Third Grade Phonics: Word Bank
Week 1
Review medial vowel
teams in the middle
of syllables: ai, igh,
oa, oi, ou
Week 2
Review medial
vowel teams in
the middle of
syllables: aw,
au, ew, eu
Inflectional
suffixes: ing, ed,
s
mail, waist, complain, viewpoints,
remain, afraid, maim, newspapers,
explain, pain, road,
sleuths,
coat, throat, hoax,
maneuvered,
poach, loathing,
August, caution,
moaning, unload,
haunted, fault,
choice, noise, joining, because,
voice, avoid, hoist,
automatic,
toil, sirloin, coin,
hydraulic,
poise, spoil, broil,
caution, saunter
cheese, sleeve,
squawking,
redeem, right, sight,
squawked,
bright, tightly,
withdrawing,
sprightly, tonight,
authored,
flashlight, sunlight,
launching,
lightning, delight,
withdrawal,
slight, out, mouse,
sprawl, clause,
house, couch,
fraud, authorize,
devour, astound,
inauguration,
amount, clout, ouch, autograph
proudly, louder,
Exceptions:
flour, mountain,
aunt, laugh,
thousand, southwest, gauge, beauty,
boundary, meat,
sauerkraut
pleased, upheaval
Exceptions: said,
again, against, aisle,
plaid, broad, cocoa,
choir, could, should,
would, you, thou
Week 3
Review vowel
teams at the end
of syllables: ay, y,
ow, aw, oy
Week 4
Silent consonants:
wr, gn
Week 5
Vowel teams: ei,
eigh
Week 6
Wild letter
team: ough
Week 7
Vowel teams: ui,
ue
Week 8
Vowel team: ie
clay, astray, array,
castaway,
cutaway,
downplay, hooray,
hurray, subway,
yesterday, bylaw,
declaw, guffaw,
withdraw, myself,
spry, bylaw,
satisfy, awful,
brawn, thawing,
awkward, flawed,
enjoy, annoy,
viceroy, convoy,
throwing,
window,
overthrow,
narrow,
foreshadow,
shadow, nearly,
nobody, family,
carrying, ninety,
dreary, suddenly
Exceptions: says,
coyote, buoy,
gargoyle,
knowledge
wrist, wrap,
wrapping,
wrapped, wrong,
wrongly, wrote,
handwriting,
wring, wrench,
shipwreck,
writhing \ˈrīth\,
wrath, wreath,
wren, wrought,
writ, wrest,
wreak, wrack,
gnaw, gnome,
sign, signing,
assign, resign,
align, gnarled,
gnash, campaign,
foreign, gnarl,
malign \mə-ˈlīn\
neighbor, weight,
eight, eighteen,
eighty, veil, heir,
reign, heirloom,
heavyweight,
neigh, feigned,
vein,
neighborhood,
reigned,
reindeer, theirs,
freighter, foreign
(schwa)
Exceptions:
conceive,
deceive,
perceive, ceiling,
either, neither,
seize, leisure.
weir, weird,
heifer, height,
sleight, feisty,
stein,
seismograph,
kaleidoscope
though,
through, cough,
drought,
brought,
although,
thought,
enough,
roughen,
sought,
wrought, ought,
dough, furlough,
roughly, slough,
through, trough,
throughout,
toughen,
breakthrough,
doughtiness,
thorough
blue, true, Sue,
statue, bluebird,
blueberry,
avenue, value,
argue, clue, cue,
sue, untrue,
rescue, pursue,
issue, barbecue,
barbeque,
continue,
revenue, tissue,
virtue, flue, rue,
hue, accrue,
construe,
fondue, subdue,
gruesome, fruit,
juice, juicy,
cruises, bruise,
suitor, lawsuit,
pursuit, suitcase,
fluid, wetsuit,
nuisance, cruiser,
swimsuit,
bruising
Exceptions:
build, guilt,
guitar, guild,
guinea, guide,
guile, guise
lie, tie, die, pie,
necktie, magpie,
diehard,
brownie, collie,
prairie, laddie,
lassie, eerie,
birdie, genie,
caddie, calorie,
cookie, reverie,
menagerie,
chief, field, yield,
fieldwork, grief,
thieve, fierce,
achieve,
achievement,
diesel,
windshield,
frontier, cashier,
centerpiece,
masterpiece,
pieces, belief,
disbelief, relief,
chandelier,
hygiene
Exceptions:
friend, sieve
Third Grade Phonics: Word Bank
Week 9
Open and Closed
Syllable Review
bandit, lobster,
submarine,
umbrella,
saxophone,
alligator, Eskimo,
contact, splendid,
hundred, signal,
public, mascot,
wisdom, subtract,
Wisconsin,
insistent,
fantastic,
introduce,
splendidly,
represent,
problematic,
misspelling,
subtraction,
segmented,
contacted
behave, vacant,
pilot, student,
Jell-O, hello, riot,
dieting, omitting,
zero, tidy, refund,
silent
Week 10
Vowel Team and
le Syllable Review
Week 11
VCe and Vowel R
Control Syllable
Review
Week 12
Prefixes: re -back
again, restore; unnot, opposite of,
undo
Week 13
Derivational
Suffixes: -ful- full
of; -less-without;
Review: -ly – in a
manner that is
Week 14
Derivational
Suffixes: -mentthe act of, process
of, state of; -nesscondition, state,
or quality
humble, grumble, argue, article,
unable, uncover,
careful, helpful,
darkness,
ramble, tremble,
artist, cartoon,
unusual, unsafe,
powerful, painful, goodness,
dwindle, ladle,
carve, harbor,
unhappy, unjust,
unlawful,
kindness, sadness,
idle, middle, stifle, harvest, jaguar,
unlike, unknown, respectful,
closeness,
muffle, sniffle,
marble, margin,
unskilled,
fearful, harmful,
promptness,
gargle, jungle,
familiar,
unaware,
mouthful,
swiftness,
tangle, eagle,
muscular,
unwilling,
cheerful,
tightness,
buckle, tickle,
perpendicular,
unchain, unhitch, thoughtful,
quaintness,
sprinkle, people,
rectangular,
unwrap, uncivil,
shameful, joyful,
politeness,
crumple, simple,
popular, regular,
unselfish, unbend, forgetful, faithful, fitness, neatness,
sample, topple,
similar, triangular, unblock,
thankful,
lightness,
trample, staple,
calendar,
unbound,
wonderful,
shortness,
battle, settle,
grammar, liar,
unboxed,
truthful, prideful, witness,
throttle, puzzle,
parent, parish,
unbuckled ,
regretful,
sweetness,
frazzle, castle,
parody, forage,
unbuttoning,
wrongful, armful, carelessness,
rustle, whistle,
horrible, force,
uncharged,
awful, bashful,
selflessness,
daylight, highway, orange, Oregon,
unclean, unclear, basketful, blissful, forgiveness,
delay, eighteen, , ordeal, organ,
unclogged,
boastful, dreadful, helpfulness,
between,
ornate, torment,
uncolored,
flavorful, gainful,
airsickness,
beneath, reveal,
competitor,
uncover, unfold,
graceful, grateful, alertness,
brownie, caffeine, instructor,
unsaid, uncertain, teaspoonful,
aloofness,
receive, protein,
neighbor, humor, unbearable,
uneventful,
artfulness,
hockey, pulley,
monitor, adverb,
unacceptable,
unhealthful,
awkwardness,
Jeffrey, kidney,
German, merge,
unworthy,
unskillful, spiteful, bitterness,
delight, applied,
interest, perfume, unlikely,
scornfully,
blindness,
meadow,
dessert, permit,
unbutton,
faithfully,
blissfulness,
rainbow, elbow,
boarder,
uncomfortable,
hopefully,
brightness,
mistletoe,
hamburger,
unbending,
careless, clueless, briefness,
shoulder, poultry, partner, grocer,
unrelenting,
harmless,
carefulness,
nephew, whew,
answer,
unknowingly,
bottomless,
cleverness,
rescue, value,
remember, either, rejoin, remove,
breathless,
dryness, fairness,
Europe, feud,
former, confirm,
recall, reuse,
priceless,
fearfulness,
youthful, Louis,
circus, circle,
restore, recount,
wingless,
firmness,
Week 15
Syllabication and
Word Attack:
combined closed
and silent e
Week 16
Syllabication and
Word Attack:
Two, Three, and
Four Syllable
Words
assistant,
assistance, assist,
significant,
significance,
signify, resistant,
resistance, resist,
import, import,
attendant,
attendance,
attend, defiant,
defiance, defy,
dominant,
dominance,
dominate,
vigilant, vigilance,
vigil, elegant,
elegance,
elegancy,
hesitant,
hesitance,
hesitate,
reluctant,
reluctance,
expectant,
expectance,
expect, abundant,
abundance,
abound
Third Grade Phonics: Word Bank
souvenir,
typhoon, shrewd,
issue, Tuesday,
beneath, feature,
scream, Yeats,
breakfast,
pleasant,
weather, instead,
trapezoid, rejoice,
disappoint,
destroy,
compound,
council, doubt,
discount, vowel,
allow, trauma,
Australia,
astronaut,
automatic,
autograph,
August, pause,
taunt, guffaw,
coleslaw,
scrawny, sprawl,
caboose, cocoon,
shampoo,
irresistible,
irreplaceable,
irresponsible,
mirror, irregular,
Iroquois, miracle,
Arthur, blurb,
hurdle, disturb,
surprise, purple,
cursive, current,
worldly,
workable, invade,
compare,
landscape,
mistake,
compete, athlete,
admire, describe,
advise, umpire,
advice, unwise,
enclose, suppose,
explore, pollute,
confuse, dispute,
accuse, include,
excuse, compute,
produce
reorder, replace,
rewrite, restored,
reversing,
replenish,
reacting,
reawake,
rebooting,
rebought,
rebound,
rebuilding,
recalled,
rechecking,
reclaim, reclined,
redraw, reelect,
refilled, reheat,
reformation,
reiterate,
recurring,
reciprocal,
reminded,
relenting,
respond, reflect,
repeat, reverse,
refinish, replenish
voiceless, joyless,
endless,
cloudless,
hopeless, fearless,
thoughtless,
helpless,
mindless,
baseless,
blameless,
boundless,
cordless,
featherless,
humorless,
odorless, painless,
powerless,
stainless,
regardless,
hopelessly,
fearlessly
greatness,
joylessness,
joyfulness,
loudness,
outgoingness,
playfulness,
quietness,
happiness,
sleepiness,
dreariness,
agreement,
placement,
establishment,
parchment,
payment,
treatment,
measurement,
refreshment,
basement,
amendment,
amusement,
apartment,
document,
element,
fragment,
equipment,
pavement,
statement,
treatment,
retirement,
amazement,
astonishment,
monument
Third Grade Phonics: Word Bank
Week 17
Vowel R Control:
err; ear
Week 18
Vowel R
Control: air; oar
Week 19
Derivational
and Inflectional
Suffix: er one
who, that
which;
comparative
adjective
Week 20
Inflectional
Suffixes: est
superlative
adjective
Week 21
Inflectional Suffixes:
-er, -est, ed, es.
Change y to i
sheriff, blueberry,
American, terrible,
error, merit,
heroism, kerosene,
inherit, sterilize,
hysterical,
ceremony, territory,
stationery, peril,
therapy,
experiment,
periscope, spherical,
numerical, period,
incoherent,
bacteria, earning,
learnt, heard, earn,
earth, earthquake,
earthworm, earl,
pearl, search,
unheard, pearly,
research, rehearsal,
searchlight, yearn,
earthen, learned,
earnest, unearned,
earthenware,
unearthly,
unlearned, rehearse
repairman,
dairy,
fairground,
fairly,
unfairness,
coarsely,
soared,
hoarsely,
roaring,
hoarding
Application
Words:
checkerboard,
chairperson
designer,
thicker,
brighter,
softer, smarter,
traveler,
pitcher,
laborer,
wanderer,
scorekeeper,
caterer,
toaster, dipper,
washer,
heater, clipper,
steamer,
hanger,
highlighter,
cooler, marker,
sweeter,
richer,
explorer,
admirer,
consumer,
cleanser
longest, neatest,
smartest,
brightest,
narrowest,
saddest, thinnest,
farthest, furthest,
calmest, coldest
Irregular forms:
good, better,
best; colorful,
more colorful,
most colorful;
bad, worse,
worst, far,
farther, farthest
(physical
distance); far,
further, furthest
(time, quantity,
degree)
sillier, hungrier,
lovelier, happier,
easier,. lazier,
angrier, copier,
jumpier,
grumpiest, tackiest,
easiest, happiest,
angriest, laziest,
sorriest, dizziest,
families, pennies,
worried, replied,
varied, marries,
carries, easily,
applied, societies,
factories, counties,
memories, colonies,
groceries, ladies,
arteries, allies,
identification,
qualification,
communities,
greedier, dutiful,
loveliness, business,
beautiful
Be careful: valleys,
essays, joys,
delaying, relying,
relied, holidays,
chimneys, destroyed
Week 22
Inflectional and
Derivational
Suffixes:
-ly,- like or
manner of; less- without; ful,- full of:
change y to i
easily, varied,
applied,
loveliness,
dutiful,
beautiful,
countries,
colonies,
greediness,
likelihood,
mercilessly,
sleepiness,
dreariness,
weariness,
blurriness,
plentiful,
kindliness,
friendliness,
merriment
Week 23
Schwa
Week 24
Syllabication and
Word Attack: Vowel
Alternations from
base word – long
vowel to short vowel
& schwa
cave, cavity,
humane, humanity,
nation, national,
volcano, volcanic,
nature, natural,
insane, insanity,
major, majority,
narrate, narrative,
relate, relative, able,
ability, native,
nativity, educate,
educable, brief,
brevity, proceed,
procession, recede,
recession, succeed,
succession,
conceive,
conception, receive,
reception, repeat,
repetition, remedial,
remedy, sign, signal,
divide, division,
revise, revision,
invite, invitation,
define, definition,
reside, resident,
admire, admiration,
inspire, inspiration,
reduce, reduction,
propose, proposition
Third Grade Phonics: Word Bank
Week 25
Contractions
Week 26
Prefix: dis
Week 27
Prefix: pre
Week 28
Derivational
Suffix: or
one who, that
which
Week 29
Prefix: fore
Week 30
Prefix: de
distrust, disable,
disarm, disband,
disbar, disclose,
disfigure, disgrace,
dishonest,
disinterest,
dislodge, disorder,
displace, disposal,
dispose, dispute,
dissolve,
dismantled,
disadvantage,
disquiet, disobey,
disguise,
disappoint,
discontinue,
disagree,
disapprove,
disband, disbelief,
discharged,
disclaim,
disconnect,
discover,
discreetly, disfavor,
disfigured,
disgrace, disincline,
disinterest,
disjointed,
disprove,
disqualify,
disregard,
disrepair, dissolve
predated,
prefer,
preheated,
precook,
premix,
prename,
prepay,
preplan,
prepackage,
presell,
presold,
prewrite,
prearrange,
predetermine,
predict,
preflight,
prehistoric,
prejudge,
preserve,
previewed,
preseason,
preschool,
preamble,
precooked,
prescreening,
precondition,
predefine,
premeasure,
prepayment,
preplan,
preview
actor, advisor,
collector, creator,
editor, educator,
elevator,
escalator,
generator,
governor, juror,
liberator,
moderator,
navigator,
professor,
projector,
protector,
supervisor,
processor,
operator, reactor,
adjustor,
ancestor,
anchorman,
animator, author,
donor, narrator,
forearm, foreword,
forecast, foreclose,
forefather,
foregone,
foreground,
forehand, foreman,
forereach,
forerunner, foresee,
foreshadow,
foresight, foretell,
forewarn,
foreclosure,
forebear, forefront
debrief,
decode,
decompose,
defeat, deflect,
deform,
deplane,
declaim, derail,
defrost,
dethrone,
devalue,
debark,
debated,
declassify,
decline,
decongest,
decrease,
defense,
depend,
deploy,
determine,
devalue,
devoid,
deworm
Week 31
Syllabication
and Word
Attack: Accent
or Stress to
change part of
speech
convict,
content,
present,
permit, record,
excuse, polish
(Polish),
minute,
attribute,
combine, wind,
close, conduct,
conflict,
contract,
digest, desert,
contest, dove,
drawer,
entrance,
recreation,
resign,
separate,
subject, tear,
wound, rebel,
bass, bowed,
moped,
recover,
routed, wicked
Week 32
Syllabication and
Word Attack:
Accent or Stress in
multi-syllabic words
scribble, prescribe,
accept, unaccepted,
dictate, dictionary,
predict, deport,
report, transport,
support, instruct,
structure, obstruct,
destruct,
instructions,
destruction,
construction,
project, eject, reject,
deject, object