1. 3rd Grade Lesson 27 Spelling Words
Words with Double Consonants

2. Words with Double Consonants
When a word has double consonants (two of the same consonant) in the middle of the word, the word can usually be broken into syllables between the two consonants.
For example:
apple kitten -
ap  ple kit  ten

3. jelly (jel  ly)
I like to put jelly on my toast.

4. bottom (bot  tom)
The sunken ship is now at the bottom of the ocean.

5. pillow (pil  low)
The boy loved his new pillow pet!

6. happen (hap  pen)
I don’t think anything good is about to happen here!

7. butter (but  ter)
I can’t believe this sculpture is made out of butter!

8. lesson (les  son)
The students had fun learning the lesson about what it is like to take off into space.

9. cherry (cher  ry)
I love cherry flavored Twizzlers!

10. sudden (sud  den) This sign warns you that the lake has a
sudden drop and
gets deep with no
warning.

11. arrow (ar  row)
The arrow is pointing to the right.

12. dollar (dol  lar)
These are pictures of the front and back of a one dollar bill.

13. hello (hel  lo)
It is polite to say hello to people.

14. rabbit (rab  bit)
The rabbit was watching me closely!

15. letter (let  ter)
Many kids like to write a letter to Santa to tell him what they want for Christmas.

16. button (but  ton)
My grandma helped me sew the button back on my shirt.