Williamsfield School District #210

Curriculum Map 2007-2008

Shover, Cathy / Spelling / Third Grade / Elementary School

Month

Content

August

word wall
short vowels
double consonants
own spelling dictionary
word chunking
homework

September

long e
long a, short a
long i, short I
compound words
blending, chunking, homework

October

sounds of oo in book
sounds of u in uncle
homophones
j, s
long o, shorto
blending, chunking, homework (repeat EVERY month)

November

kn, wr,st,mb
air,very,ear
suffixes, er, or, ist
suffixes ful, ly, tion, sion

December

ch, sh, th
dr, sc, ft, st, fr
review of all letters

January

oy in boy, oo in moon
contractions
r controlled vowels

February

contractions
more r controlled vowels
s, es

March

s, k
prefixes un, re
suffixes ed, ing

April

w and wh words
vowels in final consonants

May

review
‘all’ words ie. Ball, fall,wall
letters written in order ie. ui ai eo ie ei
dividing words