Course Description: We are using Scott Foresman's Everyday Spelling Program
Learning/Developmental Goals: This course is designed to help with Language Arts state standards dealing with the writing trait called conventions.
** All third grade students' spelling objectives are met by the following spelling units list but are not limited to these list.
Unit 1:
Words with dr, sc, ft, nk
Word with ch, sh, th, ng
Consonant Sounds /j/ and /s/
Adding -s and -es
Adding -ed and -ing
Unit 2:
Short e
Long e
Short a and Long a
Short o and Long e
Short i and Long i
Unit 3:
Using just enough letters
Words with w and wh
Consonant Sounds /s/ and /k/
Words with kn, wr, and st
Homophones
Unit 4:
Words with Double Consonants
Vowel Sounds in book and boy
Vowel Sounds in uncle and moon
Vowel sounds in ball
Getting letters in correct order
Unit 5:
Including all the letters
Prefixes un- and re-
Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ness
Vowels with r
More vowels with r
Unit 6:
Compound Words
Contrations
Vowels in Final Syllables
Suffixes -er, -or, -ist
Words with no sound clues