Third Grade Tested Vocabulary
Unit 1
Story: Charlie McButton
Story: What About Me?
Story: Kumak’s Fish
Skill: Homonyms and
Context Clues
Skill: Compound Words
and Word Structure
Skill: Unknown Words and
Dictionary/Glossary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. bat
2. battery
3. blew
4. fuel
5. plug
6. term
7. vision
Amazing Words
1. reject
2. reaction
3. cringed
4. plentiful
5. physical
6. suitable
7. appetizing
8. grit
1. carpenter
2. carpetmaker
3. knowledge
4. marketplace
5. merchant
6. plenty
7. straying
8. thread
Amazing Words
1. barter
2. peddler
3. expensive
4. worthless
5. permanent
6. obvious
7. wilt
8. lovely
9. mania
1. gear
2. parka
3. splendid
4. twitch
5. willow
6. yanked
Amazing Words
1. brainstorm
2. design
3. collaborate
4. funds
5. amusement
6. announcement
7. rehearsal
8. admirably
9. adequate
10.enthusiasm
Continues Unit 1 Vocabulary
Story: Supermarket
Story: My Rows & Piles…
Skill: Multiple-Meaning
Words and Context Clues
Skill: prefixes/suffixes and
Word Structure
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. laundry
2. section
3. shelves
4. spoiled
5. store
6. thousands
7. traded
8. variety
Amazing Words
1. exchange
2. bargain
3. browse
4. budget
5. hastily
6. compromise
7. product
8. resource
9. export
10.import
1. arranged
2. bundles
3. dangerously
4. errands
5. excitedly
6. steady
7. unwrapped
8. wobbled
Amazing Words
1. tempted
2. amount
3. resist
4. savings
5. consumer
6. retail
7. income
8. thrift shop
9. denomination
10.investor
Unit Assessment
Students will be given a
unit test over word
recognition for selection
vocabulary.
Students will take weekly
tests over Selection
Vocabulary which focuses
on the meaning of the
words. These words
correspond with the story
for the week.
If your child enjoys a
challenge, I encourage you
to practice the “Amazing
Words.” with them.
Students who would like
to be tested over the
“Amazing Words” at the
end of the unit can earn
ARMOR Tickets for going
the extra mile.
Third Grade Tested Vocabulary
Unit 2
Story: Penguin Chick
Story: I Wanna Iguana
Story: Prudy’s Problem
Skill: Synonyms and
Context Clues
Skill: Unfamiliar Words and
Context Clues
Skill: Compound Words
and Word Structure
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. adorable
2. compassionate
3. exactly
4. iguana
5. mature
6. mention
7. trophies
1. butterflies
2. collection
3. enormous
4. scattered
5. shoelaces
6. strain
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. cuddles
2. flippers
3. frozen
4. hatch
5. pecks
6. preen
7. snuggles
Amazing Words
1. inhospitable
2. refuge
3. flourish
4. absorb
5. predatory
6. brace
7. reinforce
8. saliva
9. earthen
10. vibration
1. quarrel
2. stubborn
3. obstinate
4. disagree
5. prevent
6. implement
7. supervise
8. unite
9. budge
10. rally
1. rubble
2. bulky
3. impress
4. exception
5. device
6. drastic
7. portable
8. inflatable
9. petrify
10.
decade
Continues Unit 2 Vocabulary
Story: Tops and Bottoms
Story: Amazing Bird Nests
Skill: Antonyms and
Context Clues
Skill: Unfamiliar Words and
Context Clues
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. bottom
2. cheated
3. clever
4. crops
5. lazy
6. partners
7. wealth
1. bill
2. goo
3. hunters
4. material
5. platform
6. tons
7. twig
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. distribute
2. divvy
3. reasonable
4. satisfaction
5. convince
6. official
7. humiliate
8. claim
9. vain
10.
jealous
1. disguise
2. vital
3. burrow
4. dormant
5. extreme
6. spine
7. moisture
8. evaporate
9. concoction
10.
nutrient
Unit Assessment
Students will be given a
unit test over word
recognition for selection
vocabulary.
Students will take weekly
tests over Selection
Vocabulary which focuses
on the meaning of the
words. These words
correspond with the story
for the week.
If your child enjoys a
challenge, I encourage you
to practice the “Amazing
Words.” with them.
Students who would like
to be tested over the
“Amazing Words” at the
end of the unit can earn
ARMOR Tickets for going
the extra mile.
Third Grade Tested Vocabulary
Unit 3
Story: How Do You Raise a
Raisin?
Story: Pushing Up the Sky
Story: Seeing Stars
Skill: Homophones and
Context Clues
Skill: Unknown words and
Dictionary Glossary
Skill: Unknown words and
Dictionary Glossary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. area
2. artificial
3. grapevine
4. preservative
5. proof
6. raise
7. raisin
1. antlers
2. imagined
3. languages
4. narrator
5. overhead
6. poked
1. dim
2. gas
3. gigantic
4. ladle
5. patterns
6. shine
7. temperature
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. nature
2. wildlife
3. teem
4. elevation
5. admire
6. jumble
7. tame
8. stumble
9. trek
10.backpack
1. existence
2. scarce
3. elder
4. abundant
5. shrivel
6. scorch
7. irritable
8. pierce
9. torrent
10.fertile
1. reflect
2. microscopic
3. dusk
4. twilight
5. active
6. intimate
7. detect
8. sensitive
9. species
10.downwind
Continues Unit 3 Vocabulary
Story: A Symphony of
Whales
Story: Around One Cactus
Skill: Unfamiliar Words and
Context Clues
Skill: Prefixes and Suffixes
and Word Structure
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. anxiously
2. bay
3. blizzards
4. channel
5. chipped
6. melody
7. supplies
8. surrounded
9. symphony
1. incredible
2. lofty
3. noble
4. search
5. stinging
6. survivors
7. topic
8. unseen
9. waterless
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. starvation
2. prohibit
3. conservation
4. biologists
5. catastrophe
6. inhumane
7. overpopulation
8. illegally
9. hover
10.salt marsh
1. origin
2. appreciate
3. relationship
4. birch
5. centipede
6. dew
7. behold
8. cedar
9. border
10.preserve
Unit Assessment
Students will be given a
unit test over word
recognition for selection
vocabulary.
Students will take weekly
tests over Selection
Vocabulary which focuses
on the meaning of the
words. These words
correspond with the story
for the week.
If your child enjoys a
challenge, I encourage you
to practice the “Amazing
Words.” with them.
Students who would like
to be tested over the
“Amazing Words” at the
end of the unit can earn
ARMOR Tickets for going
the extra mile.
Third Grade Tested Vocabulary
Unit 4
Story: The Man Who
Invented Basketball
Story: Hottest, Coldest,
Highest, Deepest
Story: Rocks in His Head
Skill: Context Clues
Skill: Dictionary/Glossary
Skill: Context Clue and
Multiple-Meaning Words
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. basketball
2. disease
3. freeze
4. guard
5. popular
6. sports
7. study
8. terrible
1. average
2. depth
3. deserts
4. erupted
5. outrun
6. peak
7. tides
8. waterfalls
1. attic
2. board
3. chores
4. customer
5. labeled
6. spare
7. stamps
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. mock
2. idle
3. potential
4. ecstatic
5. thrill
6. audition
7. necessary
8. result
9. succeed
10. rise
11. verge
1. evergreen
2. lumber
3. competitor
4. plunge
5. valuable
6. champ
7. sprinter
8. acrobat
9. weaken
10. ranger
1. hobby
2. project
3. leftover
4. murmur
5. ancestor
6. ornament
7. descendant
8. forge
9. compartment
Continues Unit 4 Vocabulary
Story: America’s Champion
Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle
Story: Fly, Eagle, Fly!
An African Tale
Skill: Context Clues and
Multiple-Meaning Words
Skill: Dictionary/Glossary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. celebrate
2. continued
3. current
4. drowned
5. medals
6. stirred
7. strokes
Amazing Words
1. ordinary
2. imagination
3. assemble
4. magnificent
5. organize
6. erect
7. suspend
8. accompany
9. provision
10.
spectacle
1. clutched
2. echoed
3. gully
4. reeds
5. scrambled
6. thatch
7. valley
Unit Assessment
Students will be given a
unit test over word
recognition for selection
vocabulary.
Students will take weekly
tests over Selection
Vocabulary which focuses
on the meaning of the
words. These words
correspond with the story
for the week.
Amazing Words
1. armor
2. agile
3. snout
4. protrude
5. extraordinary
6. scenery
7. pesky
8. unfurl
9. coil
10.
intersection
If your child enjoys a
challenge, I encourage you
to practice the “Amazing
Words.” with them.
Students who would like
to be tested over the
“Amazing Words” at the
end of the unit can earn
ARMOR Tickets for going
the extra mile.
Third Grade Tested Vocabulary
Unit 5
Story: Suski’s Kimono
Story: I Love Saturdays y
domingos
Story: Good-Bye, 382 Shin
Dang Dong
Skill: Context Clues and
Synonyms
Skill: Homophones and
Context Clues
Skill: Compound Words
And Word Structure
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. cotton
2. festival
3. graceful
4. handkerchief
5. paces
6. rhythm
7. snug
Amazing Words
1. traditional
2. fret
3. scarves
4. fabric
5. acceptable
6. inspire
7. robe
8. drape
9. elegant
10. stylish
1. bouquet
2. circus
3. difficult
4. nibble
5. pier
6. soars
7. swallow
1. airport
2. cellar
3. curious
4. delicious
5. described
6. farewell
7. homesick
8. memories
9. raindrops
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. clan
2. dwelling
3. shield
4. headdress
5. concentrate
6. barbecue
7. belief
8. chant
9. procession
10. settler
1. native
2. homeland
3. aspect
4. advantage
5. sponsor
6. habit
7. impolite
8. manner
9. conscious
10.
insult
Continues Unit 5 Vocabulary
Story: Jalapeno Bagels
Story: Me and Uncle Romie
Skill: Context Clues
Skill: Homonyms and
Context Clues
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. bakery
2. batch
3. boils
4. braided
5. dough
6. ingredients
7. mixture
1. cardboard
2. feast
3. fierce
4. flights
5. pitcher
6. ruined
7. stoops
8. treasure
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. nutrition
2. calorie
3. flavor
4. nutmeg
5. grumble
6. allergic
7. wholesome
8. grate
9. agent
1. skyscraper
2. taxicab
3. scamper
4. scurry
5. vendor
6. hurl
7. meager
8. gutter
9. bitter
10.
ramble
Unit Assessment
Students will be given a
unit test over word
recognition for selection
vocabulary.
Students will take weekly
tests over Selection
Vocabulary which focuses
on the meaning of the
words. These words
correspond with the story
for the week.
If your child enjoys a
challenge, I encourage you
to practice the “Amazing
Words.” with them.
Students who would like
to be tested over the
“Amazing Words” at the
end of the unit can earn
ARMOR Tickets for going
the extra mile.
Third Grade Tested Vocabulary
Unit 6
Story: The Story of the Statue
of Liberty
Story: Happy Birthday Mr.
Kang
Story: Talking Walls: Art
for the People
Skill: Prefix and Word
Structure
Skill: Antonyms and
Context Clues
Skill: Dictionary/Glossary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. crown
2. liberty
3. models
4. symbol
5. tablet
6. torch
7. unforgettable
8. unveiled
Amazing Words
1. impressive
2. tribute
3. enlighten
4. contribution
5. dedication
6. competition
7. recognizable
8. disgrace
9. staggering
10. fund
1. bows
2. chilly
3. foolish
4. foreign
5. narrow
6. perches
7. recipe
1. encourages
2. expression
3. local
4. native
5. settled
6. social
7. support
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. territory
2. release
3. loyal
4. deserve
5. manage
6. affectionate
7. companion
8. nag
9. retrieve
10. wandering
1. creative
2. expressive
3. emotion
4. artistic
5. exquisite
6. lecture
7. significant
8. pause
9. view
10.
lyrics
Continues Unit 6 Vocabulary
Story: Two Bad Ants
Story: Atlantis: The Legend
of a Lost City
Skill: Prefixes and Suffixes
Skill: Homographs and
Context Clues
Selection Vocabulary
Selection Vocabulary
1. crystal
2. disappeared
3. discovery
4. goal
5. journey
6. joyful
7. scoop
8. unaware
1. aqueducts
2. content
3. crouched
4. guidance
5. honor
6. pillar
7. thermal
Amazing Words
Amazing Words
1. obey
2. responsibility
3. consequence
4. permission
5. citizen
6. fascinate
7. guilt
8. encounter
9. forbid
10.
eerie
1. witty
2. equality
3. justice
4. perish
5. demonstrate
6. mourn
7. blight
8. wept
9. violence
Unit Assessment
Students will be given a
unit test over word
recognition for selection
vocabulary.
Students will take weekly
tests over Selection
Vocabulary which focuses
on the meaning of the
words. These words
correspond with the story
for the week.
If your child enjoys a
challenge, I encourage you
to practice the “Amazing
Words.” with them.
Students who would like
to be tested over the
“Amazing Words” at the
end of the unit can earn
ARMOR Tickets for going
the extra mile.