GRADE 3 VOCABULARY WORDS

 

These are words that students are expected to be able to read and know their meaning. Some teachers use these as challenge spelling words. Some grade 3 STAR teachers use these words in addition to other words on their word ladders.

 

UNIT 1   Week 1 :    cowboys  imagination  summer  vacation  visit  west  

               Week 2 :    breakfast comfortable cozy  forest  gobbled hungry promise

               Week 3 :   favorite  grandfather practice prepare  rodeo  tourists

               Week 4 :   coughs  curious discovered poems  pretend  secret

               Week 5 :   aimed  basketball  bounced  gift   playground shoot

 

UNIT 2   Week 1 :   collect    hinge     insects    pitcher   plants   traps

               Week 2 :   breathe  dream  planet  scary  space  spaceship

               Week 3 :   destroy  noise  powerful  storms  warnings  wrecked

               Week 4 :   alert  breaks  melt  ocean  thousands

               Week 5 :   burrows  cardboard  cliff  hatch  island  searching  underground

 

UNIT 3   Week 1 :  authors  difficult  information  libraries  museums suggestions

               Week 2 :  business  cheated  clever  harvesting  lazy  partners wealth

               Week 3 :  bounded correcting  direction  easily  guide  harness introduce   patient 

               Week 4 :  afraid  brave  reservation  silent  spelling  trouble

               Week 5 :  jokes  neighborhood   prize  problem  prove serious

 

UNIT 4   Week 1:  brilliant  delighted  feast  greedy  guest  stomach 

               Week 2:  appreciate   dragon  lucky  rustling  scolded  startled

               Week 3:  distance  lightning  measured  recipe  thunder  weather 

               Week 4:  double  grain  palace  reward  single  thief

               Week 5:  arrived  astonished  cruel  excitement  respect  shone spied   thirst 

 

UNIT 5  Week 1:  compasses  engine  flight  instruments  route  soars

              Week 2:  avenue  ducklings  nest  pool  splash  spring

              Week 3:  howling  snatched  stumble whipped  whirled  wind

              Week 4:  alphabet  cabin  learning  magic  newspaper  tales

              Week 5:  chores  dust   pasture  pony  saddle  sturdy  swift

 

UNIT 6  Week 1:   cone  creating  designed  famous  paste  swan

              Week 2:   bundled  carted  conductor  label  mailing  station

              Week 3:   flushed   hurled  pronounced  refrigerator  sauce  success

              Week 4:  astronaut  emergency  globe  launch  unusual  weighed

              Week 5:  blinding  crystal  echoing  ledge  remarkable  scout  sparkling  treasure