Each Weekly Spelling Test will include 12 graded words, 4 bonus words and 2 Dictation Sentences. Words assessed in Dictation Sentences will be words from prior Spelling Lists (starting with Week 2). Students should study and learn new words but continue reviewing past words too.
Click Here for Spelling City Website Link (Search Melissa Gilbert or Username: mgilbertkcsma)
third_grade_spelling_menu.doc | |
File Size: | 35 kb |
File Type: | doc |
Week Twenty Three
Plural endings: Final -y 1. monkeys 2. toys 3. donkeys 4. boys 5. trays 6. journeys 7. babies 8. ladies 9. berries 10. families 11. stories 12. parties Bonus 13. product 14. marketplace 15. resources 16. supply |
Week Twenty Four
-s, -ed, -ing to words with final -y 1. copying 2. studying 3. carrying 4. enjoying 5. relying 6. replies 7. copies 8. hurries 9. stays 10. tries 11. replied 12. sprayed Bonus 13. magnetic 14. attract 15. repel 16. electromagnet |
Week Twenty One
Unusual Plurals 1. leaves 2. wolves 3. knives 4. halves 5. scarves 6. women 7. teeth 8. geese 9. deer 10. sheep 11. men 12. dozen Bonus 13. legislative 14. judicial 15. executive 16. president |
Week Twenty Two
Word Endings –y, -ey, -ie 1. fifty 2. angry 3. every 4. empty 5. money 6. honey 7. chimney 8. cookie 9. goalie 10. smoothie 11. rely 12. try Bonus 13. temperature 14. conductor 15. insulation 16. friction |
Week Nineteen
Unusual Past Tense 1. drew 2. kept 3. shone 4. swept 5. threw 6. knew 7. froze 8. slid 9. bled 10. chose 11. wrote 12. paid Bonus 13. citizen 14. election 15. declaration 16. governor |
Week Twenty
Plural Adding -es 1. branches 2. scratches 3. watches 4. brushes 5. splashes 6. crashes 7. foxes 8. mixes 9. guesses 10. changes 11. glasses 12. choices Bonus 13. adaptation 14. hibernate 15. migrate 16. reproduce |
Week Seventeen
Review of –ing endings 1. cutting 2. stopping 3. humming 4. begging 5. jogging 6. moving 7. coming 8. taking 9. smiling 10. floating 11. talking 12. working Bonus 13. mountain 14. ocean 15. coastal 16. wetland |
Week Eighteen
Adding –ed to VC, VCe, VVC and VCC 1. planned 2. grabbed 3. dropped 4. saved 5. closed 6. liked 7. waited 8. seemed 9. shouted 10. helped 11. called 12. mixed Bonus 13. environment 14. ecosystem 15. habitat 16. inference |
Week Fifteen
-ing to VC and VCC words 1. swimming 2. running 3. sitting 4. putting 5. mopping 6. yelling 7. resting 8. passing 9. standing 10. picking 11. jumping 12. kicking Bonus 13. conductor 14. rights 15. enslaved 16. abolitionist |
Week Sixteen
-ing to VCe and VVC words 1. closing 2. trading 3. skating 4. writing 5. waving 6. giving 7. moaning 8. dreaming 9. meeting 10. mailing 11. cleaning 12. screaming Bonus 13. igneous 14. sedimentary 15. metamorphic 16. quartz |
Week Thirteen
Contractions (not and will) 1. couldn’t 2. wouldn’t 3. aren’t 4. weren’t 5. shouldn’t 6. doesn’t 7. they’ll 8. that’ll 9. this’ll 10. she’ll 11. you’ll 12. he’ll Bonus 13. courage 14. tolerance 15. leadership 16. loyalty |
Week Fourteen
Contractions (is and have) 1. who’s 2. there’s 3. he’s 4. she’s 5. where’s 6. what’s 7. could’ve 8. would’ve 9. should’ve 10. they’ve 11. might’ve 12. you’ve Bonus 13. observe 14. compare 15. investigate 16. contrast |
Week Eleven
-dge, -ge endings 1. badge 2. dodge 3. bridge 4. judge 5. rage 6. page 7. stage 8. cage 9. charge 10. range 11. change 12. sponge Bonus 13. bedrock 14. subsoil 15. erosion 16. weathering |
Week Twelve
-tch, -ch endings 1. witch 2. sketch 3. fetch 4. match 5. roach 6. coach 7. teach 8. speech 9. torch 10. bench 11. branch 12. crunch Bonus 13. slavery 14. freedom 15. justice 16. prejudice |
Week Nine
Review of 3letter blends 1. scratch 2. scream 3. strange 4. string 5. spray 6. spread 7. through 8. threat 9. shrink 10. shrimp 11. squash 12. squeeze Bonus 13. humus 14. clay 15. loam 16. topsoil |
Week Ten
-ce, -ve, -se endings 1. prince 2. dance 3. fence 4. bounce 5. leave 6. twelve 7. solve 8. prove 9. choose 10. cheese 11. loose 12. sense Bonus 13. boycott 14. protest 15. colony 16. liberty |
Week Seven
Review of ambiguous vowels –aw, -au, -al, -ou 1. paw 2. yawn 3. hawk 4. cause 5. taught 6. pause 7. also 8. calm 9. tall 10. cough 11. bought 12. fought Bonus 13. thaw 14. launch 15. halt 16. brought |
Week Eight
Review of Homophones 1. tied 2. tide 3. maid 4. made 5. ring 6. wring 7. eight 8. ate 9. right 10. write 11. missed 12. mist Bonus 13. deer 14. dear 15. horse 16. hoarse |
Week Five
Review of r-influenced vowel patterns –are, -ire, -ore, -ure, -air, -ear 1. bare 2. stare 3. wire 4. tire 5. more 6. store 7. pure 8. cure 9. chair 10. pair 11. fear 12. year Bonus 13. spare 14. umpire 15. injure 16. beard |
Week Six
Review of diphthongs –oi, -oy, -ou, -ow 1. join 2. soil 3. coin 4. joy 5. toy 6. decoy 7. cloud 8. found 9. shout 10. clown 11. owl 12. frown Bonus 13. choice 14. destroy 15. doubt 16. prowl |
Week Three
Review of VCC-igh, Open Syllables-y, -ay, ew, -ow 1. high 2. sigh 3. bright 4. cry 5. fly 6. stay 7. play 8. clay 9. chew 10. flew 11. know 12. slow Bonus 13. flight 14. spry 15. whew 16. glow |
Week Four
Review of –r controlled –ar, -ir, -or, -ur 1. start 2. harm 3. dark 4. first 5. stir 6. dirt 7. north 8. corn 9. fork 10. burn 11. hurt 12. curl Bonus 13. arch 14. whirl 15. scorn 16. spurt |
Week One
Review of CVCe Patterns 1. make 2. face 3. same 4. drive 5. mice 6. nine 7. stove 8. joke 9. hose 10. use 11. huge 12. rude Bonus 13. grape 14. glide 15. choke 16. plume |
Week Two
Review of CVVC Patterns 1. tail 2. pain 3. float 4. soap 5. green 6. teeth 7. speak 8. team 9. juice 10. suit 11. spoon 12. mood Bonus 13. claim 14. leash 15. recruit 16. scoop |