3rd Grade Spelling Bee Words
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Try our list of
3rd grade spelling bee words for
your next classroom competition. This handy list of 100 words is the
foundation for a great spelling game. If you require additional words, check out some of these graded word lists.
Review these words carefully to be sure they are suitable for your students. Then print the words and start your spelling bee!
More than half of the words come from our list of 300 third grade
spelling words. The remaining words are more challenging. We've
generally
arranged the words from easiest to most difficult.
Printable version of 3rd Grade Spelling Bee Words
1. bear
2. food
3. once
4. boxes
5. alike
6. shopping
7. almost
8. keep
9. smiled
10. along
11. anyone
12. planning
13. done
14. coming
15. arm
16. babies
17. goose
18. sadness
19. meal
20. bedtime
21. sickness
22. behind
23. maybe
24. bench
25. pancake
26. helpful
27. jeans
28. thanks
29. should
30. thirst
31. pushes
32. butter
33. matches
34. rocket
35. carries
36. price
37. chair
38. drawing
39. change
40. fired
41. cheese
42. city
43. clothes
44. forgot
45. coach
46. shirt
47. crackers
48. afternoon
49. cried
50. trying
51. unsafe
52. crumb
53. doctor
54. enjoy
55. everyday
56. goldfish
57. delight
58. haircut
59. heart
60. mouth
61. quickly
62. hobbies
63. homework
64. lightly
65. huge
66. jellyfish
67. knee
68. ladybug
69. true
70. lamb
71. lesson
72. soap
73. lively
74. strong
75. noise
76. please
77. rainstorm
78. return
79. angry
80. sparkle
81. squirt
82. studies
83. bounce
84. surely
85. chipmunk
86. video
87. visiting
88. measure
89. watched
90. tighten
91. cheerfully
92. plumber
93. although
94. believe
95. neighborhood
96. gigantic
97. caterpillar
98. surrounded
99. temperature
100. ridiculous
You may wish to adjust our list for your specific group of students. Feel free to use additional easier words, or insert some more difficult ones.
Tips for Practicing Spelling Bee Words
1) Be sure students are well-prepared for spelling bee competitions. Give them plenty of spelling practice throughout the year. Use spelling games and other activities.
2) Use these tips for How to Practice Spelling Words.
3) Encourage students to set goals for the number of words they want to learn each week. They should also set goals for the time they want to spend each day in study.
4) Kids should keep personal notebooks of the words they want to learn.
5) Be sure to use our 3rd grade spelling bee words in sentences when quizzing students. This is especially important with homonyms. For instance, you're, should be clarified so it won't be confused with your: You're the first person to arrive at the party.
6) Instruct students to look up each word in a dictionary, either online or hard copy. Show them how to read the most prominent definitions as well as the secondary meanings. Note carefully any tricky letters or letter combinations. Encourage them to write particularly difficult words ten times each in a special notebook. Remind them to review the words in their notebooks regularly.
During the Spelling Bee...
- Pronounce each word clearly.
- Use the correctly in a sentence that conveys its meaning.
- Allow students to ask you to repeat a word, if necessary.
- Acknowledge all participants. Reward the winners!
Third Grade Spelling Resources
3rd grade spelling words - 200 words that third graders learn because they will be using them this year! These words are used throughout my games, worksheets and activities. Your students will find them throughout their subject matter texts as well.
3rd Grade Vocabulary Words 200 words to boost your child's spoken and written language skills, arranged alphabetically! Print the complete list from the web page for best results. 100 of the words also appear in an engaging printable, arranged by helpful topics.
Tricky Elementary Spelling Words - Students in grades 2-5 sometimes need extra practice with these 100 commonly misspelled words. Use these frequently in homework and board work to strengthen your students' spelling skills.
Assign some third grade writing prompts! These writing prompts for 3rd grade ask: If you joined the circus, what act would you like to do? Do you like to wear matched socks? Why or why not? Why were you not afraid of the giant who walked into your classroom? Set contains 12 prompts in all. Each one uses at least one 3rd grade spelling word.
More 3rd Grade Spelling Bee Words & Helps
Need more words with sentences, rules, award certificates, and lots of organizational tips? Please consider purchasing our exclusive Spelling Bee Toolbox, for grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. Each one contains 600 grade-appropriate bee words, used in sentences, and all the resources you need for a successful spelling bee! Learn more.
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Ann Richmond Fisher is a longtime published educational writer, a former classroom teacher and a former homeschool teacher. Ann's spelling bee resources, graded spelling word lists, spelling games, worksheets, and other language arts resources have become respected around the globe since she launched Spelling-Words-Well in 2010.
Ann is also the creator of www.word-game-world.com.
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