In third grade, these words are called wall words. Sometimes they are prominently displayed (preferably at a child’s eye level) on the wall for a student to reference. My daughter’s third grade teacher gave each student this word wall list to use as a reference. By the end of third grade, a student should be able to read these words fluently and spell them correctly.
Third Grade Sight Words
| afraid | especially | loveable | they’re |
| almost | everybody | money | think |
| also | everything | morning | thought |
| always | except | myself | threw |
| animals | exciting | never | through |
| another | even | night | told |
| anyone | finally | once | too |
| asked | friendly | outside | trouble |
| away | general | own | unhappiness |
| become | getting | person | united |
| believe | goes | prettier | until |
| better | hard | prettiest | upon |
| build | heard | probably | vacation |
| buy | high | problem | want |
| by | hidden | question | watch |
| care | hole | ready | wasn’t |
| caught | hopeless | recycle | wear |
| clothes | I’m | responsibilities | weather |
| couldn’t | important | shouldn’t | we’re |
| community | impossible | something | were |
| confusion | independent | sometimes | whether |
| country | it’s | sudden | which |
| decided | its | sure | while |
| different | journal | terrible | whole |
| discover | knew | that’s | winner |
| does | know | their | wouldn’t |
| doesn’t | laughed | there | years |
| done | left | these | your |
| enough | live | they | you’re |
Source: Handout Rachel Carson Elementary School (2012-2013)
Wow! This spelling words are great.
Excellent choice of words, for Me to help teach My Granddaughter
Who is far behind. Through a learning delay.