The third grade spelling words curriculum below spans 36 weeks and includes a master spelling list and five different printable spelling activities per week to help reinforce learning. Feel free to print materials for your classroom, or distribute to parents for home use. (read more about the spelling curriculum design.) To take full advantage of the program, consider using the spelling program together with the companion 3rd grade reading comprehension worksheets.
Teacher / Parent Materials (PDF Format)
3rd Grade Master Spelling List (36 weeks/6 pages) Download Master Spelling List (PDF)
This master list includes 36 weeks of spelling lists, and covers sight words, academic words, and 3rd grade level appropriate patterns for words, focusing on word families, prefixes/suffixes, homophones, compound words, word roots/origins and more.
This master list includes 36 weeks of spelling lists, and covers sight words, academic words, and 3rd grade level appropriate patterns for words, focusing on word families, prefixes/suffixes, homophones, compound words, word roots/origins and more.
3rd Grade Dictation Sentences are now included in each week’s activity set: The teacher/parent will read each sentence aloud and the student will write each sentence on the provided worksheet. This helps ensure that students are making the connection between the spelling words and how they are used in context. It also allows you to check and correct problems with language conventions such as capitalization and punctuation.
Each week includes 5 Different 3rd Grade Spelling Activities!
Third Grade Spelling Words Worksheets (PDF Format)
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Master 3rd Grade Spelling List Master Spelling List for all weeks |
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Week 1 Word List Week 1 Spelling Words (List C-1): Sight words, short a/e words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 2 Word List Week 2 Spelling Words (List C-2): Sight words, short i/o/u words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 3 Word List Week 3 Spelling Words (List C-3): Sight words, long a/e words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 4 Word List Week 4 Spelling Words (List C-4): Sight words, long i/o words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 5 Word List Week 5 Spelling Words (List C-5): Sight words, blends st/str, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 6 Word List Week 6 Spelling Words (List C-6): Sight words, kn/wr words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 7 Word List Week 7 Spelling Words (List C-7): Sight words, gh/ph words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 8 Word List Week 8 Spelling Words (List C-8): Sight words, ch/tch words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 9 Word List Week 9 Spelling Words (List C-9): Sight words, sh words, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 10 Word List Week 10 Spelling Words (List C-10): Sight words, s sound of c, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 11 Word List Week 11 Spelling Words (List C-11): Sight words, j sound of g, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 12 Word List Week 12 Spelling Words (List C-12): Sight words, oi sound, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 13 Word List Week 13 Spelling Words (List B-13): Sight words, ou sound, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 14 Word List Week 14 Spelling Words (List C-14): Sight words, short aw sound, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 15 Word List Week 15 Spelling Words (List C-15): Sight words, long & short oo, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 16 Word List Week 16 Spelling Words (List C-16): Sight words, r-controlled, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 17 Word List Week 17 Spelling Words (List C-17): Sight words, air sound, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 18 Word List Week 18 Spelling Words (List C-18): Sight words, or sound, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 19 Word List Week 19 Spelling Words (List C-19): Sight words, homophones, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 20 Word List Week 20 Spelling Words (List C-20): Sight words, homophones, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 21 Word List Week 21 Spelling Words (List C-21): Words with ur sound and academic vocabulary |
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Week 22 Word List Week 22 Spelling Words (List C-22): Double consonant words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 23 Word List Week 23 Spelling Words (List C-23): Words with er and est and academic vocabulary |
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Week 24 Word List Week 24 Spelling Words (List C-24): Compound words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 25 Word List Week 25 Spelling Words (List C-25): VCCV pattern words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 26 Word List Week 26 Spelling Words (List C-26): VCV word, and academic vocabulary |
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Week 27 Word List Week 27 Spelling Words (List C-27): Words with suffix – ed/-ing and academic vocabulary |
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Week 28 Word List Week 28 Spelling Words (List C-28): Words with suffix – tion/-sion and academic vocabulary |
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Week 29 Word List Week 29 Spelling Words (List C-29): Words with suffix – ful/-fully and academic vocabulary |
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Week 30 Word List Week 30 Spelling Words (List C-30): Words with suffix -ly/-ally and academic vocabulary |
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Week 31 Word List Week 31 Spelling Words (List C-31): Words with suffix -able/-ably and academic vocabulary |
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Week 32 Word List Week 32 Spelling Words (List C-32): Y to i change words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 33 Word List Week 33 Spelling Words (List C-33): Contraction words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 34 Word List Week 34 Spelling Words (List C-34): Contraction words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 35 Word List Week 35 Spelling Words (List C-35): Final -er words and academic vocabulary |
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Week 36 Word List Week 36 Spelling Words (List C-36): Final -le/-al words, and academic vocabulary |