Third Grade Spelling Complete - Greenville Consolidated School

Third Grade Spelling #2 More Short Vowels

#1 Short Vowels pond
drop
last lot
class sock
smell crop
head luck
friend rub
left does
send drum
mix hunt
milk shut
thick front
thin
stick Strategy: A short vowel
sound is usually spelled
Strategy: A short vowel with one vowel followed
sound is usually spelled by a consonant sound.
with one vowel followed
by a consonant sound.

Dictionary Skill: ABC
Order
Put words in ABC order by
looking at the first
letter of each word.
Decide which of those
letters comes first in
the alphabet. if the
first letters are the
same, go to the first
pair of letters that are
different.

#3 Vowel-Consonant-e #4 More Long Vowel
Pattern Spellings

save paint
life clay
wide neighbor
mine eight
grade paid
smile lay
smoke weigh
huge feel
note leave
cube seem
come speak
love need

Strategy: When spelling a Strategy: To spell a word
word with a long vowel with the long a or the
sound, remember that a long e sound, remember
long vowel sound is often these things:
spelled with the vowel-
consonant-e pattern. • The long a sound can
be spelled ai or ay.
Dictionary Skill:
Parts of a Dictionary • The long e sound can
A dictionary lists words be spelled ea or ee.
in ABC order. how could
you find the word cube
quickly? Turn to the
front part of the
dictionary, where you
will find the words
starting with c.

#5 Spelling the Long o #6 Three-Letter
Sound Clusters

coach scream
float screen
soap spring
blow spray
row spread
own strong
hold straight
sold stream
both street
most string
sew throw
through three

Strategy: To spell a word Strategy: When you are
with the long o sound, spelling a word that has
remember that this sound a consonant cluster, say
can be spelled oa, ow or the word aloud and listen
o. for the different
consonant sounds.
Dictionary Skill: Guide Remember, some words
Words begin with the consonant
Entry words are the main clusters scr, spr, str,
words in a dictionary. and thr.
They are in ABC order. Dictionary Skill:
Two guide words at the Definitions
top of each page help you A dictionary entry has
find words quickly. They one or more definitions,
tell the first and last or meanings, for the
entry words on the page. entry word. A sample
sentence helps to make
the meaning clear. (Show
entry from a dictionary)

#7 Spelling the Long i #8 The Vowel Sound in
Sound clown

bright clown
sight crowd
fight bow
tight crown
might round
wild sound
child loud
mind ground
die count
pie cloud
lie mouth
tie would

Strategy: When you hear Strategy: When you hear
the long i sound, think the ou sound, as in clown
of the patterns ight, i and round, remember it is
or ie. often spelled with the
pattern ow or ou.
Dictionary Skill:
Pronunciation Key
A dictionary entry has a
pronunciation that helps
you say the entry word.
The pronunciation key
tells you what sounds the
symbols in the
pronunciation stand for.
It gives a sample word
for each sound.

#9 The Vowel Sound in #10 Unexpected
lawn Consonant
Patterns
lawn knee
raw knot
straw knife
law knock
cloth know
soft wrap
cost wrong
talk write
almost scratch
also patch
wall watch
walk match

Strategy: The o sound can Strategy: Some word have
be spelled with these unexpected consonant
patterns: patterns.
A beginning n sound may
• aw, as in lawn be spelled kn. A
• o as in cloth beginning r sound may be
• a before l, as in spelled wr. A final ch
sound may be spelled tch.
almost
Dictionary Skill:
Choosing the Correct
Meaning
If an entry word has more
than one meaning, the
meanings are numbered. A
sample sentence may be

given to make the
meaning clear.

#11 Vowel + r Sound #12 Vowel + r
Sound
Dark
star her
smart were
art serve
March girl
clear first
near bird
ear third
storm dirt
fourth turn
door hurt
north work
word
Strategy: Remember these
spelling patterns for the Strategy: Remember these
vowel spelling patterns for the
+ r sounds: ur sounds:

• arm as in dark • er, as in her
• ear, as in clear • ir, as in girl
• or, as in storm • ur, as in turn
• or, as in work
Dictionary Skill: Guide
Words
Use guide words to help
you find an entry word in
a dictionary more
quickly. Remember that
entry words are in ABC
order.

# 13 The Vowel Sound #14 Spelling the j
in coin Sound

coin judge
soil jump
noise jeans
oil jar
spoil June
point stage
boil gym
join large
foil page
boy age
toy orange
joy giraffe

Strategy: The oi sound as Strategy: The j sound can
in coin and boy, is be spelled with the
spelled with the pattern consonant j or with the
oi or oy. consonant g followed by
e, i or y.
Dictionary Skill: Words
That Look the Same
Some words are spelled
the same but have
different meanings. The
words are numbered and
listed separately in a
dictionary.

#15 Spelling the k and #16 Vowel + r Sounds
kw Sounds in hair

quick care
queen scare
quart bare
quit share
squeeze hair
park chair
skin pair
picnic air
school fair
week bear
second pear
crack where

Strategy: The k sound Strategy: The ar sounds
can be spelled with the can be spelled with these
pattern k, ck or c. The patterns:
kw sounds can be spelled
with the qu pattern. • are, as in care
• air, as in hair
Dictionary Skill: Part of
Speech • ear, as in bear
A dictionary entry shows
if a word is a noun, a
verb or another part of
speech. Abbreviations
are used.

#17 Homophones #18 Compoound Words

hear airplane
here inside
new grandmother
knew sometimes
its himself
it’s nothing
our birthday
hour herself
there outside
their grandfather
they’re baseball
something
Strategy: Homophones are
words that sound the same Strategy: Compound Words
but have different Think about the spellings
spellings and meanings. of the shorter words that
When you spell a make up the compound
homophone, think about word.
the meaning of the word
you want to write.

Dictionary Skill:
Homophones
A dictionary entry uses
the symbol to designate
homophones.

#19 Words That End #20 Changing Final y
with to i

ed or ing babies
puppies
saving stories
cared ponies
smiled flies
jocking parties
chopped pennies
tapping cried
rubbed carried
dropped dried
grinning hurried
wrapped tried
patted
fixing Strategy: When a base
word ends with a
Strategy: When a base consonant and y, change
word ends with e, drop the y to i before adding
the e before adding ed or es or ed.
ing. When a base word
ends with one vowel and
one consonant, the
consonant is usually
doubled before ed or ing
is added.

Dictionary Skill: Base
Words
To find out how to spell
a word that ends with ed
or ing, look up its base
word in a dicctionary.

#21 Prefixes re and #22 Suffixes ful, ly
un and er

rewrite useful
remake careful
retell hopeful
reuse thankful
unfair friendly
unhappy slowly
unkind quickly
untie sadly
unlike teacher
unclear helper
unhurt farmer
unwrap singer

Strategy: Prefixes are Strategy: A suffix is a
added to the beginning of word part added to the
a base word. It adds end of a base word. It
meaning to the base word. adds meaning to the base
word.
• The prefix re means
“again.” • The suffix ful can
mean “full of” or
• The prefix un means “having.”
“not” or “opposite
of.” • The suffix ly can
mean “in a way that
• is.”
Dictionary Skill:
Syllables • The sufix er can mean
A word part with one “a person who.”
vowel sound. The
dictionary uses dots (h)
to separate the syllables
of an entry word.

#23 VCCV Pattern #24 Double Consonants
invite rabbit
Monday sudden
enjoy follow
until happen
forget butter
napkin lesson
window dollar
Sunday button
garden pretty
market hello
basket letter
order yellow

Strategy: Strategy:
To spell a word with the A VCCV word may have a
VCCV pattern, divide the double consonant. Divide
word between the two between the consonants to
consonants. Look for the find the syllables. Look
spelling patterns you for spelling patterns you
have learned. Spell the know. Spell the word by
word by syllables. syllables.

Dictionary Skill:
The Schwa Sound
In words such as useful,
the second syllable has a
weak vowel sound called
the schwa sound. The
pronunciation key shows
this sound as |e|. the
|e| sound can be spelled
with any vowel.

e about, silent,
pencil, lemon

#25 Spelling the s #26 Vowel Sounds in
sound in city tooth and cook

place tooth
center cook
nice boot
once shook
dance balloon
face spoon
certain chew
space grew
city flew
circle drew
circus shoe
pencil blue

Strategy: The s sound may Strategy: When you hear
be spelled c when the c the long oo sound, as in
is followed by i or e. tooth or chew, remember
that it may be spelled
with the pattern oo or
ew. The short oo sound,
as in cook, may be
spelled with the pattern
oo.

#27 The Vowel Sound in #28 Words that end
bought with

thought er or le
bought
fought summer
brought winter
ought October
caught color
daughter November
taught ever
laugh later
throught little
enough travel
cough apple
able
Strategy: When you hear purple
the short o sound, as in
bought or caught, Strategy: In words with
remember that it can be more than one syllable:
spelled with the pattern
ough or augh. • the final er sounds
are often spelled er
Dictionary Skill:
Spelling Table • the final el sound
If you do not know how to can be spelled le
spell a sound, turn to
the spelling table, which Dictionary Skill:
shows the different ways Stressed Syllables
a sound can be spelled. The dictionary
pronunciation shows which
syllable is stressed in
dark print followed by an
accent mark (‘).

#29 Words That Begin #30 Contractions
with
I’m
a or be he’s
again aren’t
around couldn’t
away won’t
about o’clock
alive wouldn’t
ahead weren’t
ago she’s
begin wasn’t
before I’d
because shouldn’t
between
behind Strategy: A contraction
is a short way of saying
Strategy: In two-syllable or writing two or more
words, the unstressed | | words. An apostrophe
sound at the beginning of takes the place of one or
a word may be spelled more letters.
with an a. The
unstressed | | sounds
may be spelled be.