Third Grade Word Work Worksheets with Phonics Focused Passages and Activities

This is an all-year Word Work packet for 3rd Graders. Spelling Patterns are introduced in Phonics Focused Short Stories and reinforced daily in different Reading and Writing Activities. These word work worksheets promote word recognition, vocabulary development and text comprehension, which makes them a great addition to your Third Grade Literacy Centers and Small Groups!

Each week's activities focus on two to three spelling patterns, suffixes, or prefixes. There is a short story written with heavy phonics focus on the 3rd grade spelling patterns being taught, and several activities that focus on reading, writing, phonics, and spelling.

The Word Work activities in these Third Grade worksheets consist of reading a story and identifying target words, writing sentences, putting the Word Work words in alphabetical order, identifying sound and spelling patterns, and using the target words in context.

As students become familiar with the format of this resource they can work independently! This is a student and teacher friendly resource!

*FREE SAMPLE INSIDE THE PREVIEW!

Other unique features include:

• A number in each short story box that indicates the number of target words used! That allows your students to know if they have found all the words before they turn their work in!

• Lists of words on the answer keys that you can use to introduce the phonics and spelling patterns in the beginning of your Word Work lesson! It will literally take a minute to have a list of 3rd Grade spelling words at your fingertips!

• The table of contents is clickable and takes you right to the material you want to print.

Uses for this 3rd Grade Word Work Packet:

• Whole group instruction
• Small group instruction
• Morning Work
• Literacy center
• Homework
• ELL support

Every week your students will:

• read a story,
• underline/circle the words that belong to the week’s word families,
• sort the words according to their spelling pattern,
• write sentences with the words,
• write words in alphabetical order,
• use words in context,
• identify and practice sound and spelling patterns.

Contents:

• Week 1 - short a, u

• Week 2 - short e, i, o

• Week 3 - ai, -ay, a_e

• Week 4 -ee, -ea

• Week 5 -y, -ie, -i_e, -igh

• Week 6 -o, -ow, -oa

• Week 7 -u, -ue, -u_e

• Week 8 -ar, -or

• Week 9 -ir, -er, -ur

• Week 10 - ch, tch

• Week 11 - th

• Week 12 - shr, str, scr, thr

• Week 13 - soft c, soft g

• Week 14 - consonant review

• Week 15 - prefixes (mis-, pre-)

• Week 16 - prefixes (dis-, re-, un-)

• Week 17 - suffixes (-able, -ful)

• Week 18 - suffixes (-ly, -less)

• Week 19 - suffixes (-tion, -sion)

• Week 20 - prefixes and suffixes review

• Week 21 - irregular plural nouns y-ies, o-oes

• Week 22 - irregular plural nouns f – ves, word change

• Week 23 - irregular plural nouns review

• Week24 - compound words

• Week 25 - ore, -oar

• Week 26 -air, -are

• Week 27 - homophones

• Week 28 - silent k, g, b

• Week 29 - Consonant +le

• Week 30 - Review

After receiving so much positive feedback and seeing increasing demand for my 3rd Grade Word Work Short Stories, I felt compelled to come up with other materials to support you as you establish a Word Work routine in your classroom.

I wanted you to have more resources to use in your Whole Group and Small Group lessons, and I wanted to give you a way to assess your students’ progress throughout the year.

So I’m offering a packet with ✔ Assessments to use with this file, and a collection of ✔ Anchor Charts that go with each week’s lessons.

My hope is that by having a reliable source of Third Grade Word Work materials, you will feel confident enough to make Word Work a consistent part of your day.

*If you'd like to see if these resources will add value to your set of tools, download the FREE SAMPLE inside the previews!

Whether you use these Third Grade Word Work Worksheets with Phonics Focused Passages in your Literacy Centers, for your Small Group instruction, or as Morning Work, you will notice an improvement on your third grade students’ ability to read and spell.