Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
3.2.B
demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
(i) spelling multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
(ii) spelling homophones;
(iii) spelling compound words, contractions, and abbreviations;
(iv) spelling multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns;
(v) spelling words using knowledge of syllable division patterns such as VCCV, VCV, and VCCCV;
(vi) spelling words using knowledge of prefixes; and
(vii) spelling words using knowledge of suffixes, including how they can change base words such as dropping e, changing y to i, and doubling final consonants;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
3.11.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
(i) complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement;
(ii) past, present, and future verb tense;
(iii) singular, plural, common, and proper nouns;
(iv) adjectives, including their comparative and superlative forms;
(v) adverbs that convey time and adverbs that convey manner;
(vi) prepositions and prepositional phrases;
(vii) pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases;
(viii) coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences;
(ix) capitalization of official titles of people, holidays, and geographical names and places;
(x) punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and
(xi) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words; and
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.4.PE
Encode two-syllable words with double letter endings (e.g., virus vs. confess).
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.5.PE
Encode final /j/ and /ch/ (e.g., badge, cage, merge, gouge; clutch, couch, starch, pinch, screech).
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.6.PE
Encode two-syllable words with medial long vowel teams (e.g., complain, canteen).
Arkansas Academic Standards:
3.FR.7.PE
Encode two-syllable words with vowel-r patterns (e.g., forget, doctor, cartoon, mustard).
3rd Grade Writing - Spelling Patterns Lesson
Spelling Patterns
Correct spelling helps readers understand your writing.
Knowing spellingpatterns can help you become a better speller.
SyllablePatterns
Syllable
A syllable is defined by an unbroken vowel sound in a word. Words can have one or more syllables. The number of syllables is like the number of beats in a word. Knowing different syllable patterns can help you spell words correctly.
Closed Syllables
When the vowel sound in a syllable is short, it is "closed off" by a consonantsound. Closed syllables are surrounded by or end with one or more consonants.
Example:
hundred → hun · dred
pilgrim → pil · grim
Open Syllables
When a syllable is "open," it ends with a vowel sound and makes a long vowel sound.
A final stable syllable only comes at the end of a word. When it is combined with a closed syllable, the consonant that comes before the "-le" is often doubled. When it follows an open syllable, it is not doubled.
Example:
puzzle → puz · zle
bugle → bu · gle
VCe Syllables
A VCe syllable, or "magic e" syllable, makes a long vowel sound that is spelled with a single vowel, followed by a single consonant, followed by a silente.
Syllables with an ea or ee vowel team often make a long e sound.
Example:
between → be · tween
ai,ay
Syllables with an ai or ay vowel team often make a long a sound.
Example:
always → al · ways
oi,oy
Syllables with an oi or oy vowel team often make the /oy/ sound as in boy.
Example:
annoy → an · noy
r-Controlled Vowels
When a vowel is followed by an r in a syllable, the r changes the sound. An ar often makes an /ar/ sound. An er often makes an /ər/ sound. An ir also often makes an /ər/ sound, as does a ur. An or may make an /ər/ sound or an /or/ sound.