3rd Grade Spelling for March 13-17, 2017
Unit 43: 3: adding suffixes to words ending in “y”
(The letter preceding the “y” and the beginning letter of the suffix
determine the conditions that occur)
WORDS TO LEARN:
*y preceded by a consonant, change y to i
UNLESS the suffix begins the the letter i.
*tries
*tried
*trying
A few exceptions:
shyness
slyness
dryness
PHONOGRAMS:
We will be reviewing phonograms briefly
each day. Additional “odd” ones will be
introduced as they are encountered in
spelling words.
RED WORDS:
(repeated)
through busy
* y preceded by a vowel, the y is unchanged
when adding a suffix
*played
*player
*playful
*playing
Exceptions:
paid
*said
laid
DICTATION:
That is the happiest story I’ve
ever heard!
Affixes:
We will be reviewing!
*These words are for students
with modified spelling words.
daily