Third Grade
Spelling List #1
Spelling Principle:
Short Vowel Review
Third Grade
Spelling List #2
Spelling Principle:
Long a
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
planner
body
butter
visit
messy
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
capital
continent
finish
present
study
Application Word: bathtub
paint
great
play
shake
chase
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
strange
afraid
payment
vacation
weigh
Application Word: make
Third Grade
Spelling List #3
Spelling Principle:
Long o
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Third Grade
Spelling List #4
Spelling Principle:
Long i
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
note
globe
toast
show
hold
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
borrow
scroll
protect
envelope
approach
Application Word: stole
mile
shine
pie
try
blind
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
while
decline
apply
mudslide
driveway
Application Word: smile
Third Grade
Spelling List #5
Spelling Principle:
Long e
Third Grade
Spelling List #6
Spelling Principle:
Long u
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Principle Words
team
leave
breathe
teeth
breeze
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
creamy
increase
oatmeal
disagree
keepsake
Application Word: dream
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
rule
glue
fruit
stew
threw
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
bruise
suitcase
dewdrops
renewing
confuse
Application Word: mule
Third Grade
Spelling List #7
Spelling Principle: Three
letter s blends (spr, scr, str,
squ, spl)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Third Grade
Spelling List #8
Spelling Principle:
Digraphs (th, wh, sh,
ch, tch)
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
spring
scratch
stranded
squeeze
splash
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
sprinkles
screeched
strength
squabble
splendid
Application Word: sprung
thankful
whisper
fashion
chapter
watching
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
champion
pitcher
withhold
diminish
whimper
Application Word: thinking
Third Grade
Spelling List #9
Spelling Principle: Silent
letter combinations
(wr, kn, gn, mb)
Third Grade
Spelling List #10
Spelling Principle:
Syllable Words
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
wrench
wrinkle
knot
gnaw
thumb
hundred
monster
pilgrim
address
explode
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
wreckage
wrestler
knowledge
design
numb
Application Word: crumb
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
merchant
embrace
purchase
curtsy
contract
Application Word: instant
Third Grade
Spelling List #11
Spelling Principle:
Plurals with –s and –es
Third Grade
Spelling List #12
Spelling Principle:
Drop e to add ing
*Students write both forms of each word.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
pockets
fences
crashes
foxes
beaches
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
radishes
notches
guesses
dinosaurs
buildings
Application Word: farms, dishes
(shake) shaking
(smoke) smoking
(drive) driving
(waste) wasting
(whine) whining
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(rotate) rotating
(ache) aching
(alphabetize) alphabetizing
(cease) ceasing
(circle) circling
Application Word: (bake) baking
Third Grade
Spelling List #13
Spelling Principle:
Suffixes with a word
ending in y (es, ed)
Third Grade
Spelling List #14
Spelling Principle:
R-controlled vowels (ar,
or)
*Students write both forms of each word.
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
(penny) pennies
(strawberry) strawberries
(worry) worries
(fry) fried
(carry) carried
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
(supply) supplied
(rely) relied
(family) families
(mystery) mysteries
(library) libraries
Application Word: (cry) cried, (marry)
marries
worry
workout
harvest
alarming
artist
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
worthless
cardinal
gardener
harmonica
worldly
Application Word: working; barn
Third Grade
Spelling List #15
Spelling Principle: Rcontrolled vowels (ir,
ur, er)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Third Grade
Spelling List #16
Spelling Principle:
Dipthongs (oi, oy)
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
birth
burst
perch
squirt
church
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
furniture
further
irksome
emergency
Peru
Application Word: birthday, perching
spoil
poison
annoy
employ
voyage
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
turmoil
appoint
boysenberry
royalty
ointment
Application Word: poisoning, spoiling
Third Grade
Spelling List #18
Spelling Principle:
Dipthongs (ou, ow)
Third Grade
Spelling List #17
Spelling Principle:
Dipthongs (aw, au)
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
straw
drawn
flaw
author
sausage
mouth
scout
round
clown
howl
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
applause
laundry
awning
awesome
faucet
Application Word: strawberry, drawing
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
fountain
mountain
around
coward
prowler
Application Word: frown, south
Third Grade
Spelling List #19
Spelling Principle: ew,
oo
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Third Grade
Spelling List #20
Spelling Principle:
oo/oo
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
few
crew
sewer
school
balloon
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
nephew
jewelry
shrewd
foolish
monsoon
Application Word: crewcut, schooling
goose
smooth
cook
wool
hoof
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
loosened
harpoon
chinook
crooked
childhood
Application Word: shampoo, woolen
Third Grade
Spelling List #21
Spelling Principle:
Soft c and g, dge
Third Grade
Spelling List #22
Spelling Principle: tt/ll
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
ledge
magic
legend
cent
circle
pattern
better
button
follow
village
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
trudge
dungeon
genuine
license
century
Application Word: fudge, magical
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
lattice
lettuce
mattress
allergic
college
Application Word: followers, mutton
Third Grade
Spelling List #23
Spelling Principle: le
and el
Third Grade
Spelling List #24
Spelling Principle:
Prefixes (pre, mid, un,
re, dis)
(trick for remembering: stick letter prior then it is
usually le; short letter prior then it is usually el)
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
bottle
gentle
saddle
nickel
travel
pretest
midnight
untied
rewrite
dislike
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
flannel
vessel
griddle
scuttle
shuffle
Application Word: (using the trick) camel,
candle
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
precaution
midsection
unbelievable
reversible
disapprove
Application Word: prevent, distrust
Third Grade
Spelling List #25
Spelling Principle:
Suffixes (ful, less, ness,
ly)
Third Grade
Spelling List #26
Spelling Principle:
Endings tion and sion
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
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2.
3.
4.
5.
beautiful
kindness
worthless
daily
suddenly
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
purposeful
happiness
motionless
immediately
brightly
Application Word: cheerfulness, kindly
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
fiction
direction
question
vision
mansion
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
celebration
declaration
fascination
possession
profession
Application Word: nonfiction, division
Third Grade
Spelling List #27
Spelling Principle: Rinfluenced u (ear, ure)
Third Grade
Spelling List #28
Spelling Principle:
Sounds /air/ (air, ear, are,
eir)
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
learn
pearl
earth
pure
sure
chair
pear
square
glare
their
Challenge Words
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
research
rehearse
yearning
pleasure
measure
Application Word: earthling, figure
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
fairground
unbearable
awareness
farewell
heirloom
Application Words: hairbrush, wearing,
prepare *no application word for eir
*When giving the application words, say:
“If you know ‘chair’, you know ‘hairbrush.’
If you know ‘pear’, you know ‘wearing.’
If you know ‘square’, you know ‘prepare.’”
Third Grade
Spelling List #29
Spelling Principle: Two
vowels with separate
sounds (eo, ea, iu, io,
uo) (ia)
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Principle Words
Principle Words
video (eo)
create (ea)
stadium (iu)
radio (io)
duo (uo)
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
HF Words
HF Words
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Third Grade
Spelling List #30
Spelling Principle: ough
and augh
rodeo (eo)
idea (ea)
medium (iu)
patio (io)
piano (ia)
Application Word: violin
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
cough
bought
fought
caught
daughter
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
thought
sought
brought
slaughter
haughty
Application Word: (cough) trough, (caught)
taught
Third Grade
Spelling List #31
Spelling Principle:
People who do (er, ist,
or)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Third Grade
Spelling List #32
Spelling Principle:
Endings (ish, hood,
ment, ship)
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
preacher
painter
scientist
doctor
sailor
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
announcer
pharmacist
journalist
pianist
conductor
Application Words: teacher, creator, dentist
When giving the application words, say:
“If you know ‘preacher’, you know ‘teacher.’
If you know ‘doctor’, you know ‘creator.’
If you know ‘scientist’, you know ‘dentist.’”
foolish
parenthood
payment
friendship
childish
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
impish
neighborhood
livelihood
relationship
environment
Application Word: childhood, selfish
Third Grade
Spelling List #33
Spelling Principle:
Multi-syllable words
Third Grade
Spelling List #34
Spelling Principle:
HF Words
HF Words
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Principle Words
Principle Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
leadership
gracefully
remarkable
reappeared
misbehaving
Challenge Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
undoubtedly
independence
disadvantage
unacceptable
uncomfortable
Application Word: overdoing, oncoming
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