Third Grade

Spelling List #1

Spelling Principle: Short Vowel Review

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. planner
  2. body
  3. butter
  4. visit
  5. messy

Challenge Words

  1. capital
  2. continent
  3. finish
  4. present
  5. study

Application Word: bathtub

Third Grade

Spelling List #2

Spelling Principle:

Long a

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. paint
  2. great
  3. play
  4. shake
  5. chase

Challenge Words

  1. strange
  2. afraid
  3. payment
  4. vacation
  5. weigh

Application Word: make

Third Grade

Spelling List #3

Spelling Principle:

Long o

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. note
  2. globe
  3. toast
  4. show
  5. hold

Challenge Words

  1. borrow
  2. scroll
  3. protect
  4. envelope
  5. approach

Application Word: stole

Third Grade

Spelling List #4

Spelling Principle:

Long i

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. mile
  2. shine
  3. pie
  4. try
  5. blind

Challenge Words

  1. while
  2. decline
  3. apply
  4. mudslide
  5. driveway

Application Word: smile

Third Grade

Spelling List #5

Spelling Principle:

Long e

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. team
  2. leave
  3. breathe
  4. teeth
  5. breeze

Challenge Words

  1. creamy
  2. increase
  3. oatmeal
  4. disagree
  5. keepsake

Application Word: dream

Third Grade

Spelling List #6

Spelling Principle:

Long u

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. rule
  2. glue
  3. fruit
  4. stew
  5. threw

Challenge Words

  1. bruise
  2. suitcase
  3. dewdrops
  4. renewing
  5. confuse

Application Word: mule

Third Grade

Spelling List #7

Spelling Principle: Three letter s blends (spr, scr, str, squ, spl)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. spring
  2. scratch
  3. stranded
  4. squeeze
  5. splash

Challenge Words

  1. sprinkles
  2. screeched
  3. strength
  4. squabble
  5. splendid

Application Word: sprung

Third Grade

Spelling List #8

Spelling Principle: Digraphs (th, wh, sh, ch, tch)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. thankful
  2. whisper
  3. fashion
  4. chapter
  5. watching

Challenge Words

  1. champion
  2. pitcher
  3. withhold
  4. diminish
  5. whimper

Application Word: thinking

Third Grade

Spelling List #9

Spelling Principle: Silent letter combinations (wr, kn, gn, mb)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. wrench
  2. wrinkle
  3. knot
  4. gnaw
  5. thumb

Challenge Words

  1. wreckage
  2. wrestler
  3. knowledge
  4. design
  5. numb

Application Word: crumb

Third Grade

Spelling List #10

Spelling Principle: Syllable Words

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. hundred
  2. monster
  3. pilgrim
  4. address
  5. explode

Challenge Words

  1. merchant
  2. embrace
  3. purchase
  4. curtsy
  5. contract

Application Word: instant

Third Grade

Spelling List #11

Spelling Principle:

Plurals with –s and –es

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. pockets
  2. fences
  3. crashes
  4. foxes
  5. beaches

Challenge Words

  1. radishes
  2. notches
  3. guesses
  4. dinosaurs
  5. buildings

Application Word: farms, dishes

Third Grade

Spelling List #12

Spelling Principle:

Drop e to add ing

*Students write both forms of each word.

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. (shake) shaking
  2. (smoke) smoking
  3. (drive) driving
  4. (waste) wasting
  5. (whine) whining

Challenge Words

  1. (rotate) rotating
  2. (ache) aching
  3. (alphabetize) alphabetizing
  4. (cease) ceasing
  5. (circle) circling

Application Word: (bake) baking

Third Grade

Spelling List #13

Spelling Principle: Suffixes with a word ending in y (es, ed)

*Students write both forms of each word.

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. (penny) pennies
  2. (strawberry) strawberries
  3. (worry) worries
  4. (fry) fried
  5. (carry) carried

Challenge Words

  1. (supply) supplied
  2. (rely) relied
  3. (family) families
  4. (mystery) mysteries
  5. (library) libraries

Application Word: (cry) cried, (marry) marries

Third Grade

Spelling List #14

Spelling Principle:

R-controlled vowels (ar, or)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. worry
  2. workout
  3. harvest
  4. alarming
  5. artist

Challenge Words

  1. worthless
  2. cardinal
  3. gardener
  4. harmonica
  5. worldly

Application Word: working; barn

Third Grade

Spelling List #15

Spelling Principle: R-controlled vowels (ir, ur, er)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. birth
  2. burst
  3. perch
  4. squirt
  5. church

Challenge Words

  1. furniture
  2. further
  3. irksome
  4. emergency
  5. Peru

Application Word: birthday, perching

Third Grade

Spelling List #16

Spelling Principle: Dipthongs (oi, oy)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. spoil
  2. poison
  3. annoy
  4. employ
  5. voyage

Challenge Words

  1. turmoil
  2. appoint
  3. boysenberry
  4. royalty
  5. ointment

Application Word: poisoning, spoiling

Third Grade

Spelling List #17

Spelling Principle: Dipthongs (aw, au)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. straw
  2. drawn
  3. flaw
  4. author
  5. sausage

Challenge Words

  1. applause
  2. laundry
  3. awning
  4. awesome
  5. faucet

Application Word: strawberry, drawing

Third Grade

Spelling List #18

Spelling Principle: Dipthongs (ou, ow)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. mouth
  2. scout
  3. round
  4. clown
  5. howl

Challenge Words

  1. fountain
  2. mountain
  3. around
  4. coward
  5. prowler

Application Word: frown, south

Third Grade

Spelling List #19

Spelling Principle: ew, oo

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. few
  2. crew
  3. sewer
  4. school
  5. balloon

Challenge Words

  1. nephew
  2. jewelry
  3. shrewd
  4. foolish
  5. monsoon

Application Word: crewcut, schooling

Third Grade

Spelling List #20

Spelling Principle: oo/oo

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. goose
  2. smooth
  3. cook
  4. wool
  5. hoof

Challenge Words

  1. loosened
  2. harpoon
  3. chinook
  4. crooked
  5. childhood

Application Word: shampoo, woolen

Third Grade

Spelling List #21

Spelling Principle:

Soft c and g, dge

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. ledge
  2. magic
  3. legend
  4. cent
  5. circle

Challenge Words

  1. trudge
  2. dungeon
  3. genuine
  4. license
  5. century

Application Word: fudge, magical

Third Grade

Spelling List #22

Spelling Principle: tt/ll

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. pattern
  2. better
  3. button
  4. follow
  5. village

Challenge Words

  1. lattice
  2. lettuce
  3. mattress
  4. allergic
  5. college

Application Word: followers, mutton

Third Grade

Spelling List #23

Spelling Principle: le and el

(trick for remembering: stick letter prior then it is usually le; short letter prior then it is usually el)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. bottle
  2. gentle
  3. saddle
  4. nickel
  5. travel

Challenge Words

  1. flannel
  2. vessel
  3. griddle
  4. scuttle
  5. shuffle

Application Word: (using the trick) camel, candle

Third Grade

Spelling List #24

Spelling Principle: Prefixes (pre, mid, un, re, dis)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. pretest
  2. midnight
  3. untied
  4. rewrite
  5. dislike

Challenge Words

  1. precaution
  2. midsection
  3. unbelievable
  4. reversible
  5. disapprove

Application Word: prevent, distrust

Third Grade

Spelling List #25

Spelling Principle: Suffixes (ful, less, ness, ly)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. beautiful
  2. kindness
  3. worthless
  4. daily
  5. suddenly

Challenge Words

  1. purposeful
  2. happiness
  3. motionless
  4. immediately
  5. brightly

Application Word: cheerfulness, kindly

Third Grade

Spelling List #26

Spelling Principle: Endings tion and sion

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. fiction
  2. direction
  3. question
  4. vision
  5. mansion

Challenge Words

  1. celebration
  2. declaration
  3. fascination
  4. possession
  5. profession

Application Word: nonfiction, division

Third Grade

Spelling List #27

Spelling Principle: R-influenced u (ear, ure)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. learn
  2. pearl
  3. earth
  4. pure
  5. sure

Challenge Words

  1. research
  2. rehearse
  3. yearning
  4. pleasure
  5. measure

Application Word: earthling, figure

Third Grade

Spelling List #28

Spelling Principle: Sounds /air/ (air, ear, are, eir)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. chair
  2. pear
  3. square
  4. glare
  5. their

Challenge Words

  1. fairground
  2. unbearable
  3. awareness
  4. farewell
  5. heirloom

Application Words: hairbrush, wearing, prepare *no application word for eir

*When giving the application words, say: “If you know ‘chair’, you know ‘hairbrush.’

If you know ‘pear’, you know ‘wearing.’

If you know ‘square’, you know ‘prepare.’”

Third Grade

Spelling List #29

Spelling Principle: Two vowels with separate sounds (eo, ea, iu, io, uo) (ia)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. video (eo)
  2. create (ea)
  3. stadium (iu)
  4. radio (io)
  5. duo (uo)

Challenge Words

  1. rodeo (eo)
  2. idea (ea)
  3. medium (iu)
  4. patio (io)
  5. piano (ia)

Application Word: violin

Third Grade

Spelling List #30

Spelling Principle: ough and augh

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. cough
  2. bought
  3. fought
  4. caught
  5. daughter

Challenge Words

  1. thought
  2. sought
  3. brought
  4. slaughter
  5. haughty

Application Word: (cough) trough, (caught) taught

Third Grade

Spelling List #31

Spelling Principle: People who do (er, ist, or)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. preacher
  2. painter
  3. scientist
  4. doctor
  5. sailor

Challenge Words

  1. announcer
  2. pharmacist
  3. journalist
  4. pianist
  5. conductor

Application Words: teacher, creator, dentist

When giving the application words, say:

“If you know ‘preacher’, you know ‘teacher.’

If you know ‘doctor’, you know ‘creator.’

If you know ‘scientist’, you know ‘dentist.’”

Third Grade

Spelling List #32

Spelling Principle: Endings (ish, hood, ment, ship)

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. foolish
  2. parenthood
  3. payment
  4. friendship
  5. childish

Challenge Words

  1. impish
  2. neighborhood
  3. livelihood
  4. relationship
  5. environment

Application Word: childhood, selfish

Third Grade

Spelling List #33

Spelling Principle: Multi-syllable words

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

  1. leadership
  2. gracefully
  3. remarkable
  4. reappeared
  5. misbehaving

Challenge Words

  1. undoubtedly
  2. independence
  3. disadvantage
  4. unacceptable
  5. uncomfortable

Application Word: overdoing, oncoming

Third Grade

Spelling List #34

Spelling Principle:

HF Words

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Principle Words

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