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3rd Grade
2 Week Sample

A
1
2
3
Week Skill
short a, u
short e, i, o
-ai, -ay, a_e
Pages
5, ,6 , 7
11, 12, 13
16, 17, 18
Answer Keys
8, 9, 10
14, 15, 16
19, 20, 21
4 -ee, -ea 22, 23, 24 25, 26, 27
5 -y, -ie, -i_e, -igh 28, 29, 30 31, 32, 33
6 -o, -ow, -oa 34, 35, 36 37, 38, 39
7 -u, -ue, -u_e 40, 41, 42 43, 44, 45
8 -ar, -or 46, 47, 48 49, 50, 51
9 -ir, -er, -ur 52, 53, 54 55, 56, 57
10 ch, tch 58, 59, 60 61, 62, 63
11 th 64, 65, 66 67, 68, 69
12 shr, str, scr, thr 70, 71, 72 73, 74, 75
13 soft c, soft g 76, 77, 78 79, 80, 81
14 consonant review 82, 83 84, 85
15 prefixes (mis-, pre-) 86, 87, 88 89, 90, 91
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 continued
Week Skill Pages Answer Keys
16 prefixes (dis-, re-, un-) 92, 93, 94 95, 96, 97
17 su ffixes (-able, -ful) 98, 99, 100 101, 102, 103
18 su ffixes (-ly, -less) 104, 105, 106 107, 108, 109
19 su ffixes (-tion, -sion) 110, 111, 112 113, 114, 115
20 prefixes and su ffixes 116, 117 118, 119
review
21 irregular plural nouns 120, 121, 122 123, 124, 125
y-ies, o-oes
22 irregular plural nouns 126, 127 128, 129
f – ves, word change
23 irregular plural nouns 130, 131 132, 133
review
24 compound words 134, 135 136, 137
25 -ore, -oar 138, 139 140, 141
26 -air, -are 142, 143 144, 145
27 homophones 146, 147 148, 149
28 silent k, g, b 150, 151 152, 153
29 diagraphs gh, ph 154, 155 156, 157
(like f)
30 Consonant + le 158, 159 160, 161
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 Week 1
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________ short a, short u

Monday
Read the text below. Underline the words that have the short a sound (like apple).

Stuck in Traffic short a - 37

Zack was all set to go to school. He had grabbed a snack, shut the
front door, and hopped in his mom’s truck. To Zack, going to school was an
adventure! He loved learning about graphs, fractions, and maps. He also
loved his teacher, Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Tucker was hilarious! He cracked jokes and did magic tricks. He
always carried a plum colored mug with lemon flavored water, and made a
funny noise when he drank from it.
But today Zack was out of luck. Unexpected ugly dark clouds dumped
rain on the ground. His truck was stuck in traffic and that could not be
undone. The cars on the road were snuggled so closely they could almost
bump! If Zack couldn’t get past this traffic he would end up being absent!
What a catastrophe!
Suddenly, a loud noise pierced Zack’s ears. Could it be the sound of a
fire truck approaching? Could it be an ambulance? No! It was Zack’s alarm
clock going off! The whole thing was just a dream that he snapped out of in
no time! At last Zack was glad!

1. Write the words you found in the text in 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
the chart below. order.
Short a Words Short a Words Jack 1.
had snack Japan 2.
ant 3.
snap 4.
apple 5.
Sam 6.
magic 7.
graphs 8

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 Week 1
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________ short a, short u

Tuesday

Read the text below. Underline the words that have the short u sound (like under).

Stuck in Traffic short u - 20

Zack was all set to go to school. He had grabbed a snack, shut the
front door, and hopped in his mom’s truck. To Zack, going to school was an
adventure! He loved learning about graphs, fractions, and maps. He also
loved his teacher, Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Tucker was hilarious! He cracked jokes and did magic tricks. He
always carried a plum colored mug with lemon flavored water, and made a
funny noise when he drank from it.
But today Zack was out of luck. Unexpected ugly dark clouds dumped
rain on the ground. His truck was stuck in traffic and that could not be
undone. The cars on the road were snuggled so closely they could almost
bump! If Zack couldn’t get past this traffic he would end up being absent!
What a catastrophe!
Suddenly, a loud noise pierced Zack’s ears. Could it be the sound of a
fire truck approaching? Could it be an ambulance? No! It was Zack’s alarm
clock going off! The whole thing was just a dream that he snapped out of in
no time! At last Zack was glad!

1. Write the words you found in the text in 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
the chart below. order.
Short u Words Short u Words fun 1.
truck stuck under 2.
blunt 3.
up 4.
grunt 5.
sun 6.
luck 7.
mug 8

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 Week 1
Wednesday
1. Choose 2 short a words and 2 short u words from the text. Write sentences using both words!
a) Short a words: ___________________ and _____________________
My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Short u words: ___________________ and _____________________

My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Word Box
2. Use words from the thumb dump tracks slam fraction lucky snuggle traffic pack undo
Word Box in the lines below.

a) throw on the floor ______________ f) get cozy ______________

b) not a whole number ______________ g) shut the door loudly ______________
c) too many cars ______________ h) erase, take back ______________
d) a finger ______________ i) with luck ______________
e) trains run on them ______________ j) put things in bags ______________

Thursday
1. Circle the word in each row that has the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

Jack plane Pat star

plum tune flute luck
grab traffic grain ape
snug unicorn up nuclear
bat base snap bait

2. Circle the word in each row that does not have the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

snap ask cat star

luck truck plume luck
Pat pay master ask
undo unicorn up under
cracked apple cat plate
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 Answer Key
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________
Week 1
short a, short u

Monday
Read the text below. Underline the words that have the short a sound (like apple).

Stuck in Traffic short a - 37

Zack was all set to go to school. He had grabbed a snack, shut the
front door, and hopped in his mom’s truck. To Zack, going to school was an
adventure! He loved learning about graphs, fractions, and maps. He also
loved his teacher, Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Tucker was hilarious! He cracked jokes and did magic tricks. He
always carried a plum colored mug with lemon flavored water, and made a
funny noise when he drank from it.
But today Zack was out of luck. Unexpected ugly dark clouds dumped
rain on the ground. His truck was stuck in traffic and that could not be
undone. The cars on the road were snuggled so closely they could almost
bump! If Zack couldn’t get past this traffic he would end up being absent!
What a catastrophe!
Suddenly, a loud noise pierced Zack’s ears. Could it be the sound of a
fire truck approaching? Could it be an ambulance? No! It was Zack’s alarm
clock going off! The whole thing was just a dream that he snapped out of in
no time! At last Zack was glad!

1. Write the words you found in the text in 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
the chart below. order.
Short a Words Short a Words Jack 1. ant
had snack Japan 2. apple
Zack grabbed ant 3. graphs
adventure graphs
snap 4. Jack
cracked magic
apple 5.Japan
absent snapped
Sam 6. magic
Zack grabbed
adventure graphs magic 7. Sam
glad traffic graphs 8. snap

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 Answer Key
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________
Week 1
short a, short u

Tuesday

Read the text below. Underline the words that have the short u sound (like under).

Stuck in Traffic short u - 20

Zack was all set to go to school. He had grabbed a snack, shut the
front door, and hopped in his mom’s truck. To Zack, going to school was an
adventure! He loved learning about graphs, fractions, and maps. He also
loved his teacher, Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Tucker was hilarious! He cracked jokes and did magic tricks. He
always carried a plum colored mug with lemon flavored water, and made a
funny noise when he drank from it.
But today Zack was out of luck. Unexpected ugly dark clouds dumped
rain on the ground. His truck was stuck in traffic and that could not be
undone. The cars on the road were snuggled so closely they could almost
bump! If Zack couldn’t get past this traffic he would end up being absent!
What a catastrophe!
Suddenly, a loud noise pierced Zack’s ears. Could it be the sound of a
fire truck approaching? Could it be an ambulance? No! It was Zack’s alarm
clock going off! The whole thing was just a dream that he snapped out of in
no time! At last Zack was glad!

1. Write the words you found in the text in 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
the chart below. order.
Short u Words Short u Words fun 1. blunt
truck stuck under 2. fun
Tucker truck blunt 3. grunt
mug plum
up 4. luck
funny but
grunt 5. mug
bump snuggled
sun 6. sun
Tucker truck
mug plum luck 7. under
shut luck mug 8. up

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Wednesday Answer Key
1. Choose 2 short a words and 2 short u words from the text. Write sentences using both words!
Week 1

a) Short a words: ___________________ and _____________________

My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Short u words: ___________________ and _____________________

My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Word Box
2. Use words from the thumb dump tracks slam fraction lucky snuggle traffic pack undo
Word Box in the lines below.

a) throw on the floor dump f) get cozy snuggle

b) not a whole number fraction g) shut the door loudly slam
c) too many cars traffic h) erase, take back undo
d) a finger thumb i) with luck lucky
e) trains run on them tracks j) put things in bags pack

Thursday
1. Circle the word in each row that has the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

Jack plane Pat star

plum tune flute luck
grab traffic grain ape
snug unicorn up nuclear
bat base snap bait

2. Circle the word in each row that does not have the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

snap ask cat star

luck truck plume luck
Pat pay master ask
undo unicorn up under
cracked apple cat plate
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to Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________ Week 2
s short e, short i, short o
Monday

Read the text below. Underline the words that have the short e sound (like eg g), circle the
the words with the short o sound (like on).
Miss Jill is Ill short e - 15 short o - 12

Miss Jill worked at the school’s front desk. One of her jobs was to
welcome guests. She also helped if students tripped while they were skipping
b
down the hallway. One time, she helped me untie a knot on my shoe. She never
yelled even if students made a mess!
Miss Jill did her job really well, but today she felt ill. Her skin was hot and
her hands were sweaty. She wondered how long she would have to sit, and
wished that she could stop the throbbing pain in her head. Miss Jill looked at
the clock and realized that it was still too early to quit. She decided to ask Mr.
Bill for a pain pill.
Mr. Bill lived a block away in a beautiful house with a pond where ducks
liked to swim, and plants grew between the rocks. His garden was filled with
birds nests. Mr. Bill was in his shed in the back getting clippers to trim his
hedges. He had just stepped out when he heard the phone ring. “Yes, Miss Jill. I
will bring you the pill. Let me put on my socks and clip on my tie. I’ll be right by!”
What a thrill this was for Miss Jill! Soon, she wouldn’t feel ill!

1. Sort the words you found in the text 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
under the correct heading in the chart below. order.
Short e Words Short o Words desk 1.
desk clock smell 2.

lesson 3.
sled 4.
text 5.
jet 6.
block 7.
rock 8.

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 Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________ Week 2
short e, short i, short o

Tuesday

Read the text below. Underline the words with the short i sound (like in).
short i - 53
Miss Jill is Ill

Miss Jill worked at the school’s front desk. One of her jobs was to
welcome guests. She also helped if students tripped while they were skipping
down the hallway. One time, she helped me untie a knot on my shoe. She never
yelled even if students made a mess!
Miss Jill did her job really well, but today she felt ill. Her skin was hot and
her hands were sweaty. She wondered how long she would have to sit, and
wished that she could stop the throbbing pain in her head. Miss Jill looked at
the clock and realized that it was still too early to quit. She decided to ask Mr.
Bill for a pain pill.
Mr. Bill lived a block away in a beautiful house with a pond where ducks
liked to swim, and plants grew between the rocks. His garden was filled with
birds nests. Mr. Bill was in his shed in the back getting clippers to trim his
hedges. He had just stepped out when he heard the phone ring. “Yes, Miss Jill. I
will bring you the pill. Let me put on my socks and clip on my tie. I’ll be right by!”
What a thrill this was for Miss Jill! Soon, she wouldn’t feel ill!

1. Write the words you found in the text in 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
the chart below. order.
Short i Words Short i Words lift 1.
thrill Jill loft 2.

rock 3.
bring 4.
string 5.
soft 6.
Jill 7.
thrill 8.

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 Wednesday Week 2
o
1. Write 2 words from the text on the lines below. Write sentences using both words!
a) Short i word: ___________________ and Short e word _____________________
My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Short o word: ___________________ and Short i word _____________________

My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Word Box
2. Use words from the clock lift nest Jill socks sit knot smell west yell
Word Box in the lines below.

a) pick something up ______________ f) for your feet ______________

b) scream, shout ______________ g) a bird’s home ______________
c) opposite of “east” ______________ h) a girl’s name ______________
d) your nose does it ______________ i) use a chair for this ______________
e) it tells you the time ______________ j) hard to untie ______________

Thursday
1. Circle the word in each row that has the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

lesson learn jet Peter

skip skate kite spit
rock job note pour
step Steven bee west
click clever clip climb

2. Circle the word in each row that does not have the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

stop boot sock knob

trip ripe tick sip
spell wet mess team
knot throb throne stop
lift life skip click
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to Answer Key
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________ Week 2
short e, short i, short o
s
Monday

Read the text below. Underline the words that have the short e sound (like eg g), circle the
the words with the short o sound (like on).
Miss Jill is Ill short e - 15 short o - 12

Miss Jill worked at the school’s front desk. One of her jobs was to
welcome guests. She also helped if students tripped while they were skipping
b
down the hallway. One time, she helped me untie a knot on my shoe. She never
yelled even if students made a mess!
Miss Jill did her job really well, but today she felt ill. Her skin was hot and
her hands were sweaty. She wondered how long she would have to sit, and
wished that she could stop the throbbing pain in her head. Miss Jill looked at
the clock and realized that it was still too early to quit. She decided to ask Mr.
Bill for a pain pill.
Mr. Bill lived a block away in a beautiful house with a pond where ducks
liked to swim, and plants grew between the rocks. His garden was filled with
birds nests. Mr. Bill was in his shed in the back getting clippers to trim his
hedges. He had just stepped out when he heard the phone ring. “Yes, Miss Jill. I
will bring you the pill. Let me put on my socks and clip on my tie. I’ll be right by!”
What a thrill this was for Miss Jill! Soon, she wouldn’t feel ill!

1. Sort the words you found in the text 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
under the correct heading in the chart below. order.
Short e Words Short o Words desk 1. block
desk clock smell 2. desk
guests jobs
lesson 3. jet
helped hot
sled 4. lesson
never stop
text 5. rock
felt block
jet 6. sled
well rocks
mess knot block 7. smell
getting long rock 8. text

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 Answer Key
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _______________ Week 2
short e, short i, short o

Tuesday

Read the text below. Underline the words with the short i sound (like in).
short i - 53
Miss Jill is Ill

Miss Jill worked at the school’s front desk. One of her jobs was to
welcome guests. She also helped if students tripped while they were skipping
down the hallway. One time, she helped me untie a knot on my shoe. She never
yelled even if students made a mess!
Miss Jill did her job really well, but today she felt ill. Her skin was hot and
her hands were sweaty. She wondered how long she would have to sit, and
wished that she could stop the throbbing pain in her head. Miss Jill looked at
the clock and realized that it was still too early to quit. She decided to ask Mr.
Bill for a pain pill.
Mr. Bill lived a block away in a beautiful house with a pond where ducks
liked to swim, and plants grew between the rocks. His garden was filled with
birds nests. Mr. Bill was in his shed in the back getting clippers to trim his
hedges. He had just stepped out when he heard the phone ring. “Yes, Miss Jill. I
will bring you the pill. Let me put on my socks and clip on my tie. I’ll be right by!”
What a thrill this was for Miss Jill! Soon, she wouldn’t feel ill!

1. Write the words you found in the text in 2. Put the words below in alphabetical
the chart below. order.
Short i Words Short i Words lift 1. bring
thrill Jill loft 2. Jill
Miss bring
rock 3. lift
tripped pill
bring 4. loft
skipping lived
string 5.rock
ill with
soft 6. soft
Bill in
clip still Jill 7. string
clippers his thrill 8. rock

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o Wednesday Answer Key
1. Write 2 words from the text on the lines below. Write sentences using both words!
Week 2

a) Short i word: ___________________ and Short e word _____________________

My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________

b) Short o word: ___________________ and Short i word _____________________

My sentence: _____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Word Box
2. Use words from the clock lift nest Jill socks sit knot smell west yell
Word Box in the lines below.

a) pick something up ______________ f) for your feet ______________

b) scream, shout ______________ g) a bird’s home ______________
c) opposite of “east” ______________ h) a girl’s name ______________
d) your nose does it ______________ i) use a chair for this ______________
e) it tells you the time ______________ j) hard to untie ______________

Thursday
1. Circle the word in each row that has the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

lesson learn jet Peter

skip skate kite spit
rock job note pour
step Steven bee west
click clever clip climb

2. Circle the word in each row that does not have the same short vowel sound as the first word given.

stop boot sock knob

trip ripe tick sip
spell wet mess team
knot throb throne stop
lift life skip click
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