Spelling List December 4 (to be tested December 11)
Theme 3, Lesson 14
“One Small Place in a Tree”
Words with /v/cv and /vc/v
1. robin
2. petal
3. seven
4. solid
5. final
6. given
7. color
8. hotel
9. wagon
10. music
11. total
12. cabin
13. taken
14. pupil
15. broken
Challenge Words
16. recital
17. vanish
18. regret
19. colony
20. visiting
sprout: when something begins to grow
*damp: when something is a little bit wet
suppose: to think something is true
*roost: when birds perch in a tree while sleeping
spears: to stick something sharp through an object
strikes: when something hits something else
*glimpse: to only get a quick peek at something
maze: a winding set of paths that is like a puzzle
transformation: when someone or something has gone through a change
harmony: two things that are living in agreement and peacefully
(* = bonus spelling words)
Spelling List November 27 (to be tested December 4th)
Theme 3, Lesson 13
"A Tree is Growing"
1. ice
2. age
3. rice
4. edge
5. stage
6. giant
7. range
8. judge
9. ledge
10. police
11. recent
12. bridge
13. office
14. strange
15. central
16. celery
17. ceiling
18. difference
19. margin
20. imagine
Robust Vocabulary:
tugged-to pull something hard
*paused-to stop what you are doing for just a moment
columns-a tall circular structure that holds up part of a building
*absorb-when something soaks up a liquid
protects-to keep something safe
rustling-when objects move and make soft sounds
dissolve-when something mixes completely with water
*particles-tiny pieces of something
scavenger-when an animal leftover or unwanted objects
self-sufficient:when someone or something makes everything that it needs
(*=bonus spelling words)
Spelling List November 20th
NO Spelling for this shortened holiday week!
NO Robust Vocabulary for this week either!
Enjoy your holiday!
Spelling List November 13 (to be tested November 20th)
Theme 3, Lesson 12
"A Pen Pal for Max"
Words with digraphs: kn, gn, wr, gh
1. gnat
2. knew
3. sign
4. knob
5. gnaw
6. write
7. knees
8. wrinkle
9. kneel
10. wrist
11. cough
12. known
13. rough
14. wrench
15. knight
Challenge Words
16. knitting
17. laughter
18. wring
19. unknown
20. playwright
BONUS Spelling Words: (voluntary participation)
suppose, harmony, transformation
Robust Vocabulary:
>deciphered: to figure out a message that is difficult to understand or that
is written in code
>mistaken: to be wrong about something
>translate: to write or say something in another language
>repairs: what something needs when it is broken or needs to be fixed
>heaving: throwing something heavy with great effort
>bothersome: when something bothers you and it causes problems
>din: when there is so much noise that it is hard to hear anything over it
>dodging: to avoid something that is coming toward you
>catastrophe: something really terrible that has happened
>fortunate: when someone is very lucky
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Spelling List (Nov. 6- to be tested November 13th)
Theme 3, Lesson 11 "Loved Best"
Words with final – le
1. title
2. table
3. uncle
4. apple
5. cable
6. bubble
7. beetle
8. rattle
9. purple
10. little
11. middle
12. simple
13. saddle
14. trouble
15. scribble
Challenge Words
16. twinkle
17. scrambled
18. sprinkle
19. buckled
20. tablecloth
BONUS Spelling Words: brief, praised, astonished
Robust Vocabulary:
*swooned-To have a terrible shock or surprise that made you faint or fall
*astonished-To be amazed and surprised at something
*encouraging-When a friend makes you feel like you can do something well
*brief-When something does not take much time
*chuckling-Laughing quietly to yourself
*soothing-When you tell the truth about something you did wrong
*sobbed-Something that makes you feel calm
*praised-To tell someone that they can do something well
*envious-To feel that you want something that someone else has
*rivalry-When people compete against each other for something
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Spelling T2W10 Thursday Oct.30 (to be tested Nov.6th)
Reader's Theater, "The Case of the Three Bears"
Review
1. airplane
2. upstairs
3. something
4. itch
5. chef
6. wheat
7. chance
8. push
9. enjoy
10. moist
11. clown
12. loud
13. sprint
14. street
15. scratch
Challenge Words:
16. November
17. Thanksgiving
18. pilgrims
19. settlers
20. natives
Robust Vocabulary
►investigate: when you try to find out the truth about something
►expert: someone who knows a lot about a certain subject
►laboratory: a place where experiments are done
►various: when there objects of different types
►suspect: when you think someone has done something
►confess: when you tell the truth about something you did wrong
►perplexed: to be confused or puzzled about something
►inquisitive: to be curious and ask a lot of questions
►inviting: when something makes you want to take part or have something do
with it
►amusing: something that is fun or funny
Spelling List (Oct. 23 to be tested THURSDAY Oct.29)
Theme 2,Lesson 9 (T2W9)
"Stone Soup"
Words with str, scr, and spr
1. spray
2. street
3. sprint
4. stripe
5. screen
6. strong
7. spring
8. stray
9. scream
10. strike
11. spread
12. string
13. sprout
14. scratch
15. stream
Challenge Words:
16. strangers
17. describe
18. strength
19. destroy
20. instruct
Robust Vocabulary
►generous: when people are happy to share with others
►agreeable: something that is pleasing to the senses
►banquet: a special meal that will has large amount of food
►curiosity: something odd or unusual that interests people
►gaze: a long look at something
►famine: when there is not enough food to feed everyone
►dense: something made of things that are very close together
►reaction: a response to something that happens
►ingredients: all the foods and spices that you use to make a certain kind of
food
►momentum: when an idea or an action that grows quickly and is hard to stop
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Spelling List Oct.16 (to be tested Oct. 23)
Theme 2, Lesson 8 (T2W8)
"How Animals Talk"
Words with ou, ow, oi, and oy
1. foil
2. loud
3. gown
4. coil
5. house
6. annoy
7. growl
8. moist
9. enjoy
10. round
11. spoil
12. mouse
13. clown
14. bounce
15. cowboy
Challenge Words:
16. eyebrows
17. voyage
18. boiling
19. cloudy
20. avoid
Robust Vocabulary:
►charging: an animal that is rushing or moving quickly towards someone or
something
►ferocious: an angry and dangerous animal
►dominant: the strongest or most powerful member of a group
►conflict: two animals that are fighting
►communicate: when two people or animals share information
►flick: to move or snap something quickly
►chatter: when animals repeat their sounds quickly
►alert: to get a person or peoples attention and let them know to be careful
►signal: a sound or an action that sends a message
►grooms: when an animal makes itself neat and clean
October 9- (to be tested October 16)
Spelling List
Theme 2, Lesson 7 (T2W7)
"Aero and Officer Mike: Police Partners"
Words with ch, tch, sh, and wh
1. chin
2. itch
3. push
4. chef
5. when
6. wash
7. much
8. sharp
9. pitch
10. where
11. peach
12. child
13. wheat
14. chance
15. machine
Challenge Words:
16. cashier
17. friendship
18. hatched
19. finished
20. children
Robust Vocabulary
☼ babble: to say words that cannot be understood
☼ suspicious: to think that someone cannot be trusted
☼ accompany: to go someplace with another person
☼ competent: to be good at what you are doing
☼ scent: the smell of something
☼ wanders: when a person travels without planning where he or she is going
☼ whined: for someone or something to give a long high cry
☼ obey: to do what you are told
☼ demonstrate: to show how something works or is done
☼ patrol: to watch over and area and guard it
October 3, 2009
Theme 2 Week 6 Compund Words
“The Babe and I”
1. pickup
2. cannot
3. outside
4. bedroom
5. upstairs
6. raindrop
7. baseball
8. hallway
9. airplane
10. mailbox
11. sunshine
12. homework
13. classroom
14. something
15. playground
Challenge Words:
16. sidewalk
17. teaspoon
18. thumbtack
19. sandpaper
20. notebook
Robust Vocabulary:
1. skim: to move quickly over a surface, barely touching it
2. span: the distance between two points
3. contribution: to help your family reach its goal, you make a contribution
to your family
4. midst: being in the middle of something
5. initiative: when you make the first step in doing something without being
told what to do
6. shabby: things that look worn and old
7. dazed: to be confused and unable to think properly
8. elevated: something that is lifted up
9. embarrass: to feel or make someone uncomfortable or ashamed
10. collapses: when something falls because it was not well supported
September 25, 2009
T1W5 "The School News"
Spelling Review T1W1-W4
Review
Spelling Words
1. clock
2. drink
3. moved
4. waking
5. hopped
6. folded
7. stain
8. layer
9. team
10. slow
11. toast
12. ladies
13. flies
14. bushes
15. games
Robust Vocabulary:
1.viewers-people who watch something
2.survive-to remain alive, even after great difficulties
3.camouflage-when something blends into its surroundings
4.concealed-something covered up so it can’t be seen
5.independent-when someone does something on his or her own
6.donated-something given away for free
7.media-the many ways that people communicate: newspapers magazines, and
television
8.feature-when reporters do a special report on a topic
9.image-a picture of someone or something
10.popular-something that many people like
September 19,2009
Spelling words for Theme 1 Week 4 (T1W4)
"Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut"
Plurals using s and es
1. ants
2. toys
3. flies
4. things
5. boxes
6. games
7. lines
8. rocks
9. wishes
10. ladies
11. dishes
12. babies
13. bushes
14. glasses
15. puppies
Challenge Words:
16. families
17. libraries
18. brothers
19. packages
20. melodies
T1W4 Robust Vocabulary
1.persevere: when you keep trying to do something without giving up
2.confidence: when you are sure that everything will work out
3.ambitious: when a person is eager to reach a goal
4.attain: what you have done when you reach your goal
5.talented: an ability to have a special talent and do it well
6.apply: asking for work at a job
7.research: involves getting information about a question or topic
8.invention: something completely new that someone has made
9.hinder: to make it difficult or impossible for someone to do something
10.disappointed: to feel unhappy about the way something turned out
September 12,2009
Spelling words for Theme 1 Week 3 (T1W3)
"Schools Around the World"
Diagraphs
1. deep
2. play
3. lean
4. glow
5. team
6. away
7. slow
8. trail
9. dream
10. stain
11. toast
12. speed
13. raise
14. sweet
15. layer
16.wheelbarrow
17. freedom
18. speedboat
19. cocoa
20. daydream
Robust Vocabulary:
*proper: something the way it is supposed to be, or correct
*boarding: giving someone a place to live for a while
*literacy: the ability to read and write
*diverse: individual things in a group that are different from each other
*chores: small jobs that you need to do but may not enjoy
*certain: one particular thing
*resource: materials, money, and other things that can be used
*culture: made up of a group’s customs and traditions
*tutor: someone who helps another person with school work
*uniform: clothes that all the people in a group wear so they are dressed
alike
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September 5,2009
Spelling Words for Theme 1 Week 2 (T1W2)
"The Day Eddie Met the Author"
T1W2 Spelling
Root words, suffixes (–ed, -ing)
1. saved
2. moved
3. riding
4. working
5. pulled
6. taking
7. hopped
8. baking
9. picked
10. having
11. letting
12. running
13. drawing
14. folded
15. shopped
Challenge words:
16. freezing
17. equipped
18. dancing
19. happening
20. quitting
Robust Vocabulary:
conquer: when you have a problem or fear that you win against and overcome
you do this to it
resistance: what you feel when you do not want something to happen
ponder: to take time to think about an idea
anticipation: when you feel excited because something is about to happen
plenty: having more than enough of something
dismiss: to give permission to leave
squirmed: kept wriggling around as if uncomfortable
patchwork: a cloth made by sewing together small pieces of different fabrics
assembly: a group of people who have gathered for a reason
autographed: something you have signed with your name on it
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August 29,2009
Spelling words Theme 1 Week 1 (T1W1) "Ruby, the Copycat"
1. this
2. went
3. jump
4. still
5. last
6. dust
7. tell
8. drop
9. shut
10. lamp
11. stop
12. felt
13. drink
14. clock
15. stand
Challenge words
16. sunset
17. muffin
18. pumpkin
19. hidden
20. basket
Robust Vocabulary:
trudged: When you walked slowly as if your feet were stuck in mud
gushed: When you were excited about something and talked about it a lot
frustrated:A way you might feel after you try and try to do something and
cannot do it.
imitated:When you copy what someone has said or done
pleasant:Something that is enjoyable and makes you happy
coincidence:When two things happen that seem to fit together but are not
connected
modeled:Showing someone something so that they can see it
loyal:Someone who stands by you in good times and bad is this
recited:Memorizing something like a poem, and then saying it out loud
murmur:When a person is speaking so softly that he/she can hardly be heard
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August 2009
Welcome Students and Parents,
I expect every student to read on a nightly basis for at least 20
minutes. If you still need work on basic math facts (IE 2+8=10, 7+8=15 etc)
then at least 10 minutes with flash cards or verbal question/answer review is
necessary to build automaticity.
Each Saturday during the school year, I will be updating this page with
the "Robust Vocabulary" and the next week's spelling words for our reading
lesson. Additionally on Mondays, I will give the students a "pretest" on the
spelling designed to allow them to focus on the words he or she does not know.
No need to spend time on what is already known !
Additionally, the third grade team gives homework on Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday.Although there will be times that our class has a thematic project
(body of work) that will be assigned for more than one week. I do not give
additional homework for those Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, as I expect
the students to invest their time on our project.
I do enjoy creating "thematic" units. Within each unit, we will be
touching each content area in a "real world" manner. These units allow
students to learn more in a given time. For instance, our chocolate unit
includes map reading, distance measurement, rainforest people, changing
states of matter, recipe reading (measurement units and fractions),
research,and powerpoint creation. We also work with money during this time,
newspaper ads, and budgeting. We read Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory" together and compare it to the original movie. The homework will
reflect the content we are working on at that time.
Thank you for taking the time to check out our web site. I look forward
to the new year!
Mrs. T.