3rd Grade Spelling Units (Level C)

In the first unit, student will learn to spell words with the short a and long a vowel sounds. Word list includes: mask, grade, wrapped, stage, track, raise, safety, they, chance, stamp, batch, eight, graph, trade, and laugh.

In C-2, students will focus on learning to spell short e and long e words: wrench, peace, medal, peaches, bread, remember, eggshell, piece, kept, better, reading, metal, yellow, hello, and sentence.

Unit C-3 has long i and short i words. Pilot, fine, time, write, tries, rhyme, silent, height, night, iron, lines, reply, whine, wise, and highlight.

On these worksheets, students will review long o and short o words. Word list: coach, fossil, vote, though, cocoa, sold, option, hollow, frog, olive, oatmeal, block, stone, own, and lollipop.

In the fifth unit, your kids will learn to spell words with the long oo and long u vowel sounds. Words on the list are: fruit, musical, computer, stool, knew, spoon, cute, few, rules, bedroom, mule, moon, perfume, new, and rescue.

This week, students will learn about words that have a long vowel sound because of a silent e at the end of each word. Word list: smile, stripe, globe, note, confuse, flame, become, white, choke, arrive, cube, beware, pancake, rose, and skate.

On these worksheets, your class will learn about words with the /oi/ sound. Word list includes: toys, voyage, joyful, join, coins, boy, loyal, point, soil, annoy, destroy, avoid, voice, noise, and broil.

Words in this unit all have the /ow/ sound (spelled with the letters ow or ou). Clown, brown, about, around, mouth, trout, and meow, cloud, downspout, however, allowance, crown, flour, flower, shout, towel, sound.

Look for words with the consonant sound /f/ spelled with the letter f or the letters ph. Words include: golfer, enough, family, fashion, tough, paragraph, cough, forgetful, felt, farmer, photograph, feelings, full, roof, difference, rough, and phrase.

In unit 10, students will practice words with double consonants, such as: spill, collect, successful, lettuce, happy, berry, litter, carrot, errand, happen, puzzle, pizza, messy, address, necessary, really, and traffic.

Each of these words have the sound /s/ or /z/. Daisy, license, bicycle, season, classes, vase, service, plastic, citizen, sincerely, closet, sense, yesterday, distance, reuse, zipper, and does.

Verbs that end in -ed and -ing are found in this unit. Studying, cared, walking, trying, stopped, exciting, joking, dripping, served, dropped, changed, noticing, sleeping, acting, beginning.

Learn all about homophones! Ant/aunt, brake/break, sail/sale, there/their/they're, beet/beat, bare/bear, and your/you're.

Sometimes words can be easy to confuse. This week, your class will spell: dessert and desert; loose and lose; are, our, and hour; then and than; who's and whose; it's and its; accept and except.

Learn to spell words with the /k/ sound. List includes the following words: cabin, ticket, freckles, collapse, quick, camera, rocket, insect, second, comics, ache, crack, week, octopus, and park.

The focus of this unit is words with /j/, /ch/, and /tch/ sounds. Orange, porch, stretch, bridge, large, nature, catch, judge, postage, arrange, culture, capture, checkers, courage, jacket.

This week's words have the sounds /sh/, /ch/, and /wh/. Path, why, what, whale, thought, throat, where, motion, shelter, when, position, who, ashamed, shimmer, and social.

This unit has plural nouns, such as: plants, countries, valleys, tomatoes, boxes, babies, cherries, bakeries, batteries, highways, trays, matches, coaches, beaches, movies, and glasses.

This list has contractions, such as I'd, couldn't, where's, let's, I've, aren't, haven't, hasn't, I'm, what's, we'll, shouldn't, how's, isn't, and would've.

These words have the /ar/ and /or/ sounds. Award, cartoon, harvest, toward, charm, alarm, starving, swarm, warmth, reward, garden, guard, quarter, warned, and carpet.

In this unit, students will need to spell words with -ar, -er, and -or endings. Since these endings sound alike, they'll have to memorize the last two letters of each word. Swimmer, teacher, inventor, horror, dollar, singer, vinegar, mayor, worker, clever, author, nectar, visitor, sailor, and humor.

Prefixes un, re, and dis are the theme for this week. Disappear, unable, replace, until, dislike, reheat, react, disagree, rewrite, unknown, dishonest, rewind, unbutton, uncover, and replay.

Suffixes are the topic for this week. Each word has the suffix -ful, -less, or -ly. Slowly, useful, nicely, sadly, fearless, happily, wonderful, painless, meaningful, calmly, flawless, careful, friendly, truthful, powerful, thankful, peaceful.

This unit will help students learn to spell words with silent consonants, such as knight, aisle, whole, wrong, thumb, island, knowledge, often, sword, crumb, doubt, gnaw, climb, and written.

Compound words in this set include: ladybug, underline, sandcastle, popcorn, fireplace, keyboard, hallway, quicksand, jigsaw, dragonfly, passport, doorbell, cardboard, seafood, barnyard, and everyone.

Each of these words has one of the following letter combinations: ei, ie, ia, or ai. List: chief, nailed, claim, field, goalie, niece, tail, trivia, neighbor, weight, ceiling, waiting, said, airplane, and carriage.

These words have the /d/ and /t/ sounds. Spider, handle, littlest, water, hurting, wanted, middle, bandage, ladder, bottles, bitter, butter, paddle, letter, battery, cattle, and tasted.

Spell two-syllable words, such as website, billion, enter, every, bacon, lumber, police, danger, discuss, behave, kitten, basket, morning, between, and again.

Each of the words in this unit have three syllables. List: triangle, umbrella, veteran, negative, probably, gymnastics, together, behavior, hamburger, important, cucumber, character, develop, xylophone, recommend, understand, and volunteer.

This is the final regular list in our spelling series. It contains word pairs that are antonyms. daytime-nighttime; past-present; fantasy-reality; gentle-rough; hero-villain; risky-safe; filthy-clean.

This unit has Halloween words, including the following: spider, skeleton, pumpkin, candlestick, trick-or-treat, toad, candy, ghost, costume, black cat, treats, goblin, frighten, broom, midnight, spooky, cobweb, shadow, monster, and witch.

This Thanksgiving spelling unit contains the following words: Pilgrim, harvest, thankful, pumpkin pie, vegetables, roast, yams, corn, celebrate, feast, November, gobble, potatoes, voyage, family, bread, Thanksgiving, autumn, squash, and turkey.

This unit has winter and Christmas words. List includes: snowman, elf, holly, snowflakes, lights, wreath, Christmas, angel, candle, sleigh, merry, carols, Santa, winter, and reindeer.

The Easter unit features the following words: bunny, parade, hidden, rabbit, basket, bonnet, Easter, spring, jellybeans, chocolate, grass, orchid, hopping, hatch, and lamb.

This unit contains words with a "healthy foods" theme. Words include: avocado, broccoli, grapes, tomato, soup, salad, peas, eggs, orange juice, apple, pear, peach, almonds, oatmeal, beans, fish, carrot, milk, turkey, and yogurt.

This spelling unit is all about the months of the year and days of the week. Words include: calendar, Monday, March, February, Wednesday, July, May, June, April, Sunday, Friday, January, August, October, Thursday, Saturday, September, December, Tuesday, and November.

Here is a school words-themed spelling unit with the following words: alphabet, scissors, pens, backpack, ruler, glue, map, books, teacher, pencil, desk, notebook, stapler, tape, paper, crayon, eraser, globe, computer, and markers.

This is a spelling unit with a "simple machines" theme. The words in this spelling unit are: machine, lever, wedge, science, inclined plane, ramp, force, simple, pulley, work, wheel, power, compound, screw, axle, energy, resistance, effort, load, and motion.

This is our old spelling series. It's not nearly as good as our new one, but if you're looking for it.... here you go.

Are the third grade words too tough? If so, take a look at our 2nd grade (Level B) spelling units.

If you're looking for something a little more challenging, jump to the 4th grade (Level D) series.

The STW spelling series goes up to 5th grade (Level E).

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