Weekly Spelling Words

In third grade the students will have 15 words and 2 dictation sentences. We will work out of the spelling book during the week.  In addition, the third graders are going to be asked to do four of the following activities.  The students will turn in these activities Friday morning. Please see the list of activities below.  Thursday will be a review day and test on Friday!

Rule: ur sound

Spelling #14

1. curl

2. birth

3. burned

4. perfect

5. thirty

6. church

7. firm

8. skirt

9. clerk

10. jerked

11. dirt

12. shirt

13. person

14. purse

15. term

Sentences:

1. The person at the party turned thirty years old.

2. My mom will be mad if I get dirt on my shirt.

Choices:

1. Write the word three times in pencil.
2. Write antonyms or synonyms for each spelling word.
3. Alphabetize your spelling words (ABC order)
4. Write a story using as many spelling words as you can. Underline the spelling word.
5. Write a sentence with each spelling word. 
6. Make an acrostic poem with three words. (Remember in an acrostic poem, you write the word down and write sentences to describe that word.)
7. Create and do a word search.
8. Type words two times each (For a challenge, this can be done in ABC order)
9. Do your own mini pre-test.
10. Write as many rhyming words as you can with the spelling words.