The apps and online tools below help review and reinforce spelling and phonics skills in 3rd grade.
TEKS: 3.1A, 3.1B, 3.1C, 3.1E, 3.17D, 3.24A, 3.24B, 3.24C, 3.24D
CCSS: L.3.2.E, L.3.2.F, L.3.2.G, RF.3.3
Third Grade Learning Games
(FREE/$3.99)
This app features various educational games that teach syllables, parts of speech, grammar, analogies, and prefixes, as well as many math and science learning games.
TeachMe: 3rd Grade
($1.99)
This app teaches Dolch third grade sight words and 350+ 3rd grade level words in addition to third grade multiplication and division.
Phonics Genius
($0.99)
This app is specifically designed to help students recognize and distinguish words by sounds.
Abby Phonics - Third Grade
(FREE/$9.99)
This app features flashcards and interactive exercises that strengthen children's reading, sentence completion, writing, spelling, and more.
Phonograms by Spalding Education
($3.99)
This app helps students learn the phonics connection between speech sounds and the written symbols that represent those sounds (phonograms).
Spell Mania: Spelling Games
(FREE)
Spell Grid: Swipe Letters, Spell Words
(FREE)
Hooked on Words
(FREE)
Mystery Word Town Spelling
($3.99)
This app makes spelling practice fun as students explore buildings in a western town to find lost letters that spell words and unlock doors.
Reading Eggs: Spelling Games Grade 3
($1.99)
This app features 10 interactive spelling games - each reinforcing a different literacy skill, including proofreading, word endings and plurals, compound words, syllables, and more.
Word Wizard for Kids
($4.99)
This app features a movable alphabet that makes each letter sound. Students can use the app to practice phonics patterns and practice spelling words.
Do you have any other apps or online tools/games you use to help your third graders practice phonics or spelling? Please share you ideas in the comments.
~Heather Watson
Watson Works, LLC
