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Spelling Words - 4TH GRADE


Here are the list of spelling words by lesson.

unit 1

Lesson 1


Because of Winn Dixie
pattern: short a and long a
blade
gray
past
afraid
magic
delay
amaze
drain
maybe
break
sale
hang
stain
glass
raft
jail
crayon
fact
stale
steak

Challenge Words 
fraction
trait
champion
activity
graceful

Lesson 2


My Brother Martin
pattern: short e and long e
west
steep
member
gleam
fresh
freedom
speed
steam
beast
believe
speck
kept
cheap
pretend
greed
shelf
least
eager
reason
chief

Challenge Words
echo
menu
creature
reveal
restaurant

Lesson 3


How Tia Lola Came to Stay
pattern: short i and long i
skill
crime
grind
tonight
brick
flight
live
chill
delight
build
ditch
decide
witness
wind
district
inch
sigh
fright
remind
split

Challenge Words
ignorant
recognize
advice
twilight
rigid

Lesson 4


The Power of W.O.W!
pattern: short o and long o
block
shown
oatmeal
wrote
fellow
scold
coast
odd
locate
slope
throat
host
online
shock
solve
known
remote
stock
boast
globe

Challenge Words
bonus
approach
motion
continent
accomplish

lesson 5


Stormalong
pattern: homophones
wait
weight
heard
herd
days
daze
heel
heal
peak
peek
sent
cent
scent
feet
feat
vain
vaine
vein
miner
minor


Challenge Words
raise
raze
rays
principal
principle

unit 2

lesson 6


Invasion from Mars
pattern: vowel sounds /u/, /yoo/, /oo/
bunch
fruit
argue
crumb
crew
tune
juice
refuse
truth
young
clue
trunk
amuse
suit
rude
trust
dew
stuck
rescue
brush

Challenge Words
computer
mustard
tissue
customer
attitude

lesson 7


Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies
pattern: short and long /oo/ 
bloom
cookbook
tool
shampoo
put
wool
stool
proof
prove
group
brook
foolish
bush
crooked
booth
raccoon
hook
groom
roof
soup

Challenge Words
bulletin
cocoon
cushion
proofread
marooned

lesson 8


Me and Uncle Romie
pattern /ou/, and /o/
aloud
bald
hawk
south
faucet
proud
claw
tower
stalk
couple
howl
false
dawn
allow
drown
pause
fault
cause
amount
cloudier


Challenge Words
applaud
foul
browse
gnaw
doubt

lesson 9


Dear Mr. Winston
pattern: vowel + /r/ sounds
spark
prepare
cheer
tear
scarf
scare
repair
earring
scarce
weird
sharp
rear
spare
gear
hairy
compare
alarm
harsh
upstairs
square



Challenge Words
weary
startle
appear
barnacle
awareness

lesson 10


Jose! Born to Dance
pattern: more vowel + /r/ sounds
learn
dirty
worn
sore
thirst
burn
record
cure
board
course
worth
early
return
pure
world
search
worse
thirteen
sport
current

Challenge Words
curious
thorough
earnest
portion
foreign

Unit 3

lesson 11


Hurricane Earth's Mightiest Storms 

compound words


somebody

fireplace
nearby
toothbrush
homesick
make-believe
anything
all right
goodbye
forehead
classmate
flashlight
haircut
twenty-two
driveway
alarm clock
baby-sit
airport
forever
mailbox


challenge words
field trip
absent-minded
life jacket
skyscraper
nevertheless

Lesson 12


The Earth Dragon Awakes

words with -ed or  -ing

rising
traced
stripped
slammed
dancing
striped
winning
snapping
bragging
handled
dripped
begged
dared
skipped
hitting
spotted
raced
dimmed
spinning
escaped

challenge words

urged
striving
whipped
breathing
quizzed

lesson 13


Antarctic Journal

more words with -ed or -ing

wiped
covered
mapped
pleasing
slipped
putting
traveled
seeking
visiting
mixed
shipped
phoning
offered
smelling
hiking
checking
fainted
landed
becoming
wandering

challenge words

amusing
entertained
admitted
stunning
starving

Lesson 14


The Life you Times of the Ant

final long e


turkey
lonely
colony
steady
hungry
valley
hockey
starry
melody
movie
duty
drowsy
chimney
plenty
daily
alley
fifty
empty
injury
prairie

challenge words

envy
fiery
mercy
discovery 
mystery 

lesson 15


Ecology for Kids


changing final y to i

tiniest
hobbies
copied
countries
pitied
easier 
laziest
families
spied
happiest
ladies
friendlier
studied 
busier
breezier
prettiest 
noisier
healthier 
butterflies
funniest 

challenge words

heaviest
categories
communities
multiplied
qualities


Unit 4

Lesson 16

Riding Freedom

Words with /k/, /ng/, and /kw/

risky
track
topic
blank
question
pocket
monkey
junk
equal
ache
public
attack
struck
earthquake 
picnic
banker 
electric
blanket
mistake
stomach 
 
Challenge 

request
skeleton
peculiar
attic
reckless

Lesson 17

The Right Dog for the Job

Words with Final /j/ and /s/

glance
judge
damage
package
twice
stage
carriage
since
practice
marriage
baggage
office
message
bridge
chance
notice
ridge
manage
palace
bandage

Challenge

fringe
average
fleece
fragrance 
excellence 

Lesson 18

Hercules' Quest

Prefixes re-, un-, dis-

unused
refresh 
dislike
replace
unpaid
redo
disorder
unplanned
distrust
rewind
untrue
unload
recall
displease
uneven
rebuild
restart
uncover
untidy 
discolor

Challenge 

disband
rearrange
discontinue
refund
unusual 

lesson 19

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Suffixes -ful, -less, 
-ness, -ment

colorful
weakness
movement
endless
truthful
illness
 cheerful
useless
beautiful
restless
clumsiness
pavement
peaceful
fondness
neatness
speechless
statement
wasteful
penniless
treatment

Challenge

numbness
ailment
resourceful
cleanliness
appointment 



lesson 20

Sacagawea

words with VCCV pattern

million
collect
lumber
pepper
plastic
borrow
support
thirty
perfect
attend
canyon
traffic
fortune
danger
soccer
 engine
picture
survive
seldom
effort

Challenge

occur
venture
challenge
rascal
splendid 







Unit 5 

Lesson 21

The World According to Humphrey

words with VCV pattern

event
humor
rapid
music
relief
planet
detail
unite
frozen
figure
siren
polite
hotel
protest
punish
defend
relay
habit
student
moment

challenge 
rumor
jealous
license
image
rival

Lesson 22

I Could Do That

words with VCV and VCCV patterns

dentist
final
finish
narrow
shelter
ahead
corner
hollow
divide
famous
recent
silver
capture
cabin
dinner
minus
minute
value
reward
broken

challenge 
decent
secure
standard
frontier
stampede

Lesson 23

The Ever-Living Tree

words with VCCV pattern

poster
secret
whether
author
rocket
bushel
agree
bucket
ticket
declare
chicken
clothing
apron
whiskers
degree
gather
achieve
rather
bracket
machine

challenge 
regret
nephew
method
decline
vibrate
Lesson 24

Owen & Mzee

words with VCCCV pattern

hundred
supply
single
middle
explain
surprise
pilgrim
sandwich
instead
complete
monster
settle
address
farther
sample
althrough
turtle
athlete
orchard
kingdom


challenge 
fortress
instant
exclaim
mattress
sculptor
Lesson 25

Isasc Asimov - the complete stories

words with VV pattern

idea
lion
usual
radio
liar
poem
India
piano
January
quiet
poet
science
diary
violin
period
February
cereal
video
meteor
rodeo

challenge 
variety
gradual
geography
diagram
punctuate
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