3rd Grade Spelling and Vocabulary Complete Program Common Core Aligned

When taught correctly, spelling instruction and vocabulary instruction can be powerful. The fourth and fifth grade versions of this unit has been powerful to students. Please check out the fourth and fifth grade units and comments here:

5th Grade Complete Program:
4th Grade Quarter 3 Spelling and Vocabulary Program
4th Grade Complete Program:
4th Grade Quarter 3 Spelling and Vocabulary Program

This program teaches vocabulary words in context and spelling using rules and patterns. Words come from the third grade EDL vocabulary lists and are high frequency third grade words. The entire program is research-based and proven to make a difference in the way students understand and comprehend not only vocabulary and spelling, but literacy in general.

Each week contains a spelling and vocabulary list, a weeks worth of plans, resources for each vocabulary skill and spelling word being taught, anchor charts, and homework assignments. It is all that you need for a complete spelling and vocabulary program on a 3rd grade level.

Each week also contains a modified spelling list and assessment as well as a regular spelling list and assessment. This will be great for your differentiation piece in your classroom!

*All spelling is taught with patterns: The only research based way that students will comprehend how to spell and retain spelling words.
*All vocabulary is used based on 3rd grade standards and skills as well as 3rd grade EDL vocabulary.
*ASSESSMENTS INCLUDED FOR SPELLING/VOCABULARY EVERY WEEK*

*CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW: IT PROVIDES A FULL WEEK INTO WHAT ONE OF THE LESSON PLANS LOOKS LIKE. Complete with a spelling list and activities.

This is a differentiated spelling and vocabulary program to meet the needs of all students!!

This is a 3rd grade spelling and vocabulary unit. It contains spelling and vocabulary lists and activities related to Common Core Standards. This unit is for the 1st quarter. Standards related with this unit are:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.AIdentify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.BDecode words with common Latin suffixes.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.CDecode multisyllable words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.DRead grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.EUse conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.FUse spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.GConsult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.AUse sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.BDetermine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.CUse a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.DUse glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.ADistinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.BIdentify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.CDistinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.6Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).