Curriculum › Spelling ›Grade 3

Grade 3 Spelling · Level 2, Your child learns spellings that depend on where a sound falls in a word: -ck or -k, -dge or -ge, -tch or -ch, -le, soft c and g, and c or k.

C or K at the Start

Practises choosing c or k for the k sound at the start of a word: k before e and i (kettle, kiwi), c before a, o and u (cactus, cozy).

The words

k before e and i: kettle; c before a, o, u: cactus

  • kettle
  • kennel
  • kingdom
  • kept
  • kiwi
  • cactus
  • cupcake
  • carrot
  • canoe
  • cozy
  • cotton