4th Grade Spelling

Unit 1: Short vowel

sounds

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crust
pass
else
skill
brag
zipper
began
collar
drag
smell
brick
felt
spill
button
held
trust
kept
trick
shell
begin
*camera
*contest
*discuss
*public
*swift

Unit 7: Long o: o,
oa, ow
1. poet
2. coast
3. pillow
4. hotel
5. also
6. clothes
7. pony
8. bold
9. moment
10. obey
11. grown
12. hello
13. motel
14. boast
15. glow
16. goal
17. poem
18. shown
19. hero
20. fold
21. *bowl
22. *groceries
23. *growth
24. *loaves
25. *narrow

Unit 2: Short
vowel-consonant-e

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wise
huge
case
alone
rise
cube
fame
beside
blame
chose
tire
became
awhile
spoke
wife
drove
surprise
scale
alive
invite
*complete
*froze
*include
*locate
*underline

Unit 8: Vowel
sounds yoo/oo
1. flute
2. view
3. student
4. whose
5. clue
6. human
7. juice
8. few
9. true
10. tube
11. truth
12. glue
13. dew
14. lose
15. tulip
16. used
17. due
18. fruit
19. music
20. rule
21. *amuse
22. *beauty
23. *continue
24. *movies
25. *suitcase

Unit 3: Long a: a,
ai, ay

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aim
holiday
paper
station
able
crayon
flavor
lazy
brain
anyway
remain
favor
rail
taste
trailer
lady
nation
relay
fail
radio
*explain
*grayest
*midday
*prepaid
*reclaim

Unit 9: Vowel
Diphthongs /oi/,
/ou/
1. flour
2. however
3. coil
4. enjoy
5. amount
6. powder
7. moist
8. vowel
9. spoil
10. flower
11. joint
12. joy
13. power
14. royal
15. foil
16. plow
17. choice
18. mouth
19. crowd
20. mount
21. *allowance
22. *avoid
23. *couch
24. *employ
25. *tower

There will be one *extra credit word on each test.

Unit 4: Long e: ea,

ee, ie

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field
lead
speed
believe
deal
piece
reach
breeze
speak
agree
least
season
between
chief
steam
degree
reason
brief
repeat
peach
*beliefs
*beneath
*decrease
*freedom
*makebelieve

Unit 5: Long i: i,
i-C-e, y, ight, ey,
uy

Unit 6:
Assessment &
Review

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Words will be
chosen from the
last 5 Units for
the test, all week
will be spent in
review

eyes
icicle
tight
climb
umpire
highway
idea
flight
cycle
fright
iron
slight
tiny
higher
shy
hire
buy
might
reply
title
*arrive
*delight
*silent
*style
*supply

Unit 10: Vowel

sounds /or/ /o/

Unit 11: R
controlled vowels

Unit 12 Review

1. forget
2. bought
3. nor
4. haul
5. ought
6. forest
7. sport
8. thought
9. daughter
10. port
11. sort
12. record
13. taught
14. brought
15. forth
16. because
17. fought
18. report
19. forty
20. caught
21. *audience
22. *author
23. *enormous
24. *important
25. *launch

1. near
2. steer
3. certain
4. return
5. tear
6. thirst
7. perfect
8. fear
9. term
10. cheer
11. turkey
12. firm
13. ear
14. burst
15. rear
16. serve
17. year
18. person
19. clear
20. herd
21. *appear
22. *burnt
23. *career
24. *circulate
25. *deserve

Words will be
chosen from the
last 5 Units for
the test, all week
will be spent in
review

4th Grade Spelling

Unit 13: R
controlled vowels

Unit 14: More

letters than
sounds
1. meant
2. build
3. flood
4. laugh
5. breakfast
6. enough
7. sweater
8. rough
9. bread
10. touch
11. spread
12. tough
13. ready
14. built
15. ready
16. death
17. young
18. instead
19. heavy
20. ahead
21. *plaid
22. *pleasant
23. *pleasure
24. *subhead
25. *sweatshirt

Unit 15: Silent

consonants

Unit 16: qu, squ

Unit 17: Consonant

sound /j/

Unit 18 Review

1. knot
2. often
3. wring
4. island
5. lamb
6. answer
7. knee
8. written
9. though
10. knock
11. echo
12. known
13. wrong
14. comb
15. limb
16. knife
17. listen
18. honest
19. doubt
20. calm
21. *beret
22. *design
23. *frighten
24. *knapsack
25. *thorough

1. quick
2. quarter
3. quiz
4. squeeze
5. squint
6. quote
7. quit
8. squash
9. queen
10. squirm
11. quilt
12. quart
13. squeal
14. quake
15. quill
16. quarrel
17. square
18. quite
19. question
20. quiet
21. *aquarium
22. *quart
23. *squirrel
24. *square
25. *unequal

1. badge
2. gym
3. rigid
4. gem
5. baggage
6. range
7. dodge
8. package
9. engine
10. cottage
11. gigantic
12. edge
13. gentle
14. strange
15. ridge
16. cabbage
17. bridge
18. hedge
19. village
20. judge
21. *apology
22. *average
23. *general
24. *imagine
25. *judgment

Words will be
chosen from the
last 5 Units for
the test, all week
will be spent in
review

Unit 19: Final le

Unit 20: Final le,

final en

Unit 21: Schwa-r:

or, er

Unit 22: Suffixes:

er, est

Unit 23:
Homophones

Unit 24 Review

1. bottle
2. pebble
3. single
4. jumble
5. tickle
6. rattle
7. middle
8. bubble
9. sample
10. cattle
11. snuggle
12. kettle
13. jungle
14. ankle
15. giggle
16. simple
17. settle
18. temple
19. battle
20. mumble
21. *bicycle
22. *needle
23. *principle
24. *syllable
25. *triangle

1. stumble
2. trouble
3. eagle
4. harden
5. brighten
6. thicken
7. wrinkle
8. soften
9. lighten
10. table
11. dampen
12. moisten
13. double
14. weaken
15. tighten
16. example
17. darken
18. tremble
19. fasten
20. blacken
21. *angle
22. *chosen
23. *forgotten
24. *lengthen
25. *straighten

1. gather
2. winter
3. master
4. tractor
5. shower
6. major
7. danger
8. enter
9. whether
10. water
11. thunder
12. eager
13. bitter
14. silver
15. minor
16. neither
17. wonder
18. either
19. rather
20. together
21. *alligator
22. *bother
23. *differ
24. *passenger
25. *professor

1. cuter
2. nearer
3. thinnest
4. kinder
5. easiest
6. funnier
7. nearest
8. happier
9. kindest
10. thinner
11. quietest
12. funniest
13. safer
14. quicker
15. safest
16. quicker
17. cutest
18. easier
19. quickest
20. happiest
21. *calmest
22. *slimmer
23. *slimmest
24. *sunnier
25. *wiser

1. lone
2. break
3. waist
4. passed
5. sore
6. cellar
7. roll
8. died
9. past
10. steak
11. role
12. steel
13. loan
14. dyed
15. seller
16. brake
17. soar
18. steal
19. stake
20. waste
21. *capital
22. *capitol
23. *vain
24. *vane
25. *vein

Words will be
chosen from the
last 5 units for the
test, all week will
be spent in review

1. share
2. cart
3. beware
4. march
5. rare
6. army
7. charge
8. stare
9. market
10. compare
11. mark
12. alarm
13. parent
14. chart
15. spare
16. smart
17. charm
18. scare
19. apart
20. spark
21. *argue
22. *aware
23. *carpet
24. *declare
25. *pardon

4th Grade Spelling

Unit 25:
Contractions
1. hed
2. youre
3. wasnt
4. shed
5. theyll
6. arent
7. lets
8. Id
9. shell
10. weve
11. youd
12. hell
13. Ive
14. hasnt
15. theyd
16. youll
17. havent
18. well
19. youve
20. hadnt
21. *couldnt
22. *werent
23. *wed
24. *whos
25. *whove

Unit 26: Prefixes:

un, re, & pre
1. unlucky
2. review
3. preschool
4. unfair
5. reheat
6. prepay
7. untie
8. preview
9. recover
10. unhappy
11. rewrite
12. pretest
13. rebuild
14. uncover
15. recheck
16. unlock
17. preheat
18. unsafe
19. reread
20. unpack
21. *prehistoric
22. *prerecorded
23. *reform
24. *refresh
25. *unknown

Unit 27: Suffix: er

Unit 31
Plurals

Unit 32
Possesives and plural
possesives

Unit 33
Suffixes: ment &
ness

1. monkeys
2. babies
3. teams
4. lunches
5. factories
6. scratches
7. trays
8. libraries
9. members
10. ladies
11. slippers
12. coaches
13. armies
14. friends
15. patches
16. adults
17. pennies
18. holidays
19. stitches
20. sandwiches
21. *envelopes
22. *essays
23. *heroes
24. *pianos
25. *valleys

1. farmers
2. poets
3. groups
4. calfs
5. watches
6. fishs
7. poems
8. calves
9. brothers
10. herds
11. couples
12. mothers
13. wives
14. childs
15. fathers
16. daughters
17. sisters
18. childrens
19. wifes
20. sons
21. *actor
22. *artist
23. *company
24. *youth
25. *tourist

1. kindness
2. treatment
3. stillness
4. apartment
5. fitness
6. pavement
7. weakness
8. shipment
9. brightness
10. agreement
11. placement
12. illness
13. enjoyment
14. darkness
15. movement
16. softness
17. boldness
18. payment
19. thickness
20. sadness
21. *argument
22. *employment
23. *government
24. *sickness
25. *tardiness

1. farmer
2. skater
3. painter
4. camper
5. listener
6. banker
7. owner
8. learner
9. hiker
10. catcher
11. speaker
12. player
13. climber
14. reader
15. baker
16. dreamer
17. reporter
18. builder
19. singer
20. leader
21. *commander
22. *gardener
23. *homemaker
24. *pitcher
25. *publisher

Unit 28: Suffixes:

ful & less
1. joyful
2. helpless
3. restless
4. careless
5. useful
6. thankless
7. peaceful
8. hopeless
9. cloudless
10. thankful
11. powerful
12. helpful
13. powerless
14. careful
15. restless
16. wasteful
17. cheerful
18. useless
19. playful
20. thoughtful
21. *awful
22. *beautiful
23. *homeless
24. *senseless
25. *weightless

Unit 29: Months

and days
1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December
13. Sunday
14. Monday
15. Tuesday
16. Wednesday
17. Thursday
18. Friday
19. Saturday
20. Sabbath
21. *bimonthly
22. *biweekly
23. *daily
24. *twenty-seven
25. *up-to-date

Unit 30
Review
Words will be
chosen from the last
5 units for the test,
all week will be
spent in review