🍁 Canadian spelling
Grade 3 Spelling Words (Canadian)
A free Grade 3 spelling list using Canadian spellings, the way words are marked in Canadian classrooms. Print it, or turn any group into a game in one tap.
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🍁 Canadian note: These use -our (colour, favour), -re (centre, metre) and -ise/-ce forms. American lists spell several of these differently, so a Canadian child practising a US list can lose easy marks.
The Grade 3 list
🍁 Canadian-spelling words
colourfavouriteneighbour
centreflavourhonour
labourrumourtheatre
Everyday tricky words
becausefriendpeople
enoughthroughwould
comingTuesdaylibrary
Sounds & patterns
knightbrightcaught
chairwhichwhile
happenrabbitlittle
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