3rd Grade Spelling Worksheets

These spelling worksheets for 3rd grade practice the patterns that make longer words hard to spell (CCSS L.3.2.E and L.3.2.F). All 55 sheets have an answer key. Students spell long vowels with a_e, ai, ay, ee, ea, igh, oa and ue, choose the right vowel team, including ou and ow, oi and oy, and au and aw, spell ar, or, er, ir and ur words, pick between to, too and two or its and it's, and add ed, ing, es, ful, less, ly, er and est with the drop the e, double the consonant and change y to i rules. Other pages find silent letters in words like knee, lamb and night, spell tion, sion and le endings, soft c and g, dge and tch, and ight words, and unscramble words. Eight sight word spelling sheets practice words that break the rules, like because, through, friend and believe, with word lists, a proofreading note, sentences and a story, and four hidden letters sheets use science, sports, land and water, and feeling words.