3rd Grade Spelling Words
Unit 1, Week 1
Short vowels a, i
1. clap
2. camp
3. hand
4. stamp
5. snack
6. rack
7. grabs
8. glad
9. bill
10. miss
11. click
12. pink
13. sick
14. grin
15. lift
Unit 1, Week 2
Short vowels e, o, u
1. step
2. mess
3. head
4. crops
5. stop
6. rock
7. clock
8. sock
9. pond
10. jumps
11. shut
12. luck
13. slump
14. bugs
15. mug
Unit 1, Week 3
Final e
1. date
2. lake
3. skate
4. plane
5. grade
6. fine
7. life
8. rice
9. wise
10. smile
11. rose
12. globe
13. smoke
14. come
15. used
Unit 1, Week 4
Long a
1. plain
2. braid
3. fail
4. grain
5. snail
6. paint
7. sway
8. tray
9. gray
10. stay
11. state
12. fake
13. same
14. weigh
15. they
Unit 1, Week 5
Long o
1. coast
2. float
3. toad
4. coal
5. soak
6. gold
7. sold
8. scold
9. slope
10. broke
11. note
12. bone
13. slow
14. show
15. foe
Unit 2, Week 1
Long i and long u
1. sky
2. fry
3. pie
4. tied
5. tight
6. right
7. bright
8. grind
9. child
10. cube
11. cute
12. mule
13. music
14. drew
15. few
Unit 2, Week 2
Long e
1. heel
2. week
3. creek
4. free
5. green
6. street
7. freeze
8. seal
9. weak
10. bean
11. speaks
12. team
13. clean
14. cream
15. field
Unit 2, Week 3
Words with silent letters
1. wrap
2. wrists
3. wrote
4. wreck
5. wiring
6. write
7. wreath
8. knit
9. knife
10. knight
11. knock
12. knee
13. gnome
14. sign
15. gnaws
Unit 2, Week 4
Three-letter Blends
1. scrubs
2. screams
3. scratch
4. scrape
5. screen
6. spread
7. splash
8. spray
9. streak
10. strength
11. strong
12. squeak
13. three
14. throw
15. thread
Unit 2, Week 5
Digraphs
1. chick
2. much
3. pitch
4. teacher
5. lunch
6. hatch
7. cheese
8. stretch
9. thick
10. truth
11. pathway
12. them
13. fish
14. whales
15. what
Unit 3, Week 1
r-Controlled Vowels /ûr/
1. wheel
2. third
3. girls
4. firm
5. fern
6. herds
7. stern
8. serve
9. hurt
10. nurse
11. turns
12. learn
13. pearl
14. world
15. word
Unit 3, Week 2
r-Controlled Vowels /är/, /ôr/
1. sharp
2. yard
3. artist
4. carve
5. porch
6. storm
7. Sport
8. story
9. chore
10. shore
11. sore
12. hoard
13. oars
14. pour
15. your
Unit 3, Week 3
r-Controlled Vowels /âr/, /îr/
1. careful
2. stared
3. shared
4. pair
5. stairs
6. wear
7. bear
8. where
9. there
10. dear
11. Rear
12. gear
13. here
14. career
15. peer
Unit 3, Week 4
Prefixes pre-, dis-, mis
1. misprint
2. misread
3. mistrust
4. misspell
5. mistreat
6. precut
7. preview
8. prepaid
9. preplan
10. preheat
11. distrust
12. discount
13. dishonest
14. discover
15. disable
Unit 3, Week 5
Diphthongs
1. foil
2. coins
3. noise
4. point
5. enjoy
6. joyful
7. down
8. owl
9. crowd
10. plow
11. round
12. couch
13. proud
14. bounce
15. loudly
Unit 4, Week 1
Variant Vowels /ü/
1. spoon
2. goose
3. booth
4. gloom
5. rude
6. tube
7. due
8. clues
9. true
10. chew
11. July
12. look
13. shook
14. notebook
15. could
Unit 4, Week 2
Plural Words
1. years
2. twins
3. trays
4. states
5. ashes
6. foxes
7. inches
8. flies
9. cities
10. ponies
11. Bunches
12. alleys
13. lunches
14. cherries
15. daisies
Unit 4, Week 3
Variant Vowels /ô/
1. taught
2. hauls
3. caused
4. paused
5. squawk
6. drawing
7. crawl
8. flawless
9. lawn
10. salt
11. talked
12. halls
13. water
14. bought
15. thoughtless
Unit 4, Week 4
Homophones
1. sale
2. sail
3. beet
4. beat
5. rode
6. road
7. rowed
8. its
9. it’s
10. your
11. you’re
12. their
13. they’re
14. peace
15. piece
Unit 4, Week 5
Soft c and g
1. pounce
2. placed
3. dice
4. cents
5. price
6. space
7. mice
8. office
9. wage
10. age
11. gyms
12. giant
13. changes
14. message
15. pages
Unit 5, Week 1
Compound Words
1. airplane
2. daytime
3. birthday
4. daylight
5. hairdo
6. somebody
7. birdhouse
8. barefoot
9. headlight
10. sometime
11. someone
12. newspaper
13. sidewalks
14. basketball 15. stagecoach
Unit 5, Week 2
Inflectional Endings -ed, -ing, -s
1. names
2. named
3. naming
4. hopes
5. hoped
6. hoping
7. dances
8. danced
9. dancing
10. drops
11. dropped
12. dropping
13. wraps
14. wrapped
15. wrapping
Unit 5, Week 3
Closed Syllables VC/CV
1. basket
2. rabbit
3. lesson
4. letter
5. invite
6. bedtime
7. mammal
8. number
9. fellow
10. chapter
11. follow
12. problem
13. chicken
14. butter
15. napkin
Unit 5, Week 4
Inflectional Endings y to i
1. tries
2. tried
3. Trying
4. dries
5. dried
6. drying
7. hurries
8. hurried
9. hurrying
10. studies
11. studied
12. studying
13. plays
14. played
15. playing
Unit 5, Week 5
Open Syllables CVC
1. pilot
2. diner
3. tiger
4. favor
5. lemon
6. planet
7. cover
8. shady
9. robot
10. tiny
11. label
12. cozy
13. silent
14. spider
15. frozen
Unit 6, Week 1
Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, and dis
1. disagreed
2. dislike
3. disappear
4. prepaid
5. preschool
6. precook
7. previous
8. rebuild
9. return
10. resell
11. reprint
12. unwrap
13. unlucky
14. untied
15. unbeaten
Unit 6, Week 2
Consonant + le Syllables
1. able
2. purple
3. riddle
4. Handle
5. eagle
6. puzzle
7. castle
8. little
9. pickle
10. towel
11. nickel
12. Camel
13. travel
14. tunnel
15. squirrel
Unit 6, Week 3
Vowel Team Syllables
1. explained
2. remain
3. reading
4. detail
5. presoak
6. monkey
7. brief
8. preteen
9. about
10. allowing
11. complain
12. enjoys
13. poison
14. repeats
15. unreal
Unit 6, Week 4
r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
1. severe
2. prepared
3. declare
4. later
5. writer
6. cellar
7. trailer
8. author
9. person
10. circus
11. Garlic
12. partner
13. restore
14. sister
15. actor
Unit 6, Week 5
Suffixes -ful, -less, and -ly
1. careful
2. cheerful
3. helpful
4. colorful
5. harmful
6. pitiful
7. painless
8. priceless
9. helpless
10. sleepless
11. rainless
12. helplessly
13. peacefully
14. carefully
15. wisely