
The Spelling Words

The Third Grade Spelling Words There will be 20 spelling words per spelling test. There will be fourteen spelling words, four challenge words, and two review words. The two review words will not be known until the day of the pre-test, which are usually taken on Wednesdays. I will score the best of the two grades, the pre-test or the test (which is usually taken on Fridays). The grading scale can be found in the student handbook.

(After the second review test, all pretests and tests will be done in cursive)

Lesson 1:
dry, dream, drink, score, soft, left, think, dragon, drum, scared, scarf, gift, thank, bank.
CHALLENGE WORDS: scanner, aircraft, prank, drawer.

Lesson 2: 
rich, they, mother, long, morning, thick, tooth, ring, rich, finish, chain, touch, shadow,
smash.   CHALLENGE WORDS: cheese, sandwich, dishwasher, belongings

Lesson 3:
large, page. jam, center, pencil, sometimes, silly, orange, jeans, joke, jelly, circle, cents,
circus. CHALLENGE WORDS: bandage, vegetables, concert, journey

Lesson 4:
friends, inches, brushes, fixes, flies, tries, pennies, crackers, marches, stitches, rushes,
mixes, ladies, parties.   CHALLENGE WORDS: wasps, companies, mailboxes, batteries

Lesson 5:
started, starting, smile, smiling, cried, crying, planned, planning, hoped, hoping, fried,
frying, hopped, hopping. CHALLENGE WORDS: amazed, amazing, dragged, dragging

Lesson 6:
Review test:
bank, dragon, dream, drink, gift, left, scared, scarf, thank, long, morning, mother, rich,
ring, shadow, smash, something, tooth, center, cents, circus, jam, jelly, large, orange, silly,
crackers, fixes, flies, friends, inches, ladies, pennies, crying, smiling.

Lesson 7:
smell, ready, instead, breakfast, dead, feather, bread, smell, then, together, getting, fresh,
spelling, else. CHALLENGE WORDS: arrest, pretend, heavier, jealous

Lesson 8:
idea, video, secret, even, seem, deep, week, Halloween, asleep, many, any, city, lucky,
busy. CHALLENGE WORDS: trophy, activity, torpedo, referee

Lesson 9:
last, afraid, trail, aim, Maine, last, and, math, began, camping, today, holiday, crayon,
spray. CHALLENGE WORDS: fantastic, mechanic, companion, essay

Lesson 10:
body, most, ago, Ohio, hello, body, socks, monster, collar, coat, toast, road, coach, load.
CHALLENGE WORDS: fossil, volleyball, oatmeal, potato

Lesson 11:
bright, might, tight, sight, my, why, fly, sky, still, with, his, visit, picnic, winter.
CHALLENGE WORDS: Pumpkin, nightmare, lightning, recycle.

Lesson 12:
Review Test
breakfast, getting, fresh, instead, ready, smell,spelling, together, asleep city, even, lucky, 
many, secret, video, week, afraid, and, began, camping, math, today, ago, coat, load, road, fly, 
his, my, picnic, sky, visit, why, winter, with.



FROM NOW ON ALL TESTS WILL BE IN CURSIVE WRITTING



Lesson 13:
found, doing, until, one, sure, always, almost, hasn't,couldn't alone, a lot, hadn't, 
angry hungry. CHALLENGE WORDS: chimney, hundred, computer, burglar.

Lesson 14:
where, what, when, wheel, whip, whale, while, was, warm, want, went, watched, wear, 
would. CHALLENGE WORDS: warrior, weather, whether, whisper.

Lesson 15:
neck, trick, jacket, bucket, ticket, locker, once, chance, face, since, police, house, 
erase, chase. CHALLENGE WORDS: furnace, violence, purpose, tackle.

Lesson 16:
wrestle, wrong, write, wrote, wrap, listen, Christmas, castle, whistle, knife, know,
knee, knight, knock. CHALLENGE WORDS: doorknob, knowledge, wristwatch, hustle.

Lesson 17:
there, their, they're, hour, our, to, too, two, tail, tale, hole, whole, weak, week.
CHALLENGE WORDS: boarder, border, soar, sore.

Lesson 18:
Review Test
alone, always, couldn't, hadn't, hasn't, one, until, warm, watched, wear, went,
when, while, chance, chase, house, jacket, locker, neck, since, ticket, castle, knee, 
listen, whistle, wrap, wrestle, write, wrote, hour, our, they're, to, too, week.

Lesson 19:
happen, pretty, letter, little, rabbit, off, hurry, million, ballon, ladder, puddle. 
middle, lesson. CHALLENGE WORDS: intelligent, marshmallow, pepperoni, supposed.

Lesson 20:
enjoy, point, voice, toys, royal, noise, oil, good, took, cookie, put, shook, foot, pull.
CHALLENGE WORDS: understood, plural, destroy, disappointed.

Lesson 21:
true, due, glue, clue, who, move, lose, movie, study, summer, such, truck, uncle, Sunday
CHALLENGE WORDS: Dumped, clumsy, gruesome, whoever

lesson 22:
drawing, straw, claws, lawn, thaw, because, fault, sauce, haunted, cause, walking,
talk, chalk, stalk.
CHALLENGE WORDS: sidewalk, lawyer, laundry, faucet

Lesson 23:
friend, night, thought, does, again, said, people, believe, tried, died, eight, 
tired, Friday, Saturday
CHALLENGE WORDS: pierced, horrible, jewelry, guard, 

Lesson 24:
Lesson Review Words:
hammer, happen, ladder, lesson, letter, little, middle, million, puddle, rabbit, good,
noise, oil, point, pull, put, royal, voice, clue, glue, move, movie, study, summer,
true, chalk, lawn, walking, again, believe, night, people, said, thought, tried.

Lesson 25:
easy, picture, through, guess, caught, kept, different, surprise, favorite, 
Tuesday, swimming, Monday, fifth, presents,
CHALLENGE WORDS: answered, Hawaii, valuable, library

Lesson 26:
refill, repaint, repay, replay, reread, restart, rewrite, unfold, unhappy, 
unlucky, unpack, unsafe, untie, unwrap.
CHALLENGE WORDS: unconscious, undefeated, remodel, rebound

Lesson 27:
really, finally, sadly, lively, happily, careful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful,
graceful, sadness, happiness, kindness, sickness.
CHALLENGE WORDS: forgetful, lonely, easily, greediness

Lesson 28:
early, heard, were, third, fur, work, word, search, earth, dirt, nurse, turkey, 
Thursday, world.
CHALLENGE WORDS: rehearsal, twirl, furniture, worst

Lesson 29:
America, very, pair, hair, near, year, deer, stereo, fair, stairs, fear, clear,
cheer, steer.
CHALLENGE WORDS: prarie, appear, beard, volunteer

Lesson 30:
Lesson Review Words:
caught, different, easy, favorite, guess, kept, presents, surprise, swimming,
through, replay, restart, unfold, unlucky, unpack, unsafe, unwrap, beautiful, 
careful, finally, happily, happiness, lively, wonderful, early, search, were, word,
America, cheer, fair, pair, steer, very, year.

Lesson 31:
himself, afternoon, everything, grandmother, homework, outside, bedroom, butterfly, 
grandmother, everybody, backyard, popcorn, everyone, anyone,
CHALLENGE WORDS: reindeer, lamppost, nowhere, nickname

Lesson 32:
I'm, it's, he's, that's, didn't, won't, let's, haven't, doesn't, aren't, I've, 
they've, we're, you'll
CHALLENGE WORDS: needn't, should've, you'll, that'll

Lesson 33:
wagon, open, garden, sugar, paper, travel, animal, lemon, dollar, another, brother, 
squirrel, nickel, final
CHALLENGE WORDS: Oregon, calandar, character, cardinal

Lesson 34:
artist, finalist, violinist, tourist, visitor, sailor, actor, inventor, farmer, reader, 
player, painter, waiter, hunter
CHALLENGE WORDS: announcer, mananger, governor, scientist

Lesson 35:
special, real, before, every, being, laugh, could, caterpillar, cousin, chocolate, 
dinosaur, upon, Wednesday, clothes
CHALLENGE WORDS: barbeque, scissors, somersault, cupboard





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