Spelling Words and Activities

This year, I will be running a differentiated spelling program. Each week students will be presented with four words containing some sort of common spelling pattern (i.e. words containing 'ch' or contractions), they will also have the opportunity to choose one word that they would like to learn how to spell correctly. Often, this word will be taken from their recent writing activities that they needed support with. During the week, students will be given the chance in class to practice spelling the words on their individual word lists. At the end of the week, they will take these word lists home for continued practice if needed. I will not be holding weekly spelling quizzes- I will have adequate evaluation of their spelling abilities from their writing assignments. I will be posting some spelling activities that they may wish to use at home to practice any of those tricky words.

The four weekly words that will be chosen for students are taken from the word wall list that is posted in the classroom. I will be adding them all here in this section of the blog for your reference (and if there are any keeners that want to start practicing!). Words that are chosen BY the students themselves will be added to their individual spelling dictionaries that they can reference as needed.

Every couple of weeks, students may also be presented with word sorts and activities based on their individual spelling abilities. These activities would be in addition to our weekly word lists and would be chosen to help support individual needs. 


Grade 3 Alphabetized Word List
These are the words that will be used for our weekly word work and placed on the English word wall for reference during spelling activities. (I apologize that I could not put it in columns. I would suggest cutting and pasting it into a four column word document to be more manageable.)

about

above

across

action

after

against

almost

always

animal

another

answer

asked

beautiful

because

below

better

between

black

both

bring

by

can’t

caring

centre

certain

chance

change

children

choice

clean

climb

colour

could

country

cutting

different

direction

does

don’t

done

down

each

eight

enough

ever

every

example

far

favourite

feel

few

find

first

first

food

for

found

four

from

full

gentle

give

good

got

great

grey

grow

happily

has

heard

here

high

hold

hour

hour

house

how

hungry

hurt

I’m

if

important

information

interesting

isn’t

it’s

just

keep

kind

knew

know

large

laugh

learn

let’s

like

long

look

loving

make

many

middle

much

myself

near

need

never

new

next

no

number

of

off

often

once

only

other

our

out

own

pencil

people

pick

picture

played

powerful

question

quickly

ready

really

return

right

said

says

school

sentence

seven

several

should

show

similar

since

small

some

some

something

sometimes

soon

special

start

strange

style

sure

teacher

ten

that

their

there

they’re

thing

those

though

threw

through

time

to

today

together

too

try

two

ugly

under

understand

up

us

use

useful

usually

very

view

want

wanted

warm

was

wash

went

what

when

where

which

while

who

whole

wish

with

without

won’t

wonderful

worried

wouldn’t

write

very

year

young