3rd Grade Spelling List

Units 1-5 Units 16-20 Numbers
Units 6-10 Units 21-25 States and Capitals
Units 11-15 Units 26-30 Units 31-35

 

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4 Unit 5

scared  scare

left

scarf  scarves

soft

score scores

gift  gifts

dry  dries

drink  drinks

dream  dreams

bank  banks

drum  drums

think

dragon  dragons

thank

Unionville

Bloomington

Indiana

tooth  teeth

touch  touches

they

rich  riches

mother  mothers

chain  chains

morning  mornings

thick

something

smash  smashes

ring  rings

finish  finishes

long

shadow  shadows

Unionville

Bloomington

Indiana

Indianapolis

page  pages

cents

large

sometimes

orange  oranges

silly

center  centers

jam jams

pencil  pencils

joke  jokes

circus  circuses

jeans

circle  circles

jelly  jellies

Indiana

Indianapolis

Michigan

Lansing

Illinois

Springfield

inches  inch

pennies  penny

mixes  mix

tries  try

crackers  cracker

fixes  fix

marches  march

rushes  rush

ladies  lady

stitches  stitch

parties  party

brushes  brush

flies  fly

friends  friend

Ohio

Columbus

Kentucky

Frankfort

Including previous week’s states and capitals. 

 

fry  fried  frying

plan  planned  planning

cry  cried  crying

hope  hoped  hoping

smile  smiled  smiling

hop  hopped  hopping

start  started  starting 

Indiana

Indianapolis

Illinois

Springfield

Michigan

Lansing

Ohio

Columbus

Kentucky

Frankfort

 

Unit 6 Unit 7 Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10
Unit 6 is a review week.  The students will have a practice  review test on Wednesday and a final test on Friday. 

get  getting

together

breakfast

fresh

dead

else

head

then

instead

spell  spelled  spelling

ready

bread

feather

smell smelled  smelling

North America

South America

Europe

Africa

Asia

Australia

Antarctica

Halloween

deep

any

secret

many

video  videos

asleep

even

week

seem

busy

city  cities

idea  ideas

lucky

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Including the continents from last week’s list.

 

tail

today

trail

holiday

afraid

camping

aim

Maine

last

crayon

began

spray

and

Maine

Augusta

Virginia

Richmond

Massachusetts

Boston

New Hampshire

Concord

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

road

Ohio

coach

most

coat

body

load

collar

toast

ago

gold

monster

hello

socks

New York

Albany

Connecticut

Hartford

Maryland

Annapolis

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

 

Unit 11 Unit 12 Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit 15

bright

still

tight

visit

might

winter

sight

fly

with

sky

his

my

picnic

why

 There will be no new states or capitals this week; however, you will be tested on all previous states and capitals.

 

Unit 12 is a review test.  The students will test on all the list words from units 7-11.

found

doing

until

one

sure

always

almost

hasn’t

couldn’t

alone

a lot

hadn’t

angry

hungry

Rhode Island

Providence

Delaware

Dover

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

was

warm

want

went

where

what

when

watched

wear

would

wheel

whip

whale

while

North Carolina

Raleigh

New Jersey

Trenton

South Carolina

Columbia

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

once

chance

face

house

neck

trick

jacket

since

police

erase

chase

bucket

ticket

locker

 

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

 

Unit 16 Unit 17 Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20

wrestle

wrong

write

wrote

wrap

listen

Christmas

castle

whistle

knife

know

knee

knight

knock

Chanukah

Kwanzaa

West Virginia

  Charleston

Vermont

  Montpelier

  Including all previous states and capitals.

there

their

they’re

hour

our

to

too

two

tail

tale

hole

whole

weak

week

Tennessee

  Nashville

Georgia

  Atlanta

Florida

  Tallahassee

Including all previous states and capitals.

 
Unit 18 is a review test.  The students will test on all the list words from units 13-18.

happen

pretty

letter

little

rabbit

off

hurry

million

balloon

ladder

puddle

middle

hammer

lesson

Alabama

  Montgomery

Mississippi

  Jackson

Louisiana

  Baton Rouge

Including all previous states and capitals.

enjoy

point

voice

toys

royal

noise

oil

good

took

cookie

put

shook

foot

pull

Wisconsin

  Madison

Minnesota

  St. Paul

Iowa 

  Des Moines

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

 

Unit 21 Unit 22 Unit 23 Unit 24 Unit 25

true

due

glue

clue

who

move

lose

movie

study

summer

such

truck

uncle

Sunday

Missouri

  Jefferson City

Arkansas

  Little Rock

Texas

  Austin

Including all previous states and capitals.

 

drawing

straw

claws

lawn

thaw

because

fault

sauce

haunted

cause

walking

talk

chalk

stalk

North Dakota

  Bismarck

South Dakota

  Pierre

Nebraska

  Lincoln

 

friend

night

thought

does

again

said

people

believe

try tried

die died

eight

tired

Friday

Saturday

Kansas

  Topeka

Oklahoma

  Oklahoma City

Montana

  Helena

 

Review  Test

Units 19-23

 

easy

picture

through

guess

caught

kept

different

surprise

favorite

Tuesday

swimming

Monday

fifth

presents

Wyoming

  Cheyenne

Colorado

  Denver

New  Mexico

  Santa Fe

 

 

Unit 26 Unit 27 Unit 28 Unit 29 Unit 30

unhappy

unsafe

unlucky

restart  restarted

rewrite rewrote

replay  replayed

reread 

untie  untied

unfold  unfolded

unwrap unwrapped

unpack  unpacked

repay  repaid

refill  refilled

repaint  repainted

Idaho

  Boise

Arizona

  Phoenix

Washington

  Olympia

 

careful

beauty  beautiful

real  really

final  finally

sad  sadness

happy  happiness

help helpful

grace  graceful

sad  sadly

live  lively

happy  happily

kind  kindness

sick  sickness

wonder  wonderful

Oregon 

  Salem

Nevada

  Carson City

Utah

  Salt Lake City

 

early

heard

were

third

fur

work worked  working

word

search searched  searching

earth

dirt

nurse

turkey

world

Thursday

California

  Sacramento

Hawaii

  Honolulu

Alaska

  Juneau

 

very

pair

hair

near

year

deer

stereo

fair

stairs

fear

clear cleared

cheer cheered

steer

United States of America

 

Review test

Units 25-30

 

 

Unit 31 Unit 32 Unit 33 Unit 34 Unit 35

 

himself

  afternoon

 everything

 grandmother

 homework

 outside

  bedroom

 butterfly

 grandfather

 everybody

 backyard

 popcorn

 everyone

  anyone

 

 

I am = I'm

 it is = it's           

he is = he's       

that is = that's 

did not = didn't 

will not = won't

       let us = let's   

have not = haven't

does not = doesn't

are not = aren't aren't

    I have = I've

they have = they've

we are = we're we're

     you will = you'll  

 sugar

 paper

dollar

another

brother

wagon

open

garden

lemon

travel

animal

squirrel

nickel

final

artist

finalist

violinist

tourist

sailor

actor

inventor

farmer

reader

player

painter

waiter

hunter

 

special

real

before

every

being

laugh

could

caterpillar

cousin

chocolate

dinosaur

upon

Wednesday

clothes

Numbers States and Capitals

one

two

three

four

five

six

seven

eight

nine

ten

eleven

twelve

thirteen

fourteen

fifteen

sixteen

seventeen

eighteen

nineteen

twenty

thirty

forty

fifty

sixty

seventy

eighty

ninety

hundred

thousand

million

 

Indiana  Indianapolis

Michigan  Lansing

Illinois   Springfield

Ohio  Columbus

Kentucky  Frankfort

Rhode Island  Providence

Delaware  Dover

Pennsylvania  Harrisburg

North Carolina  Raleigh

New Jersey  Trenton

South Carolina  Columbia

New York  Albany

Connecticut  Hartford

Maryland  Annapolis

Virginia  Richmond

Massachusetts  Boston

New Hampshire  Concord

West Virginia  Charleston

Vermont  Montpelier

Maine  Augusta

Tennessee  Nashville

Georgia  Atlanta

Florida  Tallahassee

Alabama  Montgomery

Mississippi  Jackson

Louisiana  Baton Rouge

Wisconsin  Madison

Minnesota   St. Paul

Iowa   Des Moines

Missouri   Jefferson City

Arkansas   Little Rock

Texas   Austin

Bismarck  North Dakota

Pierre  South Dakota

 Lincoln  Nebraska

Topeka  Kansas

Oklahoma City   Oklahoma

Helena   Montana

Cheyenne   Wyoming

Denver   Colorado

Santa Fe   New  Mexico

  Boise    Idaho

  Phoenix   Arizona

Olympia   Washington

Salem   Oregon 

Carson City   Nevada

  Salt Lake City   Utah

Sacramento   California

Honolulu   Hawaii

Juneau   Alaska 

 

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