3rd Grade Spelling

Course Length

2 Semesters

3rd Grade Spelling delves into relevant spelling rules and word families throughout 30 weeks of instruction.

Students not only practice phonics skills, including syllabication and sounding out multisyllabic words, but also incorporate word parts such as prefixes and suffixes. These lessons also reinforce language arts skills including application of the writing process and reading comprehension.

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Overview of Concepts

• MULTISYLLABIC SHORT A WORDS
• MULTISYLLABIC SHORT E WORDS
• MULTISYLLABIC SHORT I WORDS
• MULTISYLLABIC SHORT O WORDS
• MULTISYLLABIC SHORT U WORDS
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS FOR /AI/ AND /AY/
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS FOR /EA/ AND /EE/
• REVIEW LIST
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS FOR /OA/
• LONG VOWEL SOUNDS WITH WORDS ENDING IN E
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS WITH CLOSED SYLLABLES
• MULTISYLLABIC WORDS AND OPEN SYLLABLES
• USING CONTRACTIONS CORRECTLY
• /QU/ WORDS
• CONSONANT DOUBLING WHEN ADDING -ED OR -ING TO VERBS
• REVIEW LIST
• PLURAL REGULAR NOUNS
• IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS: CHANGING Y TO -IES
• IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS: CHANGING F OR -FE TO -VES
• HOMOPHONES
• WORDS USING THE SUFFIX -FUL/-FULLY
• WORDS USING THE SUFFIX -ABLE/-ABLY
• WORDS USING THE SUFFIX -LY/-ALLY
• REVIEW LIST
• WORDS USING THE SUFFIX -ER
• WORDS ENDING IN -LE/AL
• WORDS ENDING IN -TION/SION
• NUMBER WORDS
• WORDS USING UN-, IM-, AND IN- PREFIXES MEANING 'NOT'
• REVIEW LIST