3rd Grade Spelling Words by Lesson

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Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Short vowels a, e, i,
o, u

Short vowels a, e, i,
o, u

Consonant Digraphs
th, sh, ch, wh

bother
answer
buzz
chair
began
cactus
change
berry
collar
cheek
body
crop
cheese
chest
deaf
cherry
chill
felt
north
gift
hello
shock
held
lamb
thankful
lift
pants
thirteen
list
stif
Thursday
Monday
Sunday
whale
pick
twelve
wheat
puppy
wagon
whether
test
west
whip
visit
window
speech
spot
lump
chance
trust
jog
those
lock
give
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Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Consonant Blends
cl, fl, gl, pl, sl

More Consonant
Blends
br, cr, gr, pr, sk, sp

clay
close
cloth
flag
flame
flash
glass
glove
place
plain
plant
please
plus
sleeve
slice
cloud
classify
slip
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bread
broke
crayon
cross
grab
gray
prayer
price
prize
proud
skate
skin
skip
spell
spend
cricket
practice
brain
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odd
rock
shall
best
next
showed
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glare
angle
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skill
spirit
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Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9

Lesson 10

Lesson 11
Silent Consonants
igh, ough, l, k, d, b,
wr

Consonant blends scr,

spr, str, thr

Double Consonants

Oddballs

-sh -th -ch -ck -tch

scrap
scratch
scream
screen
scrub
spread
spring
straight
strange
straw
stream
street
string
strong
threw
thread
throne
spray

address
butter
classroom
happen
ladder
lesson
merry
million
really
rubber
smell
sudden
sunny
supper
unhappy
shimmer
copper
flannel

aunt
behind
belong
bump
drank
front
grandfather
grandmother
husband
ink
sang
stamp
wind
wing
young
plug
drench
plenty

crash
earth
fresh
hatch
kick
match
neck
porch
ranch
rush
sack
sandwich
splash
switch
teacher
shake
brush
church

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bright
caught
chalk
clothes
half
knee
knot
neighbor
sidewalk
sight
though
thumb
Wednesday
whole
wrap
wrench
writer
knight
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scraped
juggle
strap
strength
wiggle
snack
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Lesson 14
Lesson 15
Soft /j/

/s/ including soft c

angel
cage
edge
girafe
huge
January
jar
jealous
jolly
judge
jug
juice
July
June
rage

asleep
boss
certain
circus
gas
less
pass
race
save
sell
seventh
since
soap
sorry
sweet

/k/ spelled c, k, qu,

ck, ke

careful
copy
cover
fork
kept
key
October
queen
quick
quiet
quilt
quite
rack
rake
track
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thump
faith
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knack
dough
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Lesson 17

Long /a/ spelled ai, ae, ei, ay

Long /e/ spelled y, ee,

ie, ea

afraid
awake
date
eight
lady
lay
made
mail
paper
plane
sail
shade
table
wait
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angry
busy
carry
creek
deep
February
field
heavy
honey
leave
marry
meal
mean
team
twenty
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general
dance
thick
orange
twice
chuckle
giant
city
perfect
gentle
spicy
contest
engine
mice
coast
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Lesson 20
Lesson 21
Long /i/ spelled i, igh,
i-e, y

quail
delay
rain
locate
behave
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Lesson 22

beast
treat
decree
seed
fifty
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Lesson 23

Long /o/ spelled o, oe, oa, ow, oe, ew

Short /o/ spelled au,

ough, augh, a, aw, o

Diphthongs ow, ou

R-controlled vowels:
or, ore, our

ago
alone
float
follow
goes
gold
open
owe
rode
rope
sew
shown

August
autumn
bought
brought
cause
daughter
fought
hall
paw
raw
salt
song

allow
amount
anyhow
clown
crowd
doubt
drown
ground
hour
loud
mouse
mouth

airport
corner
course
floor
fort
fourth
horn
order
pour
report
score
sore

bicycle
die
fight
Friday
lie
life
nearby
ripe
shy
sign
smile
tight
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tiny
spoke
taught
wild
telephone
upon
wipe
toast
wall
delight
foam
clock
flight
yellow
applause
pilot
shadow
lawn
shiny
coach
stall
mind
load
author
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Lesson 26
Lesson 27
R-controlled vowels:
ar

R-controlled vowels:
er, or, ar

plow
power
shout
count
found
about
powder
vowel
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Lesson 28

sport
storm
wore
before
forest
horse
forgotten
seashore
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Lesson 29

/l/ spelled le, il, al, el

R-controlled vowels:
ur, ir, ear, er, or

Short oo spelled oo, u

able
April
bottle
candle
cattle
eagle
handle
metal
middle

burn
dirt
early
earn
herd
hurry
learn
person
return

brook
bushes
cookie
football
good-bye
hood
hook
neighborhood
notebook

alarm
center
apart
December
argue
dollar
army
driver
artist
forget
bark
hammer
charge
later
March
mirror
mark
November
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market
remember
needle
park
river
saddle
shark
silver
sprinkle
sharp
sugar
squirrel
smart
summer
travel
start
wonder
turtle
depart
letter
giggle
warning
doctor
tunnel
large
actor
pupil
parties
worm
pencil
garden
scarf
equal
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Lesson 31

Saturday
search
September
serve
thirty
worse
spider
tractor
verb
flavor
backward
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pulley
push
shook
wolf
woman
wool
understood
looked
wood
full
rookie
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Long oo spelled oo, ew, ui, ou, u, ue

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