3rd Grade Spelling Words
Welcome to our 3rd Grade Spelling Words section! The spelling program consists of 36 weeks of structured lessons, each focusing on specific phonics skills. The program begins with CVC multi-syllable words in Weeks 1-3, followed by CVCe word endings and vowel patterns in Weeks 4-9. Weeks 10-15 cover base words and irregular words, while Weeks 16-18 deal with Wr, Gn, Kn, and Mb patterns in words. Weeks 19-21 focus on homophones, followed by prefixes and suffixes in weeks 22-27. In Weeks 28-30, students learn about contractions, and in Weeks 31-36, they cover syllable division in words.
You’ll find printable lists below for each week. If you’re working on 3rd grade spelling words with your child at home, consider trying a few fun activities to reinforce learning. For example, you might try the following:
- Word Scramble: Rearrange the letters of each 3rd grade spelling word and have your child unscramble them.
- Word Hunt: Ask your child to find the spelling words in a magazine, book, or online. This will help your child to recognize the words and also reinforce their spelling skills.
- Flash Cards: This is always a great way to reinforce learning. If your child spelled the word correctly, put the card in a “correct” pile. If they spelled it incorrectly, put the card in an “incorrect” pile. Rinse and repeat!
First 9 Weeks (1-9) Printable Word Lists
Week 1 of spelling words focuses on multisyllable CVC words, such as: catfish, upset, cannot, sunlit, and more. Bonus words and sight words are also included!
Spelling words for week 2 include multi-syllable CVC words, bonus words, and sight words, such as: coffin, public, hiccup, lavish, metric, neglect, fantastic, bring, and more.
Week 3 spelling words focus on multi-syllable CVC words, such as: penmanship, dependent, basketball, and enrichment. Bonus words and sight words are also included.
Week 4 of spelling words focus on multi-syllable CVCe words, such as: milestone, complete, trombone, and skyline. Students will also learn bonus words and sight words, such as: incomplete, replicate, clean, and more.
Spelling words for week 5 focus on multi-syllable CVCe words, such as: immune, cupcake, bathrobe, and inhale. Bonus words and sight words are: keep, mistaken, continue, and replacement.
Week 6 spelling words focus on multi-syllable CVCe words, such as: inflate, compensate, telephone, and excitement. Bonus words and sight words are: done, distributed, and displacement.
Week 7 spelling words focus on long vowel syllables, such as: mainstream, charcoal, fifteen, and toaster. Bonus words and sight words are: draw, drink, delaying, containment, bumblebee, and speechless.
Spelling words for week 8 focus on vowel diphthongs, such as: shampoo, astound, fountain, and tower. Bonus words and sight words are: empowered, jawbreaker, voyage, eight and fall.
Spelling words for week 9 focus on r-controlled syllables, such as: concert, tarnish, morning, and order. Bonus words and sight words are: far, long, exported, ornament, nursery, and barefooted.
Second 9 Weeks (10-18) Printable Word Lists
Spelling words for week 10 focus on base words and endings, such as: exploring, questioning, appeared, and explored. Bonus words and sight words are disappointing, disappointed, full, and got.
Week 11 spelling words focus on base words and prefixes, such as: disappear, overlook, semicircle, and mismatch. Bonus words and sight words are: grow, disconcerted, reconnected, and semisweet.
Spelling words for week 12 focus on base words and suffixes, such as: employment, confusion, favorable, and completely. Bonus words and sight words include: reemployment, much, inflexible, and unfavorable.
Week 13 spelling words focus on irregular verbs, such as: taught, dreamt, tore, spoke, and wrote. Bonus words and sight words are: hold, were, misread, and understood.
Spelling words for week 14 focus on irregular verbs, such as: bitten, hidden, flown, and shaken. Bonus words and sight words are: sewn, lain, hurt, and more.
Spelling words for week 15 focus on irregular plurals, such as: geese, moose, mice, and fish. Bonus words and sight words are: foci, indices, larvae, and hot.
Week 16 focus on "Wr" words, such as: wreck, wrote, wrist, and wrath. Bonus words and sight words are: wraparound, wrathful, wrought, and if.
Week 17 of spelling words focuses on "Gn" and "Kn" words, such as: knack, gnome, design, and kneel. Bonus words and sight words are: reign, knucklehead, kneaded, and kind.
Spelling words for week 18 focus on "Mb" words, such as: thumb, lamb, numb, and tomb. Bonus words and sight words are: succumb, honeycomb, iamb, and old.
Third 9 Weeks (19-27) Printable Word Lists
Spelling words for week 19 focuses on homophones, such as: cent, scent, for, four, brake, and break. Bonus words and sight words are: weather, whether, accept, except, laugh, and more!
Spelling words for week 20 focuses on homographs, such as: bow, present, close, and wind. Bonus words and sight words are: entrance, wound, content, and light.
Spelling words for week 21 focus on homonyms, such as: bare, bear, sight, site, stare, and stair. Bonus words and sight words are: do, dew, due, new, knew, and shall.
Spelling words for week 22 focus on prefixes, such as: reconsider, misspell, prehistory, and destress. Bonus words and sight words are: extraordinary, super-hero, ultrasound, and myself.
Spelling words for week 23 focus on prefixes, such as: impossible, undersea, misread, and unable. Bonus words and sight words are: superstar, interact, encode, and never.
Spelling words for week 24 focus on prefixes, such as: antigravity, preview, dislike, and bicycle. Bonus words and sight words are: microscopic, malfunction, monotone, and only.
Spelling words for week 25 focus on suffixes, such as: doable, tireless, reality, and happily. Bonus words and sight words are: thankfulness, wonderfully, tirelessly, and own.
Spelling words for week 26 focus on suffixes, such as: poetic, relaxation, nervous, and arrival. Bonus words and sight words are: wondrous, pick, and passionate.
Spelling words for week 27 focus on suffixes, such as: joyous, wooden, attraction, and musical. Bonus words and sight words are: picturesque, know, linguistic, and infinity.
Fourth 9 Weeks (28-36) Printable Word Lists
Spelling words for week 28 focus on contractions, such as: don't, can't, couldn't, and he'd. Bonus words and sight words are: just, good, could've, would've, and should've.
Spelling words for week 29 focus on contractions, such as: I've, shouldn't, he's, and isn't. Bonus words and sight words are: mightn't, shan't, and seven.
The spelling words for week 30 focus on contractions, such as: there's, what're, we're, and you'll. Bonus words and sight words are: it's, wouldn't, and show.
Spelling words for week 31 focus on VccV words, such as: mascot, velvet, traffic, and rabbit. Bonus words and sight words are: seldom, submit, uptake, and six.
Spelling words for week 32 focus on long VcV words, such as: human, basic, robot, and vital. Bonus words and sight words are: radio, volcano, utilize, and start.
The spelling list for week 33 focuses on short VcV words, such as: atom, habit, wagon, and comic. Bonus words and sight words are: ten, chili, and palace.
The spelling list for week 34 focuses on VCCCV words, such as: sample, monster, hundred, and control. Bonus words and sight words are: address, substance, distract, and small.
The spelling list for week 35 focuses on CLE words, such as: circle, stumble, angle, temple, and marble. Bonus words and sight words are: sensible, resemble, and today.
The spelling list for week 36 focuses on VCCCCV words, such as: inscribe, construct, transcript, and instrument. Bonus words and sight words are: together, instruction, construction, and subscription.