3rd Grade Spelling Words by Lesson

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Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Short vowels a, e, i, o, u

Short vowels a, e, i, o, u

Consonant Digraphs
th, sh, ch, wh

Consonant Blends
cl, fl, gl, pl, sl

More Consonant Blends

br, cr, gr, pr, sk, sp

answer
began
berry
body
chest
chill
gift
held
lift
list
Monday
pick
puppy
test
visit
spot
trust
lock
odd
best
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buzz
cactus
collar
crop
deaf
felt
hello
lamb
pants
stiff
Sunday
twelve
wagon
west
window
lump
jog
give
rock
next
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bother
chair
change
cheek
cheese
cherry
north
shock
thankful
thirteen
Thursday
whale
wheat
whether
whip
speech
chance
those
shall
showed
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clay
close
cloth
flag
flame
flash
glass
glove
place
plain
plant
please
plus
sleeve
slice
cloud
classify
slip
glare
angle
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bread
broke
crayon
cross
grab
gray
prayer
price
prize
proud
skate
skin
skip
spell
spend
cricket
practice
brain
skill
spirit
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Lesson 7

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Lesson 8

Lesson 9

Lesson 10

Lesson 11

Beginning consonant blends

scr, spr, str, thr

Double Consonants

Ending consonant blends

-sh -th -ch -ck -tch

Silent Consonants
igh, ough, l, k, d, b, wr

scrap
scratch
scream
screen
scrub
spread
spring
straight
strange
straw
stream
street
string
strong
threw
thread
throne
spray
scraped
strength
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address
butter
classroom
happen
ladder
lesson
merry
million
really
rubber
smell
sudden
sunny
supper
unhappy
shimmer
copper
flannel
juggle
wiggle
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aunt
behind
belong
bump
drank
front
grandfather
grandmother
husband
ink
sang
stamp
wind
wing
young
parent
defend
swing
stump
blank
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crash
earth
fresh
hatch
kick
match
neck
porch
ranch
rush
sack
sandwich
splash
switch
teacher
shake
brush
church
thump
faith
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bright
caught
chalk
clothes
half
knee
knot
neighbor
sidewalk
sight
though
thumb
Wednesday
whole
wrap
wrench
writer
knight
knack
dough
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Lesson 14

Lesson 15

Lesson 16

Lesson 17

Soft /j/

/s/ including soft c

/k/ spelled c, k, qu, ck, ke

Long /a/ spelled ai, a-e, ei, ay

Long /e/ spelled y, ee, ie, ea

angel
cage
edge
giraffe
huge
January
jar
jealous
jolly
judge
jug
juice
July
June
rage
general
orange
giant
gentle
engine
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asleep
boss
certain
circus
gas
less
pass
race
save
sell
seventh
since
soap
sorry
sweet
dance
twice
city
spicy
mice
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careful
copy
cover
fork
kept
key
October
queen
quick
quiet
quilt
quite
rack
rake
track
thick
chuckle
perfect
contest
coast
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afraid
awake
date
eight
lady
lay
made
mail
paper
plane
sail
shade
table
wait
weigh
quail
delay
rain
locate
behave
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angry
busy
carry
creek
deep
February
field
heavy
honey
leave
marry
meal
mean
team
twenty
beast
treat
decree
seed
fifty
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Lesson 20

Lesson 21

Lesson 22

Lesson 23

Long /i/ spelled i, igh, i-e, y

Long /o/ spelled o, o-e, oa,

ow, oe, ew

Short /o/ spelled au, ough,

augh, a, aw, o

Diphthongs ow, ou

R-controlled vowels: or, ore,

our

bicycle
die
fight
Friday
lie
life
nearby
ripe
shy
sign
smile
tight
tiny
wild
wipe
delight
flight
pilot
shiny
mind
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ago
alone
float
follow
goes
gold
open
owe
rode
rope
sew
shown
spoke
telephone
toast
foam
yellow
shadow
coach
load
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August
autumn
bought
brought
cause
daughter
fought
hall
paw
raw
salt
song
taught
upon
wall
clock
applause
lawn
stall
author
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allow
amount
anyhow
clown
crowd
doubt
drown
ground
hour
loud
mouse
mouth
plow
power
shout
count
found
about
powder
vowel
*______________

airport
corner
course
floor
fort
fourth
horn
order
pour
report
score
sore
sport
storm
wore
before
forest
horse
forgotten
seashore
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Lesson 26

Lesson 27

Lesson 28

Lesson 29

R-controlled vowels: ar

R-controlled vowels: er, or, ar

/l/ spelled le, il, al, el

R-controlled vowels: ur, ir,

ear, er, or

Short oo spelled oo, u

alarm
apart
argue
army
artist
bark
charge
March
mark
market
park
shark
sharp
smart
start
depart
warning
large
parties
garden
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center
December
dollar
driver
forget
hammer
later
mirror
November
remember
river
silver
sugar
summer
wonder
letter
doctor
actor
worm
scarf
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able
April
bottle
candle
cattle
eagle
handle
metal
middle
needle
saddle
sprinkle
squirrel
travel
turtle
giggle
tunnel
pupil
pencil
equal
*______________

burn
dirt
early
earn
herd
hurry
learn
person
return
Saturday
search
September
serve
thirty
worse
spider
tractor
verb
flavor
backward
*______________

brook
bushes
cookie
football
good-bye
hood
hook
neighborhood
notebook
pulley
push
shook
wolf
woman
wool
understood
looked
wood
full
rookie
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Lesson 31
Long oo spelled oo, ew, ui, ou,
u, ue

boot
choose
drew
flew
fruit
group
loose
moon
pool
ruler
shampoo
smooth
suit
truth
Tuesday
spoon
broom
wound
true
route
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