3rd Grade Spelling Lists

3rd Grade Spelling List Unit 1: Dollars and Sense Boom Town

What About Me?

happen lettuce basket winter sister monster supper subject lesson spelling napkin collar traffic suggest puppet CHALLENGE skillet picnic planet system pumpkin

pennies inches plants families bodies glasses wishes pockets lists copies parties bunches crashes supplies pencils CHALLENGE accidents libraries mysteries carpenters merchants

Alexander, Who Use to Be Rich Last Sunday using getting easiest swimming heavier greatest pleased emptied leaving worried strangest freezing funniest angrier shopped CHALLENGE included occurred supplying scarier happiest

If You Made a Million

My Rows and Piles of Coins

clean agree teeth dream grain coach display window shadow cheese peach braid Sunday float thrown CHALLENGE entertain complain bleachers willow wheat

proud shower hour amount voyage choice avoid thousand prowl employ bounce poison annoy appoint broil CHALLENGE however mountain coward turmoil chowder

3rd Grade Spelling List Unit 2: Smart Solutions Penguin Chick finish pilot even wagon music silent rapid female lemon pupil focus robot tulip camel salad CHALLENGE resident spinach climate tradition innocent

Prudy’s Problem and A Day’s Work How She Solved It handle sunglasses trouble football simple homework people haircut middle popcorn table railroad little snowstorm gentle earring poodle scarecrow pickle blueberry noodle butterflies saddle lawnmower juggle campground uncle sandbox riddle toothbrush CHALLENGE CHALLENGE example thumbtack throttle earthquake obstacle scrapbook miracle courthouse muscle whirlpool

Tops and Bottoms

William’s House

splash throw three square throat strike street split splurge thrill strength squeak throne strawberry squeeze CHALLENGE squid squander arthritis instrument strategy

father chapter other alphabet watch English weather catch fashion shrink pitcher flash athlete trophy nephew CHALLENGE northern establish emphasis hyphen challenge

3rd Grade Spelling List Unit 3: People and Nature The Gardner let’s he’d you’ll can’t I’d you’d haven’t hasn’t she’d they’ll when’s we’d they’d wasn’t didn’t CHALLENGE should’ve would’ve could’ve needn’t you’ve

Pushing Up the Sky unhappy recall disappear unload mistake misspell dislike replace mislead disagree rewrite unroll unknown dishonest react CHALLENGE unfortunate discourage uncomfortable

recycle mispronounce

Night Letters

A Symphony of Whales

clock large page mark kitten judge crack edge pocket brake change ridge jacket badge orange CHALLENGE freckles advantage pledge Kentucky kingdom

beautiful safely kindness finally spotless worthless illness helpful daily suddenly wireless quietly fairness cheerful painful CHALLENGE anxiously thoughtfully cautiously tardiness breathless

Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks thumb gnaw written know climb design wrist crumb assign wrench knot wrinkle lamb knob knit CHALLENGE wrestler bologna cologne honeycomb knickknack

3rd Grade Spelling List Unit 4: One of a Kind

Wings

Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest

Rocks in His Head

wolves knives feet men children women sheep heroes scarves mice geese cuffs elves banjos halves CHALLENGE loaves beliefs tomatoes potatoes tornadoes

third early world certain dirty herself earth word perfect verb nerve worm thirsty workout earn CHALLENGE determine commercial whirlwind worthwhile virtual

prepaid midnight overflow outdoors outline overgrown prefix Midwest pretest midpoint outgoing overtime overdue outside outfield CHALLENGE precaution prediction midsection overweight prehistoric

America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle dentist editor artist hostess actress swimmer seller tutor tourist organist lioness shipper chemist investor conductor CHALLENGE announcer pharmacist journalist commuter pianist

Fly, Eagle, Fly

monster surprise hundred complete control sample instant inspect pilgrim contrast explode district address substance children CHALLENGE merchant embrace purchase curtsy contract

3rd Grade Spelling List Unit 5: Cultures Suki’s Kimono create medium piano idea radio video studio violin duo patio rodeo pioneer trio stadium audio CHALLENGE audience radiate cereal Creole recreation

How My Family Lives in America to too two week weak our hour stair stare flour flower write right new knew CHALLENGE their there they’re weather whether

Good-Bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong small almost always because straw drawn also author false already flaw sausage applause walnut lawn CHALLENGE awesome altogether awning faucet laundry

Jalapeno Bagels

Me and Uncle Romie

thought fought bought taught caught walk cough talk daughter ought sought brought trough chalk stalk CHALLENGE sidewalk distraught afterthought overwrought beanstalk

rocky foolish rainy childhood selfish treatment movement neighborhood childish parenthood crunchy bumpy payment sleepy shipment CHALLENGE assignment livelihood stylish environment guilty

3rd Grade Spelling List Unit 6: Freedom The Story of the Statue of Liberty few school true goose fruit cookie cushion noodle bookmark balloon suit chew glue Tuesday bushel CHALLENGE bamboo mildew soothe barefoot renewal

Happy Birthday Mr. Kang above another upon animal paper open family travel afraid nickel sugar circus item gallon melon CHALLENGE character cardinal Oregon particular dinosaur

Talking Walls: Art for the Two Bad Ants People question leadership creature gracefully furniture refreshment division uncomfortable collision overdoing action remarkable direction carefully culture unbearably vacation ownership mansion unacceptable fiction impossibly feature reappeared sculpture unprepared vision oncoming celebration misbehaving CHALLENGE CHALLENGE fascination outrageous incomprehensible legislation manufacture undoubtedly possession independence declaration disadvantage

Elena’s Serenade cloth clothes nature natural able ability mean meant deal dealt please pleasant sign signal signature CHALLENGE equal equation equator major majority