Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 1 Closed syllables w/ 1. blanket 11. feet 16. login blends and clusters 2. plastic 12. land 17. menu 1. Each syllable contains 3. grand 13. side 18. monitor one vowel. 4. cracker 14. kind 19. keyboard 2. The vowel is closed in 5. trunk 15. began 20. enter at the end by a 6. shrink consonant. 7. brush 3. The vowel is short. 8. clam 4. Blends or clusters are 9. splash made by two or more 10. scrub letters that represent two or more sounds.
2 Closed syllables w/ 1. knot 11. without 16. computer digraphs 2. think 12. boy 17. keys 1. Each syllable contains 3. thumb 13. once 18. printer one vowel. 4. blimp 14. almost 19. reboot 2. The vowel is closed in 5. pinch 15. however 20. mouse at the end by a 6. which consonant. 7. children 3. The vowel is short. 8. whip 4. The digraphs are 9. bring single consonant 10. check sounds represented by two letters.
3 Double Final 1. cliff 11. animals 16. return Consonants 2. bluff 12. life 17. space 1. Double the final letter 3. spell 13. took 18. backspace in one syllable, short 4. thrill 14. sure 19. modem vowel words that end 5. skill 15. knew 20. Internet in f, l, s, or z. 6. bliss 7. glass 8. floss 9. dress 10. buzz
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Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 4 -ch Endings 1. branch 11. such 16. port 1. Usually add a –t 2. crunch 12. much 17. drive before the -ch after a 3. ranch 13. enough 18. download short vowel. 4. watch 14. top 19. desktop 2. Keep the –ch after 5. ditch 15. turned 20. delete long vowels and vowel 6. scratch combinations. 7. patch 3. Exception – when a 8. sketch short vowel is followed 9. stitch by an –n, end the word 10. switch with –ch.
5 Vowel-Consonant-e 2. trace 12. four 17. data 1. When a word or the 3. shade 13. head 18. cursor final syllable of a word 4. flake 14. above 19. cable ends in the vowel- 5. twice 15. learn 20. hardware consonant-e pattern, 6. cube 16. our 21. virus then the first vowel is 7. grabbing usually long and the e 8. bragging is silent. 9. chopping Suffix: -ing (double the 10. whipping final consonant) 11. quitting 1. A root word (base word) is a word without a prefix or suffix 2. A suffix is a group of letters added at the end of a word to change its meaning. 3. Double the final consonant before adding the suffix if the root word has one short vowel sound and one final consonant. Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 6 This spelling list combines 1. blanket 11. kind 16. keyboard Mixed words from the last five 2. grand 12. almost 17. mouse List lists and their rules. 3. think 13. animals 18. backspace 4. children 14. much 19. download 5. thrill 15. above 20. data 6. bliss 7. crunch 8. watch 9. twice 10. chopping
7 Suffix: -ing (no doubling) 1. picking 11. live 16. shelter 1. A root word (base 2. bending 12. page 17. heat word) is a word 3. bringing 13. later 18. Earth without a prefix or 4. smelling 14. world 19. boulder suffix. 5. spending 15. found 20. liquid 2. A suffix is a group of 6. cracking letters added at the 7. stinging end of a word to 8. stitching change its meaning. 9. pinching 3. If there are two or 10. swinging more consonants at the end of the root word and the suffix begins with a vowel the final letter is usually not doubled.
8 /a/ spelled ai, ay or eigh 1. clay 11. need 16. mineral 1. The vowel pair -ai 2. spray 12. hand 17. pebble comes at the 3. relay 13. high 18. characteristics beginning or middle of 4. brain 14. different 19. chart words. 5. grain 15. again 20. soil 2. The vowel pair -ay 6. remain comes at the end of 7. sleigh words. 8. weight 3. The chunk -eigh says 9. neighbor /a/. 10. freight
Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 9 Pattern: -ang, -ing, -ong, 1. gang 11. year 16. habitat -ung (short vowel) 2. rang 12. myself 17. dissolving 3. fling 13. light 18. freezing 1. The vowel sound in 4. sting 14. went 19. energy these words is short. 5. string 15. large 20. ruler 6. long 2. The letter combination 7. song of “ng” makes a 8. hung special sound that is 9. stung not exactly the same 10. sprung as the sound of the two letters alone. The “ng” is called a digraph.
Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 10 Pattern: -ank, -ink, -onk, 1. sank 11. country 16. burning -unk 2. blank 12. father 17. reasoning 1. The vowel sound in 3. thank 13. because 18. water these words is short. 4. blink 14. another 19. features 2. The letter combination 5. drink 15. should 20. growth of “nk” makes a 6. stink special sound that is 7. honk not exactly the same 8. junk as the sound of the 9. shrunk two letters alone. The 10. skunk “nk” is called a digraph.
11 Compound Words are 1. everything 11. picture 16. air two or more words joined 2. backyard 12. being 17. scientist together with a single 3. moonlight 13. study 18. sand meaning. 4. somewhere 14. mother 19. properties 5. flashlight 15. still 20. motion Contractions are words 6. doesn’t formed from two or more 7. isn’t words and have omitted 8. haven’t or combined sounds. 9. they’re 10. you’re
12 This spelling list combines 1. picking 11. world 16. shelter Mixed words from the last five 2. bringing 12. different 17. soil List lists and their rules. 3. brain 13. myself 18. energy 4. neighbor 14. because 19. features 5. rang 15. being 20. scientist 6. song 7. thank 8. drink 9. everything 10. you’re
Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 13 Suffix: -ed 1. munched 11. really 16. climate 1. When there are two 2. crashed 12. soon 17. coast consonants at the end 3. shocked 13. story 18. forest of a root word, the final 4. dashed 14. mountain 19. rural consonant is usually 5. twisted 15. second 20. town not doubled. 6. storm 2. The letters –ed make 7. forget 3 sounds: /t/, /d/, /ed/. 8. morning 3. R-controlled vowels 9. burn sound different than short 10. slurp vowels (-or, -ur).
14 A diphthong is a pair of 1. boil 11. white 16. world vowels that make a 2. moist 12. ever 17. creek special sound. – oi, oy 3. void 13. something 18. desert 1. Oi is found at the 4. poison 14. along 19. highway beginning or middle of 5. voice 15. idea 20. urban a word. 6. joy 2. -Oy is found at the end 7. destroy of word or syllable. 8. annoy 9. loyal 10. royal
15 A diphthong is a pair of 1. ouch 11. paper 16. lake vowels that make a 2. proud 12. hard 17. country special sound. -ou, ow 3. scout 13. near 18. elevation 1. -Ou can start or come 4. plow 14. music 19. stream in the middle of a 5. powder 15. family 20. village word. 6. clown 2. –Ow comes at the end 7. growl of a word or in the 8. allow middle of the word 9. shower when it is followed by 10. owl n, l or er.
Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 16 A diphthong is a pair of 1. fault 11. sentence 16. Connecticut vowels that make a 2. cause 12. journal 17. land special sound. - au, aw 3. autumn 13. weather 18. map and pattern augh 4. sauce 14. important 19. ocean 1. -Au can start or come 5. launch 15. between 20. population in the middle of a 6. claw word. 7. straw 2. -Aw comes at the end 8. crawl of a word or in the 9. daughter middle when it is 10. naughty followed by n or l. 3. When –gh follows au, the –gh is silent.
17 A diphthong is a pair of 1. smooth 11. across 16. neighborhood vowels that make a 2. choose 12. during 17. place special sound. -oo, -ue, 3. balloon 13. today 18. location and -ew 4. clue 14. together 19. region 5. value 15. sometimes 20. river 1. All of these diphthongs 6. threw say /oo/ as in boo. 7. view 2. Oo also says /oo/ as in 8. shook book. 9. stood 10. brook
18 This spelling list combines 1. munched 11. really 16. coast Mixed words from the last five 2. shocked 12. something 17. world List lists and their rules. 3. voice 13. family 18. country 4. loyal 14. important 19. Connecticut 5. proud 15. together 20. location 6. allow 7. crawl 8. cause 9. choose 10. value
Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 19 R - controlled vowels: -ir 1. circle 11. try 16. vote (says er) and –ar 2. chirp 12. told 17. truth 1. Vowels that come 3. third 13. young 18. citizen before the letter r in a 4. dirty 14. listen 19. duty syllable often have 5. skirt 15. morning 20. education their sound 6. spark “controlled” or muted 7. chart by the “r” sound. 8. start 2. The “ar” pattern often 9. march sounds like the name 10. scarf of the letter “r.”
20 R-controlled vowels: -er 11. sun 16. honesty 1. Vowels that come 1. perch 12. wear 17. power before the letter r in a 2. serve 13. whole 18. rights syllable often have 3. fern 14. products 19. symbol their sound 4. amber 15. happened 20. order “controlled” or muted 5. silver by the “r” sound. 6. knee 7. wheel Long e spelled ee 8. sweep 1. The vowel pair -ee 9. speed can be found in the 10. agree middle or the end of words. 2. The first vowel says its long sound and the second vowel in this pair is silent.
21 Homophones 1. here 11. new 16. anthem 2. hear 12. heard 17. leader 1. A homophone is a 3. wood 13. example 18. justice word which is 4. would 14. complete 19. privacy pronounced identically 5. root 15. since 20. control to another word, but is 6. route spelled differently and 7. close has a different 8. clothes meaning. 9. some 10. sum
Grade 3
List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 22 /j/ sound spelled -dge or 1. badge 11. several 16. authority -ge 2. pledge 12. change 17. flag 3. hedge 13. answer 18. government 1. The /j/ sound after a 4. ridge 14. cried 19. responsibility short vowel is usually 5. judge 15. ground 20. loyalty spelled 6. stage -dge. 7. merge 2. The /j/ sound after the 8. hinge letters l, n or any 9. fringe vowel sound (except 10. urge short) is usually spelled –ge.
23 /s/ sound spelled with c 1. cereal 11. room 16. election or -ce 2. cycle 12. sea 17. law 3. center 13. against 18. rule 1. The letter c is used to 4. cinch 14. slowly 19. individual spell the /s/ sound 5. certain 15. mark 20. official before the letters e, i, 6. cider or y, in most cases. 7. grace 2. Use the letters –ce to 8. price spell the /s/ sound at 9. chance the end of a word after 10. force any sound other than a short vowel sound.
24 This spelling list combines 1. circle 11. listen 16. education Mixed words from the last five 2. start 12. happened 17. honesty List lists and their rules. 3. serve 13. since 18. justice 4. agree 14. change 19. responsibility 5. some 15. sea 20. individual 6. sum 7. pledge 8. urge 9. cycle 10. grace
Grade 3 List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 25 Long e spelled ea 1. flea 11. point 16. addition 3. The vowel pair -ea can 2. peach 12. city 17. numeral be found at the 3. creak 13. play 18. estimate beginning or middle of 4. speak 14. being 19. difference words. 5. squeak 15. reached 20. graph 4. The first vowel says its 6. steal long sound and the 7. dream second vowel in this 8. scream pair is silent. 9. stream 10. bean
26 The schwa sound is the 1. banana 11. toward 16. prediction vowel sound that makes 2. soda 12. five 17. subtraction the short u sound. 3. pilot 13. himself 18. addend 4. bacon 14. passed 19. distance 1. It can be made by any 5. salad 15. pulled 20. height vowel. 6. vacant 2. The schwa sound is 7. pencil an unaccented vowel 8. lemon sound. 9. apron 3. It is symbolized by the 10. second upside down e.
27 Consonant – le 1. bubble 11. usually 16. increasing 2. scribble 12. money 17. multiply 1. A consonant – le 3. middle 13. seen 18. array syllable comes at the 4. puddle 14. figure 19. grouping end of a word. 5. stable 15. unit 20. measuring 2. This syllable has the 6. maple schwa sound (short u). 7. staple 3. When the consonant – 8. cable le follows a short 9. ladle vowel sound, the 10. fable consonant is usually doubled before the –le (closed syllable). 4. When the consonant- le follows a long vowel sound, the consonant is not doubled (open syllable).
Grade 3 List Spelling Word List High Content Rule/Pattern/Exception Frequency Words Words 28 Plural nouns: Nouns 1. skies 11. didn’t 16. pattern ending in -y 2. parties 12. car 17. decreasing 3. countries 13. trouble 18. divide 1. When the word ends 4. beauties 14. piece 19. addend in consonant + y, 5. monkeys 15. covered 20. table change the y to i and 6. unsure add es. 7. unplug 2. When the word ends 8. rebuild in y following a vowel, 9. reappear add s. 10. revise
Prefixes – un- and re-
1. A prefix is placed before a root word to change its meaning. 2. The prefix un- means not or opposite. 3. The prefix re- means again or back.
29 Double consonant in the 1. hammer 11. I’m 16. numerator medial position 2. bottom 12. body 17. denominator 3. mitten 13. hole 18. number 1. Words with double 4. scatter 14. north 19. length medial consonants are 5. rabbit 15. upon 20. between broken into syllables 6. button between the double 7. sudden consonants. 8. matter 9. otter 10. common
30 This spelling list combines 1. speak 11. play 16. difference Mixed words from the last five 2. dream 12. passed 17. prediction List lists and their rules. 3. salad 13. usually 18. grouping 4. second 14. covered 19. addend 5. bubble 15. upon 20. length 6. fable 7. beauties 8. reappear 9. matter 10. common
Grade 3