3rd Grade Word Study Parent Calendar
Dates
Aug. 22-26
Adding -s, -es
Aug. 29Sept. 2
Adding -ing
Sept. 6-9
Adding –ed
Sept. 12-16
Adding –ed
Sept. 19-23
Sept. 26-30
Oct. 3-7
Oct. 10-14
Word Bank
Focus
monkeys, deeds, cares, dares, addresses,
lunches, crashes, smashes, dresses, clues
acting, watching, stringing, writing, tiring,
swimming, stopping, hopping, hoping, splitting
wanted, graded, grabbed, hopped, stopped,
spotted, squirted, floated, skated, used, trimmed,
watched
Assessment Week
Review
Adding –s, -es, -d, in words
that end in y
Adding –s, -es, -d, in words
that end in y
Contractions/homophones
fried, tried, flies, cries, dries, countries, counties,
freed, dried, marries, married, played, spied, tries
they’re, doesn’t, shouldn’t, couldn’t, won’t, I’ll,
wouldn’t, she’s, he’s, I’m, you’re
ant/aunt, red/read, dear/deer, there/their,
to/too/two
The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which
students can use to practice with at home.
KISD 2016-2017
3rd Grade Word Study Parent Calendar
Dates
Oct. 17-21
Contractions/homophones
Oct. 24-28
Oct. 31-Nov. 4
Word Bank
Focus
Prefix un- (not or
opposite)
they’re, doesn’t, shouldn’t, couldn’t, won’t, I’ll,
wouldn’t, she’s, he’s, I’m, you’re
ant/aunt, red/read, dear/deer, there/their,
to/too/two, wood/would, night/knight
Assessment Week
uneasy, unwritten, unhappy, unexpected,
unused, unhealthy
disagree, disappear, displace, disappearing,
disagreement, dislocate
Nov. 7-11
Prefix dis-(opposite)
Nov. 14-18
Prefix im-(not or opposite)
immature, impossible, improbable
Nov. 28-Dec.
2
Prefix in-(not or opposite)
incomplete, incorrect, indecision
Dec. 5-9
Dec. 12-16
Assessment Week
No Lessons
The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which
students can use to practice with at home.
KISD 2016-2017
3rd Grade Word Study Parent Calendar
Dates
Focus
Jan. 4-6
Suffix –able (able to be)
Jan. 9-13
Suffix –ible (able to be)
Jan. 17-20
Suffix –ful (full of/having)
Jan. 23-27
Suffix –less (without)
Word Bank
agreeable, washable, unpassable,
dependable, enjoyable
sensible, terrible, incredible, destructible
beautiful, careful, helpful, useful, frightful,
unhelpful
careless, helpless, useless, weightless
Assessment Week
Jan. 30Feb. 3
Feb. 6-10
Suffix –ness (nouns)
darkness, lightness, happiness, sadness,
readiness, gracefulness, activeness,
forgiveness
Feb.13-17
Suffix –ly (in that way)
carefully, correctly, easily, friendly, sadly,
possibly
Feb. 2124
Compound Words
Feb. 27Mar. 3
Compound Words
Mar. 6-10
somewhere, something, anyone, playground,
nighttime
Assessment Week
The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which
students can use to practice with at home.
KISD 2016-2017
3rd Grade Word Study Parent Calendar
Dates
Mar. 20-24
Suffix –er (more)
Mar. 27-31
Suffix –est (most)
Apr. 3-7
Apr. 10-13
Suffix –or (one who)
leader, composer, actor, inventor, teacher,
gamer, spectator, reporter
Assessment Week
Apr. 24-28
Suffix –ee (person who)
May 1-5
Suffix –ist (person who)
May 8-12
May 22-26
easiest, easier, harder, hardest, faster,
heavier, heaviest, smaller, smallest, taller,
tallest
Suffix –er (one who)
Apr. 17-21
May 15-19
Word Bank
Focus
employee, scientist, artist, nominee,
environmentalist, colonist, historian, referee
STAAR Week
Suffix –tion (changes verbs
into nouns)
Suffix –sion (changes a verb
to a noun)
transportation, construction, subtraction,
expression, permission, prevention
The Word Bank is not a spelling list. It is a list of words based on a pattern which
students can use to practice with at home.
KISD 2016-2017