terrible, horrible, sensible, flexible, edible. Challenge words: invisible, impossible, unbelievable.

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Week 25: Suffixes -er, -or and -ist

hiker, swimmer, leader, golfer, builder, sailor, actor, visitor, inventor, conductor, dentist, cyclist, florist, pianist, tourist. Challenge words: astronomer, spectator, journalist.

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Week 26: Endings -tion and -sion

action, motion, nation, station, fraction, mention, addition, lotion, mission, vision, division, television, explosion, decision, permission. Challenge words: multiplication, celebration, conclusion.

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Week 27: Endings -ture and -sure

nature, future, capture, mixture, furniture, temperature, moisture, pasture, signature, vulture, treasure, pleasure, closure, exposure, enclosure. Challenge words: sculpture, puncture, departure.

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Week 28: Endings -el, -al and -il

travel, camel, tunnel, nickel, gravel, metal, total, signal, pedal, medal, fossil, nostril, stencil, tonsil, utensil. Challenge words: festival, caramel, daffodil.

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    Spelling fifteen words and a sentence from dictation

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    A full week of spelling practice: words that end in -el, -al and -il, as in tunnel, medal and fossil

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Week 29: Endings -ar, -or and -er

dollar, collar, cellar, solar, lunar, motor, mirror, error, flavor, tractor, ladder, whisper, shoulder, blister, lobster. Challenge words: vinegar, escalator, lavender.

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    Learning this week's spelling words: words that end in -ar, -or and -er, as in dollar, mirror and ladder

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    Tracing and writing spelling words with words that end in -ar, -or and -er, as in dollar, mirror and ladder

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    Writing the missing pattern letters in spelling words with words that end in -ar, -or and -er, as in dollar, mirror and ladder

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    Putting spelling words in ABC order past the third letter

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    Spelling fifteen words and a sentence from dictation

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    A full week of spelling practice: words that end in -ar, -or and -er, as in dollar, mirror and ladder

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Week 30: a- and be- at the start

alive, alone, awake, ahead, aloud, aboard, ashore, afloat, behave, belong, beyond, beside, beware, befriend, betray. Challenge words: awhile, bewildered, abroad.

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    Learning this week's spelling words: words that start with a- and be-, as in ashore and beside

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    Tracing and writing spelling words with words that start with a- and be-, as in ashore and beside

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    Putting spelling words in ABC order past the third letter

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    Spelling fifteen words and a sentence from dictation

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    A full week of spelling practice: words that start with a- and be-, as in ashore and beside

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About these spelling words for 3rd graders worksheets

These spelling words for 3rd graders come as 30 weekly lists, one for each week of the school year. Each list has 15 words that all follow the week's spelling pattern, plus 3 challenge words with the same pattern for spellers who are ready for more. Every list prints on its own page with the week number, the pattern, a spelling tip and a plan for practicing at home.

The lists follow the order most 3rd grade classrooms teach spelling. Weeks 1 to 8 review short vowels and the long vowel spellings: silent e, ai, ay, eigh, ey, ee, ea, ie, igh, oa, ow, ue, ew and ui. Weeks 9 to 17 cover ou, ow, oi, oy, au and aw, r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur, ear, eer), soft c and g, ph and gh, silent letters, and qu and squ. Weeks 18 to 30 are about word parts and endings: adding -ed and -ing, changing y to i, plurals with -es and -ves, the prefixes dis-, mis-, pre-, non-, over-, under- and sub-, the suffixes -ness, -ment, -able, -ible, -er, -or and -ist, the endings -tion, -sion, -ture, -sure, -el, -al, -il, -ar and -or, and words that start with a- and be-.

Every week has the same seven pages: the list, rainbow write, a word sort, missing letters, ABC order, ten fill-in sentences and a test with a dictated sentence. The weekly packet puts all seven pages and the answer keys in one PDF. Need the whole year at once? The master list shows all 30 lists on three pages, and the spelling bee pages add 120 more words in easy, medium and hard sets. Writing lines are 3rd grade size, and every page prints in black and white on US Letter or A4.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.FUse spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.EUse conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.GConsult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.BDecode words with common Latin suffixes.

How to use them

  1. Monday: send home the list page. It shows the 15 words, the challenge words, a tip for the week's pattern and a checklist for each night.
  2. Tuesday to Thursday: use one or two practice pages a day. Rainbow write and missing letters build the spelling, the word sort and ABC order make children look closely at each word, and the sentences page checks meaning.
  3. Friday: give the test. Read each word, say it in a short sentence, then read it again. The teacher page lists the words in a mixed order with a sentence to read aloud.
  4. Use the master list to plan the year, and the spelling bee pages for a class bee, extra practice or early finishers.

Teaching tips

  • Teach the pattern before the words. Write two or three list words on the board, have children find the letters they share, then let them hunt for the pattern in the rest of the list.
  • In weeks with more than one spelling for a sound (ai, ay, eigh, ey), the word sort is the most important page. Talk about where each spelling usually comes in a word.
  • The ending weeks (adding -ed and -ing, changing y to i, plurals) teach rules, not just words. Have children say the rule as they write: grab ends in one vowel and one consonant, so double the b.
  • ABC order in 3rd grade goes past the second letter. When the first two letters match, show children how to look at the third: steer comes before stream because e comes before r.
  • Fifteen words too many? Use the first ten words of the list. Too easy? Add the three challenge words to the test.

Questions teachers and parents ask

How many spelling words should a 3rd grader have each week?

Most 3rd grade classes use 12 to 20 words a week. These lists have 15 words that all follow one pattern, plus 3 challenge words. If 15 is too many, use the first 10.

What spelling patterns are taught in 3rd grade?

3rd graders review long vowel teams and r-controlled vowels, then spend most of the year on longer words: adding endings (hopping, cried), plurals, prefixes like dis- and mis-, suffixes like -ness, -ment and -able, and endings like -tion and -ture.

Are the spelling bee words from an official bee?

No. The spelling bee pages are our own selection of 3rd grade level words in easy, medium and hard sets, chosen so none repeats a weekly list.

Do the worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. The sort, missing letters, ABC order and sentences pages have an answer key on page 2, and the test has a teacher page with the words to read aloud.