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Third Grade Spelling Worksheets

Spelling worksheets for grade 3.

Learning to spell is an essential skill. These worksheets help kids practice and improve word usage and spelling .  

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Reading Worksheets, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Lesson Plans

Third Grade Spelling Words – 36 Week Program

The third grade spelling words curriculum below spans 36 weeks and includes a master spelling list and five different printable spelling activities per week to help reinforce learning. Feel free to print materials for your classroom, or distribute to parents for home use. (read more about the  spelling curriculum design. ) To take full advantage of the program, consider using the spelling program together with the companion  3rd grade reading comprehension worksheets .

Teacher / Parent Materials (PDF Format)

Each week  includes 5 Different 3rd Grade Spelling Activities!  

Third Grade Spelling Words Worksheets (PDF Format)

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Multiplication (Multi-Digit)

Order of Operations

Place Value

Probability

Skip Counting

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Telling Time

Word Problems (Daily)

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Word Families

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Build Sentences

Sight Word Units

Sight Words (Individual)

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Subjects and Predicates

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Spelling Lists

Spelling Grade 1

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3rd Grade Spelling Units (Level C)

On this page, you'll find links to all units in the STW 3rd Grade (Level C) spelling curriculum. There are 30 units, each of which has a printable spelling list, several worksheets, ABC order activities, and assessment resources.

3rd Grade Spelling Worksheets

3rd Grade Spelling Units

In the first unit, student will learn to spell words with the short-a and long-a vowel sounds. Word list includes: mask, grade, wrapped, stage, track, raise, safety, they, chance, stamp, batch, eight, graph, trade, and laugh.

In C-2, students will focus on learning to spell short-e and long-e words: wrench, peace, medal, peaches, bread, remember, eggshell, piece, kept, better, reading, metal, yellow, hello, and sentence.

Unit C-3 has long-i and short-i words. Pilot, fine, time, write, tries, rhyme, silent, height, night, iron, lines, reply, whine, wise, and highlight.

On these worksheets, students will review long-o and short-o words. Word list: coach, fossil, vote, though, cocoa, sold, option, hollow, frog, olive, oatmeal, block, stone, own, and lollipop.

In the fifth unit, your kids will learn to spell words with the long-oo and long-u vowel sounds. Words on the list are: fruit, musical, computer, stool, knew, spoon, cute, few, rules, bedroom, mule, moon, perfume, new, and rescue.

This week, students will learn about words that have a long vowel sound because of a silent-e at the end of each word. Word list: smile, stripe, globe, note, confuse, flame, become, white, choke, arrive, cube, beware, pancake, rose, and skate.

On these worksheets, your class will learn about words with the /oi/ sound. Word list includes: toys, voyage, joyful, join, coins, boy, loyal, point, soil, annoy, destroy, avoid, voice, noise, and broil.

Words in this unit all have the /ow/ sound (spelled with the letters ow or ou ). Clown, brown, about, around, mouth, trout, and meow, cloud, downspout, however, allowance, crown, flour, flower, shout, towel, sound.

Look for words with the consonant sound /f/ spelled with the letter f or the letters ph . Words include: golfer, enough, family, fashion, tough, paragraph, cough, forgetful, felt, farmer, photograph, feelings, full, roof, difference, rough, and phrase.

In unit 10, students will practice words with double consonants, such as: spill, collect, successful, lettuce, happy, berry, litter, carrot, errand, happen, puzzle, pizza, messy, address, necessary, really, and traffic.

Each of these words have the sound /s/ or /z/. Daisy, license, bicycle, season, classes, vase, service, plastic, citizen, sincerely, closet, sense, yesterday, distance, reuse, zipper, and does.

Verbs that end in -ed and -ing are found in this unit. Studying, cared, walking, trying, stopped, exciting, joking, dripping, served, dropped, changed, noticing, sleeping, acting, beginning.

Learn all about homophones! Ant/aunt, brake/break, sail/sale, there/their/they're, beet/beat, bare/bear, and your/you're.

Sometimes words can be easy to confuse. This week, your class will spell: dessert and desert; loose and lose; are, our, and hour; then and than; who's and whose; it's and its; accept and except.

Learn to spell words with the /k/ sound. List includes the following words: cabin, ticket, freckles, collapse, quick, camera, rocket, insect, second, comics, ache, crack, week, octopus, and park.

The focus of this unit is words with /j/, /ch/, and /tch/ sounds. Orange, porch, stretch, bridge, large, nature, catch, judge, postage, arrange, culture, capture, checkers, courage, jacket.

This week's words have the sounds /sh/, /ch/, and /wh/. Path, why, what, whale, thought, throat, where, motion, shelter, when, position, who, ashamed, shimmer, and social.

This unit has plural nouns, such as: plants, countries, valleys, tomatoes, boxes, babies, cherries, bakeries, batteries, highways, trays, matches, coaches, beaches, movies, and glasses.

This list has contractions, such as I'd, couldn't, where's, let's, I've, aren't, haven't, hasn't, I'm, what's, we'll, shouldn't, how's, isn't, and would've.

These words have the /ar/ and /or/ sounds. Award, cartoon, harvest, toward, charm, alarm, starving, swarm, warmth, reward, garden, guard, quarter, warned, and carpet.

In this unit, students will need to spell words with -ar, -er, and -or endings. Since these endings sound alike, they'll have to memorize the last two letters of each word. Swimmer, teacher, inventor, horror, dollar, singer, vinegar, mayor, worker, clever, author, nectar, visitor, sailor, and humor.

Prefixes un , re , and dis are the theme for this week. Disappear, unable, replace, until, dislike, reheat, react, disagree, rewrite, unknown, dishonest, rewind, unbutton, uncover, and replay.

Suffixes are the topic for this week. Each word has the suffix -ful , -less , or -ly . Slowly, useful, nicely, sadly, fearless, happily, wonderful, painless, meaningful, calmly, flawless, careful, friendly, truthful, powerful, thankful, peaceful.

This unit will help students learn to spell words with silent consonants, such as knight, aisle, whole, wrong, thumb, island, knowledge, often, sword, crumb, doubt, gnaw, climb, and written.

Compound words in this set include: ladybug, underline, sandcastle, popcorn, fireplace, keyboard, hallway, quicksand, jigsaw, dragonfly, passport, doorbell, cardboard, seafood, barnyard, and everyone.

Each of these words has one of the following letter combinations: ei , ie , ia , or ai . List: chief, nailed, claim, field, goalie, niece, tail, trivia, neighbor, weight, ceiling, waiting, said, airplane, and carriage.

These words have the /d/ and /t/ sounds. Spider, handle, littlest, water, hurting, wanted, middle, bandage, ladder, bottles, bitter, butter, paddle, letter, battery, cattle, and tasted.

Spell two-syllable words, such as website, billion, enter, every, bacon, lumber, police, danger, discuss, behave, kitten, basket, morning, between, and again.

Each of the words in this unit have three syllables. List: triangle, umbrella, veteran, negative, probably, gymnastics, together, behavior, hamburger, important, cucumber, character, develop, xylophone, recommend, understand, and volunteer.

This is the final regular list in our spelling series. It contains word pairs that are antonyms. daytime-nighttime; past-present; fantasy-reality; gentle-rough; hero-villain; risky-safe; filthy-clean.

Holiday Spelling Units

This unit has Halloween words, including the following: spider, skeleton, pumpkin, candlestick, trick-or-treat, toad, candy, ghost, costume, black cat, treats, goblin, frighten, broom, midnight, spooky, cobweb, shadow, monster, and witch.

This Thanksgiving spelling unit contains the following words: Pilgrim, harvest, thankful, pumpkin pie, vegetables, roast, yams, corn, celebrate, feast, November, gobble, potatoes, voyage, family, bread, Thanksgiving, autumn, squash, and turkey.

This unit has winter and Christmas words. List includes: snowman, elf, holly, snowflakes, lights, wreath, Christmas, angel, candle, sleigh, merry, carols, Santa, winter, and reindeer.

The Easter unit features the following words: bunny, parade, hidden, rabbit, basket, bonnet, Easter, spring, jellybeans, chocolate, grass, orchid, hopping, hatch, and lamb.

Themed Spelling Units (Level C)

This unit contains words with a "healthy foods" theme. Words include: avocado, broccoli, grapes, tomato, soup, salad, peas, eggs, orange juice, apple, pear, peach, almonds, oatmeal, beans, fish, carrot, milk, turkey, and yogurt.

This spelling unit is all about the months of the year and days of the week. Words include: calendar, Monday, March, February, Wednesday, July, May, June, April, Sunday, Friday, January, August, October, Thursday, Saturday, September, December, Tuesday, and November.

Here is a school words-themed spelling unit with the following words: alphabet, scissors, pens, backpack, ruler, glue, map, books, teacher, pencil, desk, notebook, stapler, tape, paper, crayon, eraser, globe, computer, and markers.

This is a spelling unit with a "simple machines" theme. The words in this spelling unit are: machine, lever, wedge, science, inclined plane, ramp, force, simple, pulley, work, wheel, power, compound, screw, axle, energy, resistance, effort, load, and motion.

Old Spelling Series

This is our old spelling series. It's not nearly as good as our new one, but if you're looking for it.... here you go.

Are the third grade words too tough? If so, take a look at our 2nd grade (Level B) spelling units.

If you're looking for something a little more challenging, jump to the 4th grade (Level D) series.

The STW spelling series goes up to 5th grade (Level E).

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Free Spelling Activities

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I’m sharing 12 FREE, NO PREP, printable and digital Spelling Activities for Kindergarten, first and second grade students! These activities provide meaningful and engaging spelling practice and are perfect for any word work literacy center. I also offer details about my Year-Long Weekly Word Study Resource that offers weekly word lists, practice activities, parent letters, assessments and MORE for k-3!

Hey Friends!

I’m curious…. in your already crowded instruction schedule, does word study have a place?  Have you found a way to make spelling instructiion more than just giving a list of words on Monday and assessing on Friday?  Resources for teaching spelling can be hard to come by. Sometimes it feels like with the intense focus on more critical thinking skills in literacy, explicit spelling instruction (or word study) has become an outdated practice.  

But I think we can all agree we all want our students to be strong spellers!  Spelling is important!  It is related to reading.  If students can spell well, they will read well.   It’s related to writing.  When students spell well they can focus on communicating their ideas, rather than worrying about how to construct words. 

If you are looking for a word study program to use with your students, or maybe just looking to freshen up your spelling activities then you have come to the right place.  Today I’m excited to describe to you the Year-Long Weekly Word Study bundles I have created for kindergarten, first, second and third grade, as well as share my FREE, NO PREP Spelling Activities!  

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Free Spelling Activities 

You’ve got a lot on your plate, so to help lighten your load I created this resource that includes 12 different EDITABLE spelling printables!  It is totally free and provides meaningful practice and the repetition students need for mastery of the spelling words and phonics patterns you teach.  With many activities to choose from, spelling practice will always feel fresh and engaging for students.  

To save you time, I created these Spelling Activities as an editable “autofill” document.  This means the ONLY thing you have to do is insert your spelling words (up to 12) into the spelling activities word list.  That’s it!!  Once you type your words into the word list, you simply print the pages you want to use.

Any of these activities make a great addition to your weekly word work routine.  Simply pair the spelling word cards with a pocket chart and print a few activities for an instant literacy center!  They also make great morning work or homework practice.  

The FREE resource includes ALL of the following activities: 

💗 Trace and Write Spelling

💗 ABC Order

💗 ipad Spelling

💗 Vowel Consonant Spelling

💗 Sign Language Spelling

💗 Rainbow Spelling *note this has been updated to include Rainbow Sound Spelling

💗 Triangle Spelling

💗 Spelling Illustrations

💗 Make a Word Search

💗 Spelling Word Shapes

💗 Roll-a-Color Spelling

💗 Spell and Move

Here are a few of our favorites!

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Drop your name and email below and I’ll send these free spelling activities to your inbox now!

A Year-Long Weekly Word Study Resource for K-3

So while the activity pages I’ve shared above could be used in a variety of ways, I know there are teachers who are looking for more.  They want an actual program that explicitly teaches students different spelling patterns each week and offers them meaningful practice so students can master those patterns. That’s why I created Year-Long Weekly Word Study Resources for Kindergarten, first, second and third grade students.

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Word study units are different from traditional spelling units.  Instead of giving students a list of words to memorize each week, word study units focus on a specific phonics skill.  Students are given explicit instruction on the phonics pattern.  They engage in activities throughout the week that allow them to practice the phonics skill and investigate and discover the patterns in words.  

Word study offers students opportunities to investigate and discover the patterns in words. When students have knowledge of these patterns they don’t learn to spell just one word at a time.  They can generalize and apply their new learning to their reading and their writing.  

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My Weekly Word Study Units have EVERYTHING you need to provide your students with effective word study instruction and spelling practice all year long!

I have different units for kindergarten , first , second , AND third-grade students. While the units vary a bit from grade to grade, they all contain these core components:

💕 A Scope and Sequence

We know that for instruction to be most effective, it must be systematic and follow a scope and sequence . The scope and sequences included in these resources are based on my learning including Wiley Blevins’ book,  A Fresh Look at Phonics *,  The Reading Teacher’s Top Ten Tools, and  Speech to Print  and are specific for each grade.

The word study units each include a phonics scope and sequence specific to the grade.

💕 Word cards

These word cards can be printed out on card stock and used in centers, small groups, or for your whole group instruction.

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💕 3 Editable Practice Printables for Each Unit

We know that in order for students to master the skills we teach they need a lot of practice.  For every unit, you’ll get 3 editable practice printables. The activities vary slightly depending on grade and the skill that is being taught.

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💕 Editable Assessments

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While the assessments vary a bit from grade to grade, they all include:

– Word Dictation:  words that follow the week’s phonics skills and bonus spaces for review or high-frequency words.

– Sentence Dictation:  a sentence that includes target phonics skill words, previously taught phonics skill words and high-frequency words.

– Spelling Error Analysis:  a sentence that includes target phonics skill words, previously taught phonics skill words and high-frequency words. Students must correct the mistakes and rewrite the corrected sentences.

💕 A Teacher Assessment Guide and Master Word List

You’ll get an answer key for each unit to make it extra easy for you to quickly check those assessments!

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💕  A Family Letter for Each Unit

We know that word study looks a little different than traditional spelling that families may be accustomed to. This letter will help families understand the shift, inform them of the focus for the unit, and offer them ways to support their children at home.

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Curious to learn more about Word Study and these resources? Take a look here for more details!

I hope the information and free resources I’ve shared here today will help to bring more effective word study and spelling practice into your classroom!

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Kindergarten Word Study Printables & Assessments BUNDLE - editable {yearlong}

My teammate and I have been using your program for a couple of years now. We LOVE it. My kids transfer the word family rules they've learned into their own writing all the time. Thank you!

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Thank you so much for your comment, so glad you love it too! 🙂

Thank you SO much for the freebie! I plan on inserting the iPad page into plastic sheet protectors – my students will love practicing with it! Jen 🙂

Thanks so much, sheet protectors are the best! 🙂

I love all of your activities. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Cecile 🙂

Thank you 😉

Hi Madge, you can download it here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spelling-Activities-2128789

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How do i download an spelling test

Hi, Head to the post and look for the grade level you need to find the link for the download! https://mrswintersbliss.com/spelling-activities-freebie/ Thanks, Christina

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You are so welcome Anne!

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Looks awesome!

Thanks so much Sarah! -Christina 💕

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I’m excited about all of them. They all look great!

Thanks so much! -Christina 💕

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Excited to try this with my first graders.

Glad you love the spelling activities too! Enjoy -Christina 💕

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I can’t wait to try these out!

Enjoy!!! I hope your students love the activities too! –Christina

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This will be great with my first graders.

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I’d love to try some of your free resources.

Hi Deborah! Just enter your email and I’ll send it right over! 🙂 -Christina

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HI Christina,

I am trying to find the link to download as well, but can’t seem to find it!

Hi Kimberly, About halfway down the post you’ll see a box to enter your email address so I can instantly send it right to your email! 🙂 -Christina

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Hi there! This spelling program looks great but looking at some of the activities I am wondering if it has been updated to align with the science of reading? I LOVE all that you have been sharing lately and appreciate all of your hard work. I understand that it all takes time to update and am wondering if you have or have plans to? Thanks so much!! Lisa

Thank you for your kind words! I do have plans to update my Spelling word study units. I probably won’t get to them for at least a month or so. Thank you! -Christina

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Hi Christina, Thank you so much for the Spelling Activities- they are awesome. My students and their parents love the activities and the reinforcement they provide. Are you ever going to add more activities to do with the spelling auto-fill? I have searched your site, but I do not see any. I would be willing to purchase!! Also, thank you so much for your Sound Wall – it is really making a huge difference this year. I have researched the Science of Reading- and your wall was the perfect addition to my classroom. Thank you for all you do!!

Thank you for your kind words! At this time I am not planning to add to this free resource as I am so busy with other projects aligned to the Science of Reading! I have created a lot of student centers as I’ve learned best ways to incorporate SoR into teaching activities. Check some of them out here if you’d like! -Christina

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Can’t wait to get my freebies!!!

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Can’t wait to get the freebies! Thank You!

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Can’t wait to try out the spelling activitites!

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Looking forward to trying some new spelling activities!

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Please send me the free templates.

You can sign up to download them right in the post!

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Where can the Spelling Words (write the spelling words 3x each) be found? I must be overlooking them.

Hi Jennifer, you can sign up to download the 12 spelling activities in the blog post! 🙂 -Christina

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I downloaded your free editable spelling activities. When I try to add my spelling words, Adobe tells me that it is “read only” and I need the owner password to edit. Your instructions didn’t include a password so I’m not sure what to do. 🙁

Hi Fay, I’m sorry you are having trouble, I’m happy to help! You will not need a password to edit the file. If you open the file in your internet browser, temporary files. or downloads the autofill features will not work!

You MUST open the PDF in your Adobe reader- it can be tricky, I made a quick video so you can verify it is open in Adobe https://youtu.be/Hdy_FZXD32I Here is how to open:

Download and save the file to your computer.

Open the file: it should automatically open in your Adobe Reader- if it does not, right click the file name and choose: Open in Adobe. If for some reason you don’t have the free reader installed on your computer, http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

Feel free to email me if you need more help! ~Christina

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Love all the spelling activities and especially the autofill feature.. Is there a way to enlarge the text. It is too small for me to use with my class and don’t see a place to enlarge the font. Thank you.

Hi Rebecca, it sounds like there is a glitch, try closing the document and make sure to open in your Adobe reader for it to work correctly! You can see a video here of how it works! 🙂 -Christina

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We work hard to teach our students the correct way to spell words.  We spend countless hours creating spelling practice activities that are fun and not just writing the word multiple times.  Are you ready to get some of those hours back?!  Take a look at these fabulous EDITABLE Spelling Activities we have created for your students to practice their word lists.

Our Spelling Activities are super simple to use!!!

  • Enter your spelling list into the first page of the packet.
  • Choose the activities you want to use that week.  (We have 150+ different pages  to choose from!)
  • Print those activities.

These spelling activities can be sent home as homework, used in a word work center, or as independent practice. You can find all of our editable spelling activities, (general, seasonal, and holiday-themed) on Education to the Core Premium. Join today as a monthly or annual member for instant access to this resource and thousands more.

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* Spelling Activity Line-Up *

1. spelling list.

This is the page where you will type in your spelling words (up to 15 words).  It can be sent home for students to study during the week, as well as for parents to cut apart and use as flashcards.

2. MAGIC WORDS

Write each spelling word in white crayon, then color over with a marker to watch them “magically” appear.

3. ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Write each spelling word in ABC order.

4. RAINBOW SPELLING

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5. WRITE A SENTENCE

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6. SECRET CODE

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7. ROLL A SPELLING WORD

Roll the dice to see which way you are going to practice your spelling words.  Which number did you roll the most?

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8. WORD ILLUSTRATIONS

Students choose 4 different spelling words to illustrate. As an extension, can they write a sentence to go with the picture?

9. TRACE WORDS

Practice each word as you trace it with different writing tools.

10. EMOJI SPELLING

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11. PATTERN BLOCK SPELLING

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12. VOWELS AND CONSONANTS

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13. SCRABBLE SPELLING

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14. SPIN IT — SPELL IT

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15. SPELLING MAZE

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16. SPELLING SPIRAL

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17. SPELLING WORD SYLLABLES

Students practice separating their spelling words into syllables. Count on fingers, clap your hands, or stomp your feet to see how many syllables are in each word. Then circle the corresponding number.

18. SILLY WRITING

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19. PYRAMID SPELLING

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20. SPELLING RHYMES

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21. SPELLING COLORS

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22. WORD SEARCH

For your higher-level kiddos, this word search is great! They write their words either across, down, or as a challenge, diagonal on the grid. Then place random letters among the words. Share with a partner to see if they can find all of your “hidden” words!

23. WORD ART

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24. CREATE A STORY

How many spelling words can your students include in a story? Write a short story that makes sense and illustrate it.

25. KEYBOARD WORDS

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26. STAMPING SPELLING WORDS

Everybody loves dot markers! Grab a few different colors and stamp your spelling words as you read them.

27. SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

For a more challenging activity, connect spelling practice with vocabulary work by finding a synonym and antonym for each spelling word.

28. SIGN LANGUAGE SPELLING

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29. How Many Sounds

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30. Tic-Tac-Toe Spelling

Perfect for partner spelling activities. Your students can each take a color and play tic-tac-toe with their spelling words.

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Hey teacher friends! Hope everyone is fantastic today!

I was doing some updating yesterday and wanted to freshen up a super popular freebie: my Differentiated Spelling Homework Menu!

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I used this menu in third grade (though it could be adapted easily by other grade levels as well), and the students, parents, and administrators loved it! I did too, because I was able to only grade spelling homework once a week, rather than a daily assignment each day.

By assigning the homework on Monday for the rest of the week, it allows families who might have sports or family emergencies to work on the homework throughout the week when it is most convenient for them. A great many parents have verbally shared with me how they loved this option.

Students like it better because they have a choice. They all have to complete the same amount of points {or that can be differentiated as well if needed}, but each child can choose how many assignments he or she needs to complete in order to get to the required level of points each week. And they are able to change it up and choose different activities whenever they like.

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I loved it because I was able to grade once a week and also to see the creativity and choices come alive in the work students were turning in. I also didn’t have to run nightly homework copies – or tear out pages in a workbook! Students supplied their work on paper from home. Of course, you will always have a couple who “halfway” do the work – or forget and don’t turn it in at all. That happens though with nightly homework, so the same consequences should result.

I love menus for differentiating and allowing student choice with guidelines in place. The freebie menu packet below comes with a basic plain template with no graphics, along with 12 other monthly “themed” pages, in case you want to change things up a bit to liven it up.

Hopefully your students will love the choice factor as much as mine did! Feel free to pass along the link for this page to other colleagues in your school who also might like a change from the usual spelling routine.

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Thanks so much and happy homework-ing!

This post originally appeared at Organized Classroom .

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May 21, 2020 at 12:06 pm

I really am interested in the differntiated spelling activities for a year, but can not get any further than the pg where I leave my email etc to be able to get the resource. I have put a personal email. It just spins…..I have tried over a few days. Any suggestions?

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40 Effective Spelling Activities for Kids

August 18, 2022 //  by  Jane Brooks

Some students dread math while another's anxiety skyrockets when you say it's spelling time. You can decrease the stress for students by moving away from rote learning and weekly spelling tests. By adding movement, hands-on and sensory activities, and gaming to your spelling lesson plans, you will increase engagement and relieve student anxiety. Below are 40 curated fun and creative spelling ideas for every grade level. From rainbow writing to peer editing, you will find the perfect match to get your students excited about spelling.

1. In My Name, Not in My Name

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A great activity for kids who are learning their letters and name. Provide students with their names written on an index card or sheet of paper. Set up a station with letter manipulatives that the students will sort based on whether the letter appears in their name or not.

Learn more: Play to Learn Preschool

2. Sight Word Word Search

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One of the many printable spelling activities available online, sight word searches allow young students to cipher out the real word from the letters jumbled around them. A classic way of gamifying learning. Make sure to model the first few times and assist struggling students.

Learn more: Education

3. Name or Word Necklaces

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Craft it up with your students while getting in some spelling practice. You can use premade letter beads or make your own. Differentiate this lesson by creating letter bracelets for working on sounds or letter recognition. More advanced students can spell their names or their favorite sight word.

Learn more: We Are Teachers

4. Create Your Own Traceables

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Invest in a laminator and create a myriad of activities for pre-K students. Several sites online have preschool sight word lists available. Choose a word and repeat the word at least three times. Laminate and have students trace. In the last row, they should try to write the word on their own.

Learn more: Time 4 Learning

5. Suds and Search

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Combine cleanup time with letter learning. Create a station with tubs filled with water, soap foam, and letter manipulatives. Have students search for individual letters or have them find ones to spell out one of their sight words. This is a fun, engaging, and sensory approach to spelling.

Learn more: Parenting Chaos

6. Match the Letter to the Sound

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Help students learn what sound goes with what letter. Provide students with letter manipulatives. Say a sound for them. Give students time to find the letter in their stack. You can do another variation of this with whiteboards. In this version, students would write the letter that represents the sound.

Learn more: Wordwall

7. Big-Small Match Up

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Create letter flashcards with both upper and lowercase letters on separate cards. Have students match the lowercase letter to its uppercase version. You can also vary this and turn the letters upside down and play a game of memory.

Learn more: Reading Adventure

K-1st Grade

8. stamp and spell.

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Use alphabet stamps to create fun hands-on spelling activities. Students can start stamping their names and move on from there to letters and sight words .

Learn more: Raising Little Superheroes

9. Spelling Memory

Turn your weekly spelling list into a fun board game. Use index cards or letter stock paper to create two sets of cards for your weekly list. Turn the cards over and have students play this memory game to help them grow their spelling skills. You can also find commercial versions for sale online.

Learn more: Amazon and Home Spelling Words

10. Rainbow Writing

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Practice spelling and reinforce color names at the same time. Choose any editable spelling printable for the lesson. Call out the color of the marker or crayon. Let students trace the letter or word. Repeat this multiple times. For happier students, reward students by allowing them to call out the color.

Learn more: 4 Kinder Teachers

11. Sight Word Scavenger Hunt

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Use sticky notes to post sight words around the room. Give your students a sheet of paper with the words listed on it. Have students say the word, then trace it on the paper. Modify by giving each student one or two words on their paper and place the sticky note on their paper.

Learn more: No Time for Flashcards

12. Pipe Cleaner Spelling

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Hands-on learning meets spelling word practice. Use colorful pipe cleaners for sensory spelling learning. Students can shape their word lists into the correct letters using pipe cleaners.

Learn more: Teaching First

13. Online Spelling Programs

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If you are in a 1-1 classroom, try some of the free online spelling programs which offer a variety of activities. Students gain meaningful spelling practice by exploring sight words and spelling patterns.

14. Playdough Spelling

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For more hands-on spelling activities, use letter cookie cutters to cut out letters. This is a fun way to engage students with spelling instruction. If the student messes up, they can squish the words up, roll them out and redo.

Learn more: Kindergarten Connection

15. Teach Spelling Strategies

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You can teach even young children all kinds of spelling strategies. Helping them learn the general spelling patterns in English early through engagement in a variety of activities ensures that they can play and make mistakes with spelling rules in low-stakes environments.

Learn more: Online Spellcheck

16. Excavate for Grade Level Spelling Words

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Use a sandbox table to hide spelling words cut into blocks or written on pieces of paper. Combine this activity with a social studies level about discovering ancient civilizations. Your students will be immersed in a sensory activity that helps them gain practice in spelling and exposure to social studies content.

Learn more: Scholastic

17. Alphabet Clothespins

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Write letters on the top of a wooden clothespin. Use flashcards of sight words. Have students match the clothespins to the top of the card in the correct order. Younger students can work on letter and word recognition, spelling, and hand-eye coordination.

Learn more: Creative Family Fun

18. Rhyming Wheels

Feeling crafty? You can make these rhyming wheels for students to help them practice sounding out words or recognizing sight words. Take the pressure off new word groups by turning learning into a game.

Learn more: Research Parent

19. Sidewalk Chalk ABCs

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Get students outside and moving with this fun way to work on the ABCs. Make a grid with sidewalk chalk. Leave a few blank free spaces. Students start on A and have to hop through the alphabet. If they can't make it to the next letter in one hop, they can use a free space.

Learn more: Buggy and Buddy

2nd - 5th Grades

20. spelling fill-in the blank activities.

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Options abound for this entertaining way of spelling instruction. You can do spelling printables, and use magnetic letters or letter manipulatives. Students have to use their spelling skills to complete the word. This is a quick and easy go-to activity for any day.

Learn more: Home Spelling Words

21. Save the Spelling Snowman from Melting

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A new twist on one of the classic activities for spelling words, Spelling Snowman starts with you choosing a word. Draw the appropriate number of blank spots for each letter in the word and a snowman on the board. As students guess a letter, incorrect answers "melt" part of the snowman.

Learn more: Homer Blog

22. Spelling Words Pyramid Style

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Assist your students with their writing skills and spelling practice by building the word. In this activity, students create a pyramid from the top down. The top of the pyramid is the first letter of the word. They add a letter for each layer of their pyramid until they have the whole word at the bottom.

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23. Unmix It Up Relay

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Add movement to spelling time with this low-prep game. Use magnet letters or letter tiles to spell words. Divide students into teams. One at a time they will race to unscramble their word in one of the envelopes. When they have it correct they signal. Then, the next student attempts to unmix another envelope.

Learn more: Busy Teacher

24. Michelangelo Spelling

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Flexible seating fans will love this engaging spelling practice. Allow students to tape white paper to the bottom of their desks or tables. Let them practice writing their spelling words by laying under their desks working like the Renaissance artist, Michelangelo! You can add some color by letting them use markers.

Learn more: All About 3rd Grade

25. Spelling Sparkle

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Another fun spelling game, Sparkle begins with students standing. Call out a spelling word. The first student says the first letter of the word. Play moves on the next student. When the word is complete the next student yells "sparkle" and the student after them must sit. Wrong answers mean a student must sit also. The winner is the last student standing.

Learn more: Teaching Ideas

26. Spelling Packets

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Several online sites have complete spelling packets available to download. These are tried and true spelling activities for use in class or homework practice. These printable options can be especially useful for sick days when students are with a substitute.

6th - 8th Grades

27. class spelling bee race.

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Turn up the fun in class with a spelling bee race for teams. Have pre-marked spots on the floor. Call out a word from recent content for team one. The first student steps up to the line. If they spell the word correctly, the whole team moves up. If not, the student steps back into the team. The first team to cross the finish line wins.

Learn more: Spelling Words Well

28. Dictionary Race Game

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This is another lively group game for middle school students. Set up a station with word cards. Assign one student as group leader. They flip the card and read it to their table mates. The other students search the dictionary to see who can find the word and definition first.

Learn more: Super Teacher Worksheets

29. Middle School Spelling Curriculum

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Looking for a complete spelling curriculum or help with lesson planning? Check out this site that has word lists by grade along with lesson ideas, curated resources, and more.

30. Commonly Known Words by Grade Level

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Create word walls and build these words into lessons and activities for maximum repetition. These are words that students are expected to have as part of their working vocabulary, especially by the end of that grade level.

31. Spelling Art

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Provide students with six or so words from reading, math, or science. Have them create an art project using those words. You can create a rubric for required elements, but leave space for students to use their creativity freely.

Learn more: Your Dictionary

32. Digital Spelling Games

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From Code Breaking to Word Scrambles and more, online platforms over gamified learning for your students. You can filter by grade level as well as content or lesson topic. If your school or homeschool coop doesn't have access to a program, there are plenty of free ones on the internet.

Learn more: Word Game Time

33. Spelling Workbooks

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If you are looking for a week-long homework activity or something students can do each day as a bellringer, you can choose from a plethora of ready made workbooks.

34. Flipped Spelling Journal

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Take the traditional spelling journal and turn it on its head. Rather than having students write sentences or definitions based on word lists, students keep a journal of words they find themselves misspelling or words they don't know. They can practice correct spelling and build their vocabulary with more ownership.

Learn more: Abe Books

35. Tally it Up

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Provide word lists at the beginning of each week. Students get a tally mark as a reward for reaching a set number of tallies each week. Tally marks are earned by using and/or spelling the word correctly throughout the week.

36.  Writing Challenge

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Challenge students brains, spelling skills, and motor skills all in one activity. In this option, students write their words three times with their non-dominant hand, keeping them engaged instead of relying on rote memory.

9th - 12th Grades

37. memory strategy.

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Use mnemonic devices like rhymes, sentences, or phrases to help students remember tricky spellings. English is full of exceptions to the rule. Mnemonic strategies offer students a cheat sheet they file in their brains.

Learn more: 20 Amazing Spelling Activities for Middle School

38. Peer Editing

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One of the best ways to learn is to become a teacher. Have students peer edit in-class writing with a specific focus on spelling. Provide dictionaries. If the editor isn't sure if the work is spelled correctly, they find it in the dictionary to double-check.

Learn more: Read, Write, Think

39. Spelling Poems

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Provide students with appropriate high-frequency words for their grades. You can differentiate between students based on reading level as well. Once you have reviewed the words and meanings, have students write poems using several of the words from the list.  Add peer editing to extend the assignment.

Learn more: Great Schools

40. Pull Apart Synonyms

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This activity ups the challenge level on word scramble worksheets. Students unscramble the letters to create two synonyms. Your class is able to work on meaning and spelling simultaneously.

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3rd Grade Spelling Activities

Double the fun spelling game.

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Here's one of our favorite 3rd grade spelling activities to play with a large group of students or your entire class.

You can find another great third grade game for spelling practice here .  You may also be interested in our list of third grade spelling words .

Key Spelling Concepts:

  • For one-syllable words that have short vowels and end in one consonant, double the final consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. 
  • Do not double the final consonant before adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.

Instructions

  • Ask 5-6 students to write a common suffix (word ending) on their own paper .
  • Ask the rest of the students to write a one-syllable word that has a short vowel sound and ends in a single consonant, such as big, stop, or jam.
  • Ask one word student to write her word on the board .
  • Ask for a suffix student whose ending makes sense with the word to write his suffix on the board.
  • If the last letter of the word should be doubled. the entire class calls out "Double it, double it!"  and everyone writes the word with a doubled final consonant on his own paper.
  • If the last letter of the word should not be doubled, the entire class silently writes the word correctly on their papers.

Our list of suffixes will be helpful in planning this game.

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    3. ALPHABETICAL ORDER Write each spelling word in ABC order. 4. RAINBOW SPELLING Write each spelling word across the rainbow. How many colors can you use? 5. WRITE A SENTENCE Create a sentence that contains each spelling word. 6. SECRET CODE Use the picture code to spell each of your words. 7. ROLL A SPELLING WORD

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    Updated November 24, 2020 Image Credits By 3rd grade, students are moving away from techniques like invented spelling and phonetic spelling. They should know how to spell high-frequency words, spelling list words and unfamiliar words with a variety of different techniques — and those techniques can be fun!

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    5. Suds and Search. Combine cleanup time with letter learning. Create a station with tubs filled with water, soap foam, and letter manipulatives. Have students search for individual letters or have them find ones to spell out one of their sight words. This is a fun, engaging, and sensory approach to spelling.

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    3rd Grade Wonders Spelling Activities Created by Katelyn's Learning Studio Do you need quick, easy, and engaging spelling activities to go with your Wonders Spelling for the whole year? Just print and go with these fun No-Prep worksheets that perfectly align with the 3rd grade 2020 Wonders program.

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    Alissa Manning-Telisak. Included in this resource are spelling menus for 25 stories and 5 articles for the Journeys 2012 3rd grade reading series. Each story contains 3 spelling menus. List A is the on-level spelling list, List B is the below-level spelling list and List C is the above-level spelling list. Each menu has List A, B, or C on the ...

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