List of High Frequency "Word Wall Words"
Grade 3 - 81 Words
above add against already although altogether area
been brought built busy buy calm capital certain circle
clothes common cough December different double during
else English especially even example few follow four
fruit group half head heard heart high hour imagine
important instead island kept knew learn length loose
machine measure might million minute notice opposite
orange piece position probably promise prove purpose
question rough science scissors several since son
straight strange surface terrible though used usual usually
water weight whole
Grade 3 Fundations Scope and Sequence
Unit 1
Glued sounds all, an, am, -ng, -nk, closed syllable exceptions (olt, old, ost, ind, ild), spelling of ck and tch, w and qu effect on /o/. Sample words: quilt, elf, shred, kick, crush, string. Sound alike words: know, no, which, witch.
Unit 2
Review suffixes: s, es, ed, ing, ive, able, en, er, est, ish, y, ful, less, ness, ly, ty, ment. Forming plurals with s, and es. 3 sounds of –ed: /ed/, /d/, /t/. 1-1-1 Spelling Rule (doubling a consonant when adding a vowel suffix). Sample words: stronger, tallest, shipped, shipment. Sound alike words: son, sun, some, sum, banned, band, guest, guessed, missed, mist.
Unit 3
Review vowel-consonant-e syllable type, spelling of /k/ in v-e syllables, s saying /z/ between two vowels, review division of syllables, multisyllabic words with closed and v-e syllable types. Sample words: rose, invent, splendid, hope, confuse, reptile. Sound alike words: plain, plane.
Unit 4
Suffix –ive, ve at the end of a word, silent e spelling rule. Sample words: olive, hoping, safer, lately, pavement. Sound alike words: mail, male, mind, mined, find, fined.
Unit 5
Identifying schwa, reading words with schwa in unaccented syllables, spelling words with schwa in an unaccented syllable, -et at the end of words such as jacket. Sample words: wagon, salad, mitten, jacket. Sound alike words: weather, whether, father, farther.
Unit 6
Review open syllable, schwa in an open syllable with a, schwa in an open syllable with I, open syllable exception. Sample words: music, relate, cry, baby, Alaska, animal, radio. Sound alike words: hi, high, by, buy, bye, oh, owe.
Unit 7
Plural words ending in y, y and suffix spelling rule. Sample words: happiest, studied, tries, babies, donkeys. Sound alike words: flour, flower, thrown, throne.
Unit 8
Consonant –le syllables, consonant –le exception, find syllable with schwa versus consonant –le, consonant –le adding suffixes. Sample words: gobble, tumble, noble, bugle, whistle, bagel, settling, settlement. Sound alike words: principal, principle, wear, where, weight, wait, week, weak, meet, meat.
Unit 9
Suffixes –ward, and –or, all sounds of ar, er, ir, or, ur, including /er/ for ar and or, war and wor, spelling option procedure for /er/ sound, combining r-controlled syllables with other syllable types, r-controlled exception (rr), 1-1-1 Spelling rule with r-controlled words. Sample words: burst, termite, orbit, solar, cherry, warmth, furry, stirred. Sound alike words: heard, herd, berry, bury, warn, worn.
Unit 10
Double vowels, double vowel syllable, additional sounds: eigh, ei, ea, ie, igh, oo, ui, adding suffixes to double vowel words, double vowel exception. Sample words: understood, delighted, destroying. Sound alike words: led, lead, break, brake, sail, sale, pail, pale.
Unit 11
Contractions. Sample words: doesn’t, can’t, don’t. Sound alike words: it’s, its, there, they’re, their
Unit 12
Soft sound of c after e, i, y, soft sound of g after e, i, y, English words do not end in j, dge after a short vowel, silent e spelling rule after soft g and c. Sample words: gentleman, entrance, bridges, replacing. Sound alike words: cell, sell, peace, piece, cent, sent, scent, scene, seen.
Unit 13
New sounds: ch in chorus, ph in phone, silent letters. Sample words: chorus, triumph, column, wrinkle. Sound alike words: knew, new, knight, night, right, write, knows, nose.
Unit 14
Tion, sion, ture, tu, ci, ti, advanced suffix endings: ous, al, ent, an. Sample words: vision, protection, adventure, factual, patient, artificial. Sound alike words: stationery, stationary, eight, ate, straight, strait, side, sighed.
been brought built busy buy calm capital certain circle
clothes common cough December different double during
else English especially even example few follow four
fruit group half head heard heart high hour imagine
important instead island kept knew learn length loose
machine measure might million minute notice opposite
orange piece position probably promise prove purpose
question rough science scissors several since son
straight strange surface terrible though used usual usually
water weight whole
Grade 3 Fundations Scope and Sequence
Unit 1
Glued sounds all, an, am, -ng, -nk, closed syllable exceptions (olt, old, ost, ind, ild), spelling of ck and tch, w and qu effect on /o/. Sample words: quilt, elf, shred, kick, crush, string. Sound alike words: know, no, which, witch.
Unit 2
Review suffixes: s, es, ed, ing, ive, able, en, er, est, ish, y, ful, less, ness, ly, ty, ment. Forming plurals with s, and es. 3 sounds of –ed: /ed/, /d/, /t/. 1-1-1 Spelling Rule (doubling a consonant when adding a vowel suffix). Sample words: stronger, tallest, shipped, shipment. Sound alike words: son, sun, some, sum, banned, band, guest, guessed, missed, mist.
Unit 3
Review vowel-consonant-e syllable type, spelling of /k/ in v-e syllables, s saying /z/ between two vowels, review division of syllables, multisyllabic words with closed and v-e syllable types. Sample words: rose, invent, splendid, hope, confuse, reptile. Sound alike words: plain, plane.
Unit 4
Suffix –ive, ve at the end of a word, silent e spelling rule. Sample words: olive, hoping, safer, lately, pavement. Sound alike words: mail, male, mind, mined, find, fined.
Unit 5
Identifying schwa, reading words with schwa in unaccented syllables, spelling words with schwa in an unaccented syllable, -et at the end of words such as jacket. Sample words: wagon, salad, mitten, jacket. Sound alike words: weather, whether, father, farther.
Unit 6
Review open syllable, schwa in an open syllable with a, schwa in an open syllable with I, open syllable exception. Sample words: music, relate, cry, baby, Alaska, animal, radio. Sound alike words: hi, high, by, buy, bye, oh, owe.
Unit 7
Plural words ending in y, y and suffix spelling rule. Sample words: happiest, studied, tries, babies, donkeys. Sound alike words: flour, flower, thrown, throne.
Unit 8
Consonant –le syllables, consonant –le exception, find syllable with schwa versus consonant –le, consonant –le adding suffixes. Sample words: gobble, tumble, noble, bugle, whistle, bagel, settling, settlement. Sound alike words: principal, principle, wear, where, weight, wait, week, weak, meet, meat.
Unit 9
Suffixes –ward, and –or, all sounds of ar, er, ir, or, ur, including /er/ for ar and or, war and wor, spelling option procedure for /er/ sound, combining r-controlled syllables with other syllable types, r-controlled exception (rr), 1-1-1 Spelling rule with r-controlled words. Sample words: burst, termite, orbit, solar, cherry, warmth, furry, stirred. Sound alike words: heard, herd, berry, bury, warn, worn.
Unit 10
Double vowels, double vowel syllable, additional sounds: eigh, ei, ea, ie, igh, oo, ui, adding suffixes to double vowel words, double vowel exception. Sample words: understood, delighted, destroying. Sound alike words: led, lead, break, brake, sail, sale, pail, pale.
Unit 11
Contractions. Sample words: doesn’t, can’t, don’t. Sound alike words: it’s, its, there, they’re, their
Unit 12
Soft sound of c after e, i, y, soft sound of g after e, i, y, English words do not end in j, dge after a short vowel, silent e spelling rule after soft g and c. Sample words: gentleman, entrance, bridges, replacing. Sound alike words: cell, sell, peace, piece, cent, sent, scent, scene, seen.
Unit 13
New sounds: ch in chorus, ph in phone, silent letters. Sample words: chorus, triumph, column, wrinkle. Sound alike words: knew, new, knight, night, right, write, knows, nose.
Unit 14
Tion, sion, ture, tu, ci, ti, advanced suffix endings: ous, al, ent, an. Sample words: vision, protection, adventure, factual, patient, artificial. Sound alike words: stationery, stationary, eight, ate, straight, strait, side, sighed.
