3rd Grade English Language Arts

Framework

Goals and Objectives
Reading
  • Describe characters, identify the main idea and use supporting details.
  • Use context clues to understand what a word means.
  • Read and understand a variety of genres such as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, fables, etc

Writing

  • The writing process: planning, drafting, revising, editing, publishing
  • Write longer text in chronological order using transition words
  • Write different types of text: opinion, informative, narrative, etc.
Grammar
  • Use proper punctuation, capitalization, and noun and verb forms (singular/plural)
  • Understand parts of speech, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, etc.
  • Know the different sentence types

3rd Grade Fluency

3rd Grade Writing

3rd Grade Vocabulary

28-Week Spelling Words List

These themed Grade 2 spelling words will help make spelling a little more interesting for your second grader

Week 1

Back to School
  1. study
  2. learn
  3. teach
  4. work
  5. done
  6. test
  7. answer
  8. desk
  9. tape
  10. glue

Week 2

Silent Letters
    1. calm
    2. listen
    3. two
    4. knew
    5. knife
    6. sign
    7. wrap
    8. wrong
    9. lamb
    10. right
    11. might

Week 3

 Plural Nouns
  1. pencil
  2. pencils
  3. fox
  4. foxes
  5. inch
  6. inches
  7. dress
  8. dresses
  9. frog
  10. frogs

Week 4

Plural Nouns Part 2
  1. lady
  2. ladies
  3. knife
  4. knives
  5. loaf
  6. loaves
  7. family
  8. families
  9. elf
  10. elves

Week 5

Plural Nouns Part 3
  1. video
  2. videos
  3. hero
  4. heroes
  5. echo
  6. echoes
  7. zoo
  8. zoos
  9. tomato
  10. tomatoes

Week 6

Irregular Plural Nouns
  1. man
  2. men
  3. woman
  4. women
  5. foot
  6. feet
  7. mouse
  8. mice
  9. tooth
  10. teeth

     

Week 7

Dogs
  1. ball
  2. barking
  3. bolt
  4. canine
  5. dog
  6. growl
  7. howl
  8. paw
  9. puppy
  10. tail

Week 8

Dogs Part 2
  1. bone
  2. collar
  3. doghouse
  4. hound
  5. sit
  6. trick
  7. walk
  8. beg
  9. chase
  10. bite

Week 9

Winter
  1. below
  2. boots
  3. coat
  4. cold
  5. freeze
  6. snowball
  7. icy
  8. skates
  9. skating
  10. winter

Week 10

Body Parts
  1. neck
  2. chest
  3. arms
  4. hand
  5. fingers
  6. thumb
  7. legs
  8. skin
  9. bones
  10. back

Week 11

Today and Tomorrow
  1. today
  2. yesterday
  3. tomorrow
  4. morning
  5. afternoon
  6. evening
  7. dawn
  8. sunset
  9. early
  10. daytime

Week 12

Travel
  1. flight
  2. motel
  3. vacation
  4. relax
  5. airplane
  6. ticket
  7. travel
  8. airport
  9. passport
  10. hotel
  11. window
  12. holiday

Week 13

Family and Chores
  1. children
  2. parent
  3. aunt
  4. uncle
  5. clean
  6. room
  7. sweep
  8. floor
  9. clear
  10. table
  11. chart

Week 14

Baseball
  1. case
  2. baseball
  3. catcher
  4. field
  5. game
  6. home
  7. mitt
  8. park
  9. plate
  10. right
  11. safe

Week 15

Baseball 2
  1. bat
  2. center
  3. first
  4. hits
  5. left
  6. strike
  7. pitcher
  8. play
  9. second
  10. third

Week 16

Contractions
  1. I’ll
  2. you’ll
  3. he’ll
  4. she’ll
  5. we’ll
  6. they’ll
  7. I’d
  8. she’d
  9. we’d
  10. I’ve
  11. you’ve
  12. they’ve

Week 17

Clocks
  1. clock
  2. hour
  3. minute
  4. second
  5. half
  6. past
  7. watch
  8. precise
  9. o’clock
  10. sundial
  11. A.M.
  12. P.M.

Week 18

Clothes
  1. shirt
  2. tie
  3. pants
  4. belt
  5. jacket
  6. suit
  7. jeans
  8. running
  9. shoes
  10. socks
  11. dress
  12. skirt

Week 19

Vacation
  1. airport
  2. airplane
  3. ticket
  4. passport
  5. travel
  6. flight
  7. window
  8. holiday
  9. motel
  10. hotel
  11. vacation
  12. relax

Week 20

Vacation
  1. bedroom
  2. bath
  3. stairs
  4. hallway
  5. dining
  6. chair
  7. front
  8. yard
  9. move
  10. own
  11. step
  12. things

Week 21

Nature
  1. forest
  2. river
  3. mountain
  4. lake
  5. sunshine
  6. raindrop
  7. butterfly
  8. rainbow
  9. meadow
  10. breeze

Week 22

Sports
  1. soccer
  2. basketball
  3. swimming
  4. tennis
  5. baseball
  6. volleyball
  7. running
  8. cycling
  9. gymnastics
  10. skating

Week 23

Animals
  1. tiger
  2. elephant
  3. monkey
  4. giraffe
  5. zebra
  6. penguin
  7. kangaroo
  8. lion
  9. koala
  10. cheetah

Week 24

Ocean
  1. ocean
  2. fish
  3. coral
  4. dolphin
  5. seashell
  6. wave
  7. jellyfish
  8. seagull
  9. crab
  10. turtle

Week 25

Plants
  1. flower
  2. leaf
  3. roots
  4. stem
  5. petal
  6. garden
  7. soil
  8. blossom
  9. seed
  10. pollen

Week 26

Fruits
  1. grapes
  2. banana
  3. strawberry
  4. apple
  5. pear
  6. lemon
  7. pineapple
  8. cherries
  9. peaches
  10. berries

Week 27

Science
  1. experiment
  2. magnet
  3. gravity
  4. solar
  5. motion
  6. energy
  7. planet
  8. weather
  9. biology
  10. earth

Week 28

 End of School!
  1. celebrate
  2. summer
  3. vacation
  4. graduation
  5. picnic
  6. friends
  7. memories
  8. relax
  9. sunshine
  10. joy

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