3rd Grade ESE Word Study

Compiled by: Angelia Grimes-Graeme

Unit 1: 3rd Grade Word Study Short A & Long A (a_e)

Unit 1

Pre – Test Words

1. fast 2. make 3. came 4. hand 5. gate 6. snap 7. rake 8. wade 9. flame 10. lane

Test – Assigned Pattern Words to Study

Regular List (10) 1. name 2. what* 3. page 4. skate 5. whale 6. ask 7. snap 8. place 9. face 10. scale

* oddball (doesn’t follow rule)

Challenge List (10) 1. what* 2. crater 3. rotate 4. blazer 5. inflate 6. replace 7. phrase 8. female 9. escape 10. exhale


Test – New Pattern Words for All Students (5)

1. grape 2. save 3. late 4. chat 5. take


Unit 2: 3rd Grade Word Study Short I & Long I (i_e)

Unit 2

Pre – Test Words

1. five 2. swim 3. nine 4. slid 5. hike 6. mile 7. pine 8. thin 9. side 10. tire


Regular List (10) 1. slide 2. give* 3. rice 4. dine 5. clip 6. spill 7. size 8. wife 9. flip

10. mice * oddball (doesn’t follow rule)

Challenge List (10) 1. forgive* 2. alike 3. decide 4. polite 5. excite 6. invite 7. beside 8. spider 9. reptile

10. combine *oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. spine 2. ride 3. tile 4. life 5. smile


Unit 3: 3rd Grade Word Study Short O & Long O (o_e)

Unit 3

Pre – Test Words

1. stove 2. hole 3. spot 4. hope 5. vote 6. woke 7. chop 8. hose 9. broke 10. note


Regular List (10) 1. those 2. joke 3. rope 4. clock 5. wrote 6. flop 7. cope 8. rode 9. some* 10. crop


Challenge List (10) 1. awoke

2. something* 3. throne 4. closed 5. explode 6. envelope 7. telephone

8. ocean 9. moment 10. remote

*oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. stone 2. pole 3. stole 4. froze 5. mole


Unit 4: 3rd Grade Word Study Short U & Long U (u_e)

Unit 4

Pre – Test Words

1. use 2. cute 3. tune 4. hunt 5. tube 6. jump 7. flute 8. mute 9. cube 10. club


Regular List (10) 1. June 2. huge 3. rule 4. shut 5. fuse 6. prune 7. drum 8. dune 9. put*

10. chute * oddball (doesn’t follow rule)

Challenge List (10) 1. salute

2. costume 3. excuse 4. include 5. perfume 6. reduce

7. computer 8. ruler 9. put*

10. student *oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. mule 2. crush 3. fume 4. duke

5. spruce


Unit 5: 3rd Grade Word Study Short Vowel & Long Vowel (CVCe) Review

Unit 5

Pre – Test Words

1. safe 2. drip 3. vine 4. code 5. dude 6. chop 7. nose 8. gum 9. crab 10. wipe


Regular List (10) 1. wove 2. phone 3. slice 4. mast 5. wide 6. super 7. white 8. done* 9. sob 10. skin


Challenge List (10) 1. refuse 2. lonely 3. fiber 4. scrape 5. inhale 6. vibrate 7.token

8. intrude 9. divide 10. done*



1. shade 2. cone 3. drive 4. rude 5. wake


Unit 6: 3rd Grade Word Study Final /K/ Sound Spelled –ck, -ke, or -k

Unit 6

Pre – Test Words

1. shake 2. smoke 3. pack 4. took 5. lock 6. look 7. poke 8. cook 9. fake 10. click


Regular List (10) 1. shook 2. brake 3. spike 4. flake 5. nook 6. brick 7. book 8. spoke 9. stack 10. quake


Challenge List (10) 1. handbook 2. backpack 3. homesick 4. racetrack 5. backstroke

6. awake 7. sunblock 8. cupcake 9. dislike

10. workbook *oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. neck 2. mike 3. hook 4. snake 5. track


Unit 7: 3rd Grade Word Study Short A & Long A (a_e & ai)

Unit 7

Pre – Test Words

1. black 2. frame 3. flash 4. paint 5. blame 6. chain 7. slam 8. jail 9. rain

10. paste


Regular List (10) 1. space 2. faint 3. rash 4. said* 5. claim 6. rail

7. want* 8. paid 9. tale^ 10. tail^

* oddball (doesn’t follow rule) ^ homophone

Challenge List (10) 1. remain 2. daily 3. invade 4. afraid 5. behave 6. explain 7. said*

8. complain 9. want*

10. operate *oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. shave 2. train 3. flash 4. braid 5. chase


Unit 8: 3rd Grade Word Study Short O & Long O (o_e & oa)

Unit 8

Pre – Test Words

1. drop 2. goal 3. close 4. slope 5. shop 6. toad 7. soap 8. block 9. coat 10. rose


Regular List (10) 1. roast 2. knock 3. love* 4. rode^ 5. foam 6. one*

7. road^ 8. block 9. choke 10. chose


Challenge List (10) 1. approach 2. throat

3. unloved* 4. cocoa

5. unspoken 6. none* 7. devote 8. afloat 9. stroke 10. quote



1. foam 2. song 3. globe 4. load 5. bone


Unit 9: 3rd Grade Word Study Short U & Long U (u_e, oo & ui)

Unit 9

Pre – Test Words

1. fluke 2. crust 3. food 4. fruit 5. bump 6. suit

7. bloom 8. truce 9. mood

10. broom


Regular List (10) 1. smooth 2. amuse 3. moon 4. build* 5. juice 6. plume 7. cruise 8. skunk 9. spoon 10. tooth


Challenge List (10) 1. scooter 2. confuse 3. noodle

4. building* 5. swimsuit 6. accuse 7. balloon 8. fruity 9. goose 10. juicy



1. crude 2. bruise 3. trust 4. scoop 5. roof


Unit 10: 3rd Grade Word Study Short E & Long E (ee & ea)

Unit 10

Pre – Test Words

1. eat 2. seem 3. next 4. keep 5. heat 6. web 7. green 8. seal 9. less

10. sleep


Regular List (10) 1. sweep 2. weak^ 3. set

4. speak 5. week^ 6. clean 7. been* 8. teeth 9. rent 10. leaf


Challenge List (10) 1. breeze 2. leaves 3. peanut 4. fifteen 5. between 6. increase 7. been*

8. sneaker 9. freezer 10. season



1. speech 2. peach 3. speed 4. check 5. meal


Unit 11: 3rd Grade Word Study Short E (e & ea) & Long E (ee & ea)

Unit 11

Pre – Test Words

1. trees 2. each 3. dead 4. swept 5. head 6. street 7. reach 8. sled 9. seat

10. bread


Regular List (10) 1. breath 2. queen 3. dream 4. deck

5. great* 6. death 7. steam 8. sweet 9. peel

10. sneak * oddball (doesn’t follow rule)

^ homophone

Challenge List (10) 1. sleeve 2. beaver 3. squeeze 4. streamer 5. great* 6. grease 7. succeed 8. wealth 9. ahead

10. weather *oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. beach 2. tread 3. steal 4. greet 5. vest


Unit 12: 3rd Grade Word Study Long Vowel Review (CVVC)

Unit 12

Pre – Test Words

1. wait 2. thread 3. need 4. beast 5. toast 6. suit 7. trail 8. deaf 9. sheep 10. leak


Regular List (10) 1. fruit 2. snail

3. health 4. wheel 5. cream 6. moan 7. grain 8. three 9. least 10. float


Challenge List (10) 1. spacesuit 2. rainbow 3. loaves

4. treatment 5. proceed

6. breakfast 7. coaster 8. reason 9. detail 10. indeed



1. meant 2. seed 3. stain 4. loan 5. cheat


Unit 13: 3rd Grade Word Study Long A Vowel (a_e, ai, and ay)

Unit 13

Pre – Test Words

1. trade 2. nail 3. day 4. drain 5. stay 6. slave 7. clay 8. gain 9. shape 10. tray


Regular List (10) 1. spray 2. crave 3. waist 4. they* 5. sway 6. quail 7. today 8. ray

9. brace 10. fail


Challenge List (10) 1. mermaid 2. straight 3. update 4. always 5. educate 6. crayon 7. they* 8. holiday 9. contain

10. payment *oddball (doesn’t follow rule)


1. hay 2. brain 3. pray 4. state 5. laid


Unit 14: 3rd Grade Word Study Long O Vowel (o_e, oa, and ow)

Unit 14

Pre – Test Words

1. robe 2. coal 3. show 4. grove 5. mow 6. goat 7. tone 8. blow 9. snow 10. dose


Regular List (10) 1. below 2. coast 3. throw 4. roam 5. alone 6. crow 7. over 8. know 9. soak

10. whole * oddball (doesn’t follow rule)

^ homophone

Challenge List (10) 1. yellow

2. charcoal 3. demote 4. follow

5. goalkeeper 6. elbow

7. sailboat 8. compose 9. meadow 10. proceed



1. pose 2. grow 3. flow 4. croak 5. foal


Unit 15: 3rd Grade Word Study Long U Vowel (u_e, oo, ew, & ue)

Unit 15

Pre – Test Words

1. new 2. due 3. loop 4. flume 5. grew 6. few 7. true 8. clue 9. brute 10. soon


Regular List (10) 1. boost 2. crude 3. blue^

4. resume 5. blew^ 6. truth* 7. chew 8. shoot 9. stew 10. flew


Challenge List (10) 1. rooster 2. Tuesday 3. jewel 4. truth* 5. pollute 6. cartoon

7. newspaper 8. cruel 9. mildew 10. dispute



1. drew 2. noon 3. fuel 4. crew 5. sue


Unit 16: 3rd Grade Word Study Long I Vowel (i_e, igh & y)

Unit 16

Pre – Test Words

1. ripe 2. night 3. sky 4. line 5. fry

6. fight 7. might 8. spy

9. bride 10. flight


Regular List (10) 1. price 2. July 3. pipe 4. wise 5. high 6. live* 7. deny 8. sight 9. shy

10. tight * oddball (doesn’t follow rule)

^ homophone

Challenge List (10) 1. July

2. tonight 3. live*

4. comply 5. daylight 6. awhile 7. supply

8. crocodile 9. midnight 10. outside



1. fly 2. right 3. dry 4. light 5. bite


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