3rd Grade Spelling Curriculum. 38 Weekly Lessons

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Spelling made fun! Teach your third grader or your Third-Grade class
spelling with this fun and engaging spelling curriculum. Each lesson is a
weekly planned unit. Every lesson covers a spelling rule or pattern
with a list of words to accompany the rule/pattern. Each weekly packet
contains worksheets for your child to use with the spelling list. You
will also receive flashcards and a homework sheet.

Here is what you get!

38 Weekly Unit Packets. Each packet includes:

Packet Cover-Spelling Rule or Pattern-1 page

Spelling List-1 page

3 Times Each-2 pages

Rainbow Writing-1 page

Red and Blue Spelling-1 page

ABC Order-1 page

Sentence Writing-1 page

Trial Test-1 page

Test-1 page

Flashcards-4 pages, 20 flashcards and 1 cover card

Homework-Tic Tac Toe Spelling Words-1 page

Spelling Rules/Patterns:

Lesson 1: Short Ă Words /ă/ as in clap

Lesson 2: Short Ĭ Words /ĭ/ as in drift

Lesson 3: Short Ŏ Words /ŏ/ as in month

Lesson 4: Short Ŭ Words /ŭ/ as in puppy

Lesson 5: Short Ĕ Words /ĕ/ as in tenth

Lesson 6: AI or AY? Use “ai” in the middle of words and “ay” at the end of words. When two vowels go walking, the first does the talking. /ā/

Lesson 7: OI or OY? Use “oi” in the middle of words and “oy” at the end of words. oi and oy says /oy/ like in boy

Lesson 8: EA When two vowels go walking, the second does the talking. Ea says /ē/ as in real

Lesson 9: AU/AW-Use
au at the beginning or in the middle of a word for the /ô/ sound. Use
aw at the end of a word for the /ô/ sound. If a single l, n, or k
follows the /ô/ sound at the end of the word, use aw OU/OW-Use ou at the beginning or in the middle of a word for the /ou/ sound. Use ow at the end of a word for the /ou/ sound.

If a single l, n, el, or er follows the /ou/ sound at the end of a word, use ow

Lesson 10: ST/STR-Consonant blends are groups of two or three consonants in words that makes a distinct consonant sound. Lesson 11: KN, WR, GN “K” is always silent when it comes before an “n”. “W” is always silent when it comes before and “r”.

“G” is always silent when it comes before an “n”.

Lesson 12: GH/PH-When “g” comes before an “h”, the “h” is silent. When “p” comes before and “h”, the sound is /f/.

Lesson 13: C+le-The
final vowel “e” is always silent, but it creates a new sound for the
consonant+l. The schwa sound comes before the “l” and makes the /ul/
sound.

Lesson 14: Ending –i and -ie-English words do not end in “i” but rather in “ie”. Words that end in “i’” have been borrowed from another language.

Lesson 15: Ending -ve-Words in English do not end in the letter v. If you hear a /v/ sound at the end of a word, it will end in -ve.

Lesson 16: Plural Endings-When words end in –f or –fe, change the –f or –fe to ves.

Lesson 17: “DGE”-When you hear the /j/ sound at the end of a syllable and it is immediately preceded by a short vowel, it is spelled -dge.

Lesson 18: “QU”-When you hear the sound /kw/ the spelling is always qu. In English words, q is never seen without u: qu.

Lesson 19: Ending Schwa Words-A
schwa is a name given to a weak sound of any vowel. Every vowel may say
the schwa sound. Schwa may sound like /ŭ/ or /ǐ/ in English words.
Schwa occurs in unaccented syllables and unaccented words.

Lesson 20: CH Words-CH can say /ch/, /sh/, and /k/.

Lesson 21: CK or K?-When
you hear the /k/ sound immediately following a short vowel sound, it is
spelled “ck”. If it is preceded by a long vowel or consonant, it is
spelled with a “k”.

Lesson 22: CH or TCH?-If
there is a consonant or vowel team before the /ch/, it is spelled -ch.
When you hear the /ch/ sound at the end of a syllable and it is
immediately preceded by a short vowel, it is spelled

-tch. There are a few cases where -tch comes at the end of the first syllable in a multi-syllable word such as kitchen.

Lesson 23: SH Words-SH
spells /sh/ at the beginning of a base word and at the end of the
syllable. SH never spells /sh/ at the beginning of any syllable after
the first one, except for the ending -ship.

Lesson 24 : ING and ED Endings-Add –ing to the end of verbs to make them a present participle. Add –ed to the end of verbs to make them past tense.

Lesson 25: -LESS and -FUL-the suffix ‘-less’ means without, and ‘-ful’ means full of or will fill something.

Lesson 26: -ABLE and -ABLY-The
suffix ‘able’ is usually used after a stem that is a complete word in
itself. It is used to form adjectives from nouns. The suffix ‘ably’ is
used to are used to form adverbs.

Lesson 27: -TION and -SION-The
suffixes “-tion” and “-sion” are both used to create nouns from verbs
(and, less commonly, adjectives and other nouns) to describe a state,
condition, action, process, practice, or the result thereof.

Lesson 28: Making Words Ending in “Y” Plural-If
the singular noun ends in -y and the letter before the -y is a vowel,
add an -s to make it plural. If a singular noun ends in ‑y and the
letter before the -y is a consonant, change the –y to “i” and add es to
make the noun plural.

Lesson 29: Ending –ER and -EST-Most
words just add ‘er’ or ‘est’. Words ending in ‘e’ drop the ‘e’ before
adding ‘er’ or ‘est’. Words ending in ‘y’ change the ‘y’ into an ‘I’
before adding ‘er’ or ‘est’. Words that end with one vowel and one
consonant need a double letter before adding ‘er’ or ‘est’.

Lesson 30: Silent Letters-Silent
letters can appear at the beginning, middle, or ending of a word. The
spelling list has words with the following letters: b, c, g, l, s, t, and w

Lesson 31: Soft C-When ‘c’ is in front of an ‘i’, ‘y’, or ‘e’, it is soft and says /s/.

Lesson 32: Soft G-If the g is followed by e, i, or y, the pronunciation is /j/.

Lesson 33: OUGH-Ough can say /aw/, /uff/, /oo/, /ō/, /ow/, and /off/.

Lesson 34: Prefixes-Prefixes are added to root and base words to change their meaning. non-, im-, re-, dis-, il-, un-.

Lesson 35: I Before E-‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ when sounding like /ā/ as in neighbor or weigh.

Lesson 36: Homophones-Two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

Lesson 37: Homophones-Two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.

Lesson 38: Compound Words-Two words put together to create a new word.

Prints 570 pages total.

This spelling curriculum was designed by Annette Sutherland.