Quaker Ridge

 

 

We learn different strategies to become better spellers in third grade.  Third graders have lots of fun learning about words.

 

zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,

twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety

hundred, thousand,  

ones, tens, hundreds, thousands

 

one half, two halves, one third, two thirds, three thirds, one whole, one fourth, two fourths, three fourths, four fourths, one fifth, two fifths, three fifths, sixths, sevenths, eighths, ninths, tenths, elevenths, twelfths

 

Days of the Week: Mon. Monday; Tues. Tuesday; Wed. Wednesday; Thurs. Thursday; Fri. Friday; Sat. Saturday, Sun. Sunday

Months of the Year:Jan. January; Feb. February; Mar. March; Apr. April; May; June; July; Aug. August; Sept. September; Oct. October; Nov. November; Dec. December

Titles; Ms. Mrs. Mr. Dr.

Initials: Judith A. Shemtob 

Have-a-Go:  Look over writing to find words that might be misspelled.  Circle the word in question in your writing.  Write it on the Have-a-Go form.  Try it two other ways.  Show your teacher or another adult.  If you get it right on the first or second try, the adult puts a check by the word.  If you don't get it right, the adult gives you the correct spelling.  As you get to be a very good speller, the adult might give you the first four letters of the word and ask you to find the word in a dictionary.  Sometimes three people can look the word up together in an intermediate dictionary and show the adult.  When you have found the correct spelling, copy it carefully onto the have-a-go sheet.  Any words that are now spelled correctly on the Have-a-Go sheet can now be spelled in your Quick Word Book Dictionary in the beginning of the book. For example, if you have misspelled the word tabel, try it two more times to get it right.  taebel   taible.  The correct spelling of the word is "table". Put a dot next to the word "table" as it appears on the word list.  If one of the words you misspelled is not included in the word list,  write it correctly on the T pages 20-21 in your Quick Word book.  By following these instructions, you will be creating a personalized dictionary for yourself.

 

List 1 - when, which, would, they, each, other, were, where, about, said 

List 2 - friend, many, because, ready, light, children, kept, before, please, every 

 

  

List 1 - you, that, was, with, his, they, there, I'm, this, have, haven't, having, from, what, were, when, your, said, there, each, which, their, will, other, about

List 2 - many, then, them, these, some, wouldn't, make, making, has, two, write, goes, going, could, people, than, first, water, been, who, its, now, down, come, coming

List 3 - over, only, little, know, year, back, very, after, our, just, says, great, where, through, much, before, right, too, mean, any, follow, want, wanted, also, around

List 4 - small, does, another, large, must, even, such, because, turn, here, why, ask, went, read, need, different, picture, again, off, played, spell, air, away, animal, house

 

Culture Centers - region, culture, cultural history, folktale, interconnection, global, myth, legend, tolerate, reform, perseverance, perspective, common

 

Quick Word Handbook: Your Quick Word book is divided into pages like a dictionary.  If you misspelled "table".  Write it correctly on the T page in your Quick Word book.  Put a small dot next to the word "table" if it appears in your Quick Word book under T as well.

 

Quick Word Homophones: You will also find Homophones at the end of your Quick Word book starting on page 24.  We will begin by studying the following pairs:

Week 1: ate/eight, bare/bare, be/bee  

Week 2:  beat/beet, blew/blue, board/bored, brake/break 

Week 3: buy/by, capital/capitol, caught/cot, cent/scent/sent

Week 4: chew/choose, close/clothes, coarse/course, dear/deer 

Week 5: dew/do/due,k die/dye, eye/I

 Spelling homophones in Grammar Book p. 220-223 are pear, pair, hare, hair, week, weak, you're, your, it's its, they're, their, there 

Word Wall 

 

post, stop, tops, spot, pots

was, saw

said, dais, aids

eat, tea, ate

who, how

cheat, teach

now, won

its, sit

from, form

bear, bare

break, brake

pare, pear

name, mane, mean

on, no

salt, last

Lee, eel

read, dear, dare

race, care

great, grate

god, dog

cat, tac (as in tic-tac-toe)

mug, gum

ear, are

evil, live

loop, pool

leg, gel

Rome, more

 

mom, dad, Ava, Anna

 

Words that have the same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings are another kind of word. We found:

live - I live in town. He is appearing live on TV.

 

Dictionary:  If you know the first four letters of a word, you can usually find it in an intermediate dictionary.  The dictionary is divided into three parts: the beginning, middle, and the end.  Look at the alphabet and divide the alphabet into thirds.  The first third (beginning) will be approximately a-g, the second third (middle) will be approximately h-m, and the last third (end) will be n-z.  Use only the guide words to find the guide words that the spelling word will be between.  Remember guide words are the first and last words on a dictionary page.  Once you have the correct guide words look down the page to find the spelling word as we practiced in class. In class, we are using intermediate dictionaries of which there are two kinds.  The dictionary with the white cover is easier to use than the one with the green cover.

 

Scrabble:  We are playing Scrabble with the other third grade classes and Dr. Paul Folkemer.  Using seven letters we try to make plays online. See Scrabble page on this Schoolwires website.

 

Spelling City  - www.spellingcity.com

 

Our spelling words are from a list of high frequency words.  They are commonly used words in writing and spelling. Third grade students will be held accountable for reading, spelling, and knowing the meaning of the words that they are assigned. Different children will have different word lists. 

1   the
2   of
3   and
4   a
5   to
6   in
7   is
8   you
9   that
10  it
11  he
12  for
13  was
14  on
15  are
16  as
17  with
18  his
19  they
20  at
21  be
22  this
23  from
24  I
25  have
26  or
27  by
28  one
29  had
30  not
31  but
32  what

33  all
34  were
35  when
36  we
37  there
38  can
39  an
40  your
41  which
42  their
43  said
44  if
45  do
46  will
47  each
48  about

Level 2

49  how
50  up
51  out
52  them
53  then
54  she
55  many
56  some
57  so
58  these
59  would
60  other
61  into
62  has
63  more
64  her
65  two
66  like
67  him
68  see
69  time
70  could
71  no
72  make
73  than
74  first
75  been
76  its
77  who
78  now
79  people
80  my
81  made
82  over
83  did
84  down
85  only
86  way
87  find
88  use
89  may
90  water
91  long
92  little
93  very
94  after
95  words
96  called
 
Level 3

97  just
98  where
99  most
100  know
101  get
102  through
103  back
104  much
105  go
106  good
107  new
108  write
109  our
110  me
111  man
112  too
113  any
114  day
115  same
116  right
117  look
118  think
119  also
120  around
121  another
122  came
123  come
124  work
125  three
126  must
127  because
128  does
129  part
130  even
131  place
132  well
133  such
134  here
135  take
136  why
137  help
138  put
139  different
140  away
141  again
142  off
143  went
144  old

 

145  number
146  great
147  tell
148  men
149  say
150  small
151  every
152  found
153  still
154  between
155  mane
156  should
157  home
158  big
159  give
160  air
161  line
162  set
163  own
164  under
165  read
166  last
167  never
168  us
169  left
170  end
171  along
172  while
173  might
174  next
175  sound
176  below
177  saw
178  something
179  thought
180  both
181  few
182  those
183  always
184  show
185  large
186  often
187  together
188  asked
189  house
190  don't
191  world
192  going
 
Level 5

193  want
194  school
195  important
196  until
197  form
198  food
199  keep
200  children
201  feet
202  land
203  side
204  without
205  boy
206  once
207  animal
208  life
209  enough
210  took
211  four
212  head
213  above
214  kind
215  began
216  almost
217  live
218  page
219  got
220  earth
221  need
222  far
223  hand
224  high
225  year
226  mother
227  light
228  country
229  father
230  let
231  night
232  picture
233  being
234  study
235  second
236  soon
237  story
238  since
239  white
240  ever

 

193  want
194  school
195  important
196  until
197  form
198  food
199  keep
200  children
201  feet
202  land
203  side
204  without
205  boy
206  once
207  animal
208  life
209  enough
210  took
211  four
212  head
213  above
214  kind
215  began
216  almost
217  live
218  page
219  got
220  earth
221  need
222  far
223  hand
224  high
225  year
226  mother
227  light
228  country
229  father
230  let
231  night
232  picture
233  being
234  study
235  second
236  soon
237  story
238  since
239  white
240  ever

 

289  turn
290  move
291  face
292  door
293  cut
294  done
295  group
296  true
297  half
298  red
299  fish
300  plants
301  living
302  black
303  eat
304  short
305  United  States
306  run
307  book
308  gave
309  order
310  open
311  ground
312  cold
313  really
314  table
315  remember
316  tree
317  course
318  front
319  American
320  space
321  inside
322  ago
323  sad
324  early
325  I'll
326  learned
327  brought
328  close
329  nothing
330  though
331  idea
332  before
333  lived
334  became
335  add
336  become

 

337  grow
338  draw
339  yet
340  less
341  wind
342  behind
343  cannot
344  letter
345  among
346  able
347  dog
348  shown
349  mean
350  English
351  rest
352  perhaps
353  certain
354  six
355  feel
356  fire
357  ready
358  green
359  yes
360  built
361  special
362  ran
363  full
364  town
365  complete
366  oh
367  person
368  hot
369  anything
370  hold
371  state
372  list
373  stood
374  hundred
375  ten
376  fast
377  felt
378  kept
379  notice
380  can't
381  strong
382  voice
383  probably
384  area
 
Level 9

 
385  horse
386  matter
387  stand
388  box
389  start
390  that's
391  class
392  piece
393  surface
394  river
395  common
396  stop
397  am
398  talk
399  whether
400  fine
401  round
402  dark
403  past
404  ball
405  girl
406  road
407  blue
408  instead
409  either
410  held
411  already
412  warm
413  gone
414  finally
415  summer
416  understand
417  moon
418  animals
419  mind
420  outside
421  power
422  problem
423  longer
424  winter
425  deep
426  heavy
427  carefully
428  follow
429  beautiful
430  everyone
431  leave
432  everything
 

 
433  game
434  system
435  bring
436  watch
437  shell
438  dry
439  within
440  floor
441  ice
442  ship
443  themselves
444  begin
445  fact
446  third
447  quite
448  carry
449  distance
450  although
451  sat
452  possible
453  heart
454  real
455  simple
456  snow
457  rain
458  suddenly
459  easy
460  leaves
461  lay
462  size
463  wild
464  weather
465  miss
466  pattern
467  sky
468  walked
469  main
470  someone
471  center
472  field
473  stay
474  itself
475  boat
476  question
477  wide
478  least
479  tiny
480  hour

 

481  happened
482  foot
483  care
484  low
485  else
486  gold
487  build
488  glass
489  rock
490  tall
491  alone
492  bottom
493  check
494  reading
495  fall
496  poor
497  map
498  friend
499  language
500  job
501  music
502  buy
503  window
504  mark
505  heat
506  grew
507  listen
508  ask
509  single
510  clear
511  energy
512  week
513  explain
514  lost
515  spring
516  travel
517  wrote
518  farm
519  circle
520  whose
521  correct
522  bed
523  measure
524  straight
525  base
526  mountain
527  caught
528  hair

Word Sorts: We will also be sorting words by different categories like short vowels sounds, long vowel sounds, hard and soft consonants etc.