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Grade 3 Spelling Lesson & Worksheet Series Lesson Activities Lesson 1: K words, Circle it, Crossword, Spiral, What is it?, Lesson 2: Days and Months, Word Shapes, The Year in a Puzzle, 30 Days Hath September, Scrambler Lesson 3: I before e, except after c., "i before e" puzzle, Spelling choice, Make a spiral, Suffixes,

Lesson 4 Words: Syllables, circle it, Fill in the Letters, Crossword Lesson 5 Words: Patterns,

Matching!, Secret Decoder, Circle search, Practice

Lesson 6 Words: Antonyms and usage, Word find, maze, cryptogram, Spelling Journal

Presented by: Teachnology

Lesson One Grade Three Spelling Workbook

kept key kick kiss kitten knee knife knock knot know keep kangaroo knight knit suspicious crack haunted stairs creepy

Using the K words answer the following questions: 1. In which words is k used as a silent letter? ______________ ___________ _______________ _________________ ____________ _________________ _______________ 2. What are the plural forms of the following: Key _________ knee _____________ knife ________________ 3. What are the homonyms or the words that sound the same as: Knight ____________ knit _________________ knot _______________ Know ______________ 4. Write two forms of knit __________ ____________ 5. What does a knight do before the king or queen __k__________ 6. What words have -key at the end of them? ________________ _______________ ______________________ 7. Using the words between the two stars** and more of your own words, write a spooky paragraph. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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Spelling Practice 1

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to use needles and yarn learn to make these a medieval soldier to understand past tense of keep odd or unusual to be of a curious nature to have a fault in the foundation used to cut meat or material this joint allows the leg to bend

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a baby cat do this before entering a room a tool for unlocking something to have a ghostly nature to use force with your leg a marsupial from Australia to sustain or contain to show a caring emotion a set of steps

Spiral Spelling

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1. to use force with your leg

5. this joint allows the leg to bend

2. odd or unusual

6. to use needles and yarn

3. to have a fault in the foundation 4. to have a ghostly nature

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7. past tense of keep 8. a medieval soldier

Word or Definition?

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knife

Definition

used to cut meat or material do this before entering a room to sustain or contain a medieval soldier a baby cat odd or unusual to use force with your leg a marsupial from Australia to be of a curious nature to show a caring emotion past tense of keep to have a ghostly nature to use needles and yarn a tool for unlocking something to understand this joint allows the leg to bend to have a fault in the foundation learn to make these a set of steps

Practice your spelling words without looking and then correct them after you are done!

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Lesson Two Grade Three Spelling Workbook

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday January February March April May June July August September October November December These spelling words are the days of the ________ and the ____________ of the year. Why do they all have capital letters? They are also _________ nouns.

1. In the chart put the spelling words into the syllables or beats per word: One syllable

Two syllables

Three syllables

2. How many days are in a week? ___________ 3. How many months are in one year? ___________ 4. How many hours in one day? ___________ 5. Which two months have a –ua vowel combination? _____________ ____________ 6. What do you have to remember to pronounce in Wednesday? _______ 7. What are the short forms or contractions for each day of the week? ___________ __________ ___________ ____________ _________ ____________ _________ 8. What are the contractions for the months of the year? _________ _________ __________ ___________ _________ ___________ ____________ __________ _____________ __________ __________ _____________

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Word Shapes- Use your Spelling Words to figure out what fits where?

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The Year in a Puzzle

R E B Y F T U L K

R S C I D A Y M A G C

M K U Z K F R I D A Y Y

E I J S W H T N O M O E

C S U J E N D N O C E S

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C A D Y O X N J R N N V V

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday January February March April May June July August September October November December hour minute second week month year

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30 Days Hath September Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting leap year, that's the time When February's days are twenty-nine.

1. How many months have 28 days? a) None of them b) All of them c) Only February 2. How many months have thirty-one days? a) Only 7 b) All of them c) September 3. How many months only have thirty days? a) Only September, April, June and November b) All of them c) Only February

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Unscramble the words and put them in the boxes above, then use the circled letters to figure out the message at the bottom.

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Lesson Three Grade Three Spelling Workbook

Belief relief niece grief receive reign reins deceive chief veil vein kerchief sieve weigh weight perceive piece There is a general rule that is “i before e except after e” but there are many exceptions to that rule. Fill in the chart below according to the headings using your spelling words: i before e

Except after c

But these don’t follow the rule

2. Can you think of any more words which don’t follow the rule? ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 3. Which word means the following?: a) Leader of a group _____________ b) To understand and rely on something ______________ c) To get help or medical aid _______________ d) Your sister or brother’s daughter ________________ e) Your body mass ________________ f) To do something illegal _____________ g) A utensil to strain spaghetti ____________ h) The straps for a horse ______________ i) A piece of cloth for the head _____________ j) A length of time for a king or queen to rule ______________

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Here are some words which do obey the "i before e" rule.

Circle or use a highlight pen to show where these words are in the word-search grid. chief brief believe relieved niece field piece diesel achieve priest siege hygiene receive receipt perceive deceive

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Make the following words plural, more than one or add an s!

Multiple choice: 1. Chief a) Chieves b) Chiefs c) Cheifs 2. Relieve a) Reliefs b) Relives c) Relieves 3. Reign a) Reignes b) Reigns c) Reins 4. Niece a) Nieces b) Neices c) Niece 5. Vein a) Vein b) Viens c) Veins 6. Receipt a) Receiptes b) Receipts c) Receipts 7. Ceiling a) Ceilings b) Cielings c) Seelings

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Make a word spiral using your Spelling Words or any new words with the ie or ei combination. Using a 6x6 grid start with one word and then add another word that either starts with the last letter of the previous word or just start with a new word. Write the clues below: 1.R

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1. To get aid or help 2. A grassy place 3. To trick someone Continue on until all or most of the spots are used.

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Suffixes-These are endings of words to change the root word and the meaning.

Change the root word to make sense in the following sentences:

1. How long has the queen (reign) ___________?

2. Have the (chief) __________ made a decision yet?

3. Am I right in (belief) __________ that you are my friend?

4. My doctor insists on (weigh) ______________ me.

5. Today I am going to use the (rein) _____________ by myself.

6. My mom has several (niece) ____________.

7. His greatest (achieve) _____________ was in learning to play the piano.

8. Make sure you use only (diesel) __________ fuel in the truck.

9. All of the (ceiling) ____________ in this neighborhood have to be repaired.

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My (neighbor) ___________ is very quiet and safe.

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I would love to eat two (piece) __________ of pizza.

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I will need to keep all of my (receipt) _____________.

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My (vein) __________ look blue on my wrist.

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After 17 comes (eight) ______________.

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Lesson Four Grade Three Spelling Workbook Blender broken crazy drive write gray streak pliers string grimy cringe greasy frozen slippery pleasant bristle straddle Using the spelling words above, answer the following questions: 1. What are the root words of these words- blender ______________ broken_____________ grimy ______________ greasy_____________ frozen ______________ slippery ____________pleasant____________ 2. What do all of these words have in common at the beginning of each? ________________________________________________________ 3. Which word has a silent first letter? _____________ 4. Why does the p in slippery have to be doubled? ____________________ 5. What happens to the y when you add –ness to crazy? _______________________________________________________ 6. Put the words into the syllable chart: One syllable Two syllables Three or more

7. Use three spelling words in a sentence: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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Spelling Practice

Pick the best spelling word without your list to check!

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CROSSWORD CLUE (DEFINITIONS)

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1. wild and uncontrollable 3. in disrepair or poor shape 4. a tool to mix ingredients 6. a slender rope 8. very gracious and kind 11. to stand over top 12. a tool for bending 16. dirty 17. a smudge or splash

2. water at below zero degrees 5. the teeth of a hair brush 7. overcast or aging 9. to use a pen or pencil 10. to shrivel or withdraw 13. to operate a car 14. very dangerous for walking 15. oily and dirty

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Lesson Five Grade Three Spelling Workbook Strike bike hike bake brake make stroke poke broke tweak squeak beak creak creek speak sneak weak meek sleek reek All of these words have a vowel or vowel blend before the k and some have an e following the k. Whichever way it is spelled, what happens to the vowel? Is it long or short? ___________________________________________ Make up some new words following the patterns: 1. Strike __________ ____________ ___________ 2. Bake ____________ ___________ ___________ 3. Poke _____________ ___________ __________ 4. Beak ____________ __________ ____________ 5. Creak ____________ ____________ ___________ 6. Meek ___________ _____________ ___________ What is the difference between creak and creek? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ What are they called when the words are spelled differently and mean different things but the sound the same as in “leak and leek”? ______________________________________ Make up some more homonyms such as bare and bear

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Matching!

Answer

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______ 1. strike

A. to be penniless

______ 2. bike

B. a slow running stream

______ 3. hike

C. shiny and glossy

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D. a paralyzing condition

______ 5. brake

E. to tip-toe around

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F. to hit or go off the job

______ 7. stroke

G. not strong

______ 8. poke

H. the mouth part of a bird

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I. a walking tour

______ 10. tweak

J. to stop a vehicle

______ 11. squeak

K. very shy and timid

______ 12. beak

L. to utter a language

______ 13. creak

M. a noise in the floors

______ 14. creek

N. a small cry or noise

______ 15. speak

O. to prod

______ 16. sneak

P. to cook with the oven

______ 17. weak ______ 18. meek

Q. to slightly change something R. short form of bicycle

______ 19. sleek

S. to produce an object

______ 20. reek

T. stench and odor

Put the letter in the blank to match the word to its meaning. Use a pencil and cross the meanings off as they are matched!

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19. LSSR ________________

10. NWIRS ________________

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Use the letters from the bottom row of the decoder to figure out the words from your spelling list. See the example!

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word search U N WJ Z L Z T C L P J E E H N C E H J Z M E E K C Q WM U L U I M N WQ M D H T C X E Z D H Z Y G H Y G WI G P K I X O S N E A K V M T M O D C R D T Q O H P S Z H P V D V N U I U P S T R I K E V Z B A I WE A K A U S V V L M B R O K E Y C R E E K J U H K N C U L L R G A T Z K K C Y K T X J L T WE A K P H B T X X A K M P K T R E P Q J E B I K E P P Q F I E Z R Q U E K WI U E P B H U A X I O X O H Y Y R T WWE WL S F G N A WR F A K P Q X B K K WU H P J O I Z Y V Q N C K H A X H Z B P Y I E I E G T S V S H Q Y P X C E A B K F X K E S D B A K E A Y V Y K P C Z T Z T E B E X V R A Q E A P O C Z Y C M F H K F Z H I K E D WK K U E F R O L P F X C L E X S WJ Y Z R C WO E C O Q V D B S L E E K L P S N R A M Y N A B B J G X L L D Y R E E K J N P I B V K Y S N I N Z Q WN D S P E A K Z K Z L Y P N G U Y A J V H M U A T I S T R O K E Z K B A Y R D G L L Z M

Use your spelling list to find the words!

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Practice Spelling 1

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Lesson Six Grade Three Spelling Workbook About better bring carry done drink fail full grow hold hot hurt if keep kind laugh fight myself maybe never own shall small start today together try warm

Use the spelling words to fill in the blanks: 1. I am feeling much ______________ after having a cold.

2. She had such a good ____________ she fell off her chair.

3. Please do not __________ with your friends or neighbors.

4. The doctor warned me that the needle might __________.

5. The new movie might ___________ at the theatre ___________.

6. If we stay ________________ we will stay ____________.

7. Please be sure to ___________ a ____________ for after the race.

8. _____ you cannot ___________ the heavy basket, ask someone to help.

9. ___________ is the beginning of the rest of your life.

10. If you ___________ your grades high, you will not _________.

What are the antonyms (0pposites) of the following words: Worse ___________ finish __________ yesterday _______________ cry ______________ take _______________ apart ______________ certainly _______________ succeed _____________cold __________ What is the sound of gh in the word laugh? _______________ What are the silent letters in the word fight? ______________ Today I will try, yesterday I ______________ I ____________ the laundry upstairs for my mom last night.

What is the rule when a word ends in y before adding –ed? _________________________________________________________

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BRING FAIL HOLD KIND MUCH ONLY START TRY

Try to get the happy face to the sun!

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Write a short story or a journal using as many of your Grade Three words as possible. ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ___________________

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