4th Grade Words Their Way Spelling Program Week-by-Week Spelling Lists Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Review syllable junctures Review open and closed syllables and inflected endings Review long vowel patterns in accented syllables Piano Profess Profit Season Finance Magnet Treaty Balance Contrast React Tantrum Radio Climate Create Closet Comet Canyon Humid Metric Current Freedom Raisin Hundred Transmit Noted Linking Faded Cheated Heating Hiring Scanning Dozing Plotted Solving Floating Proving Skimming Pacing Pointing Posing Braided Rated Grinning Shouted Grabbed Greeted Prompted Painted Lightning Debate Delete Crayon Compose Remote Salute Awake Useful Speaker Disease Define Decay Enclose Dispute Polite Invade Freezer Flowing Advice Refrain Frighten Dainty Brightly Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Review long vowel pairs oa ,ow, oo in accented syllables Review vowel pairs ai, ee, ea in accented syllables Ambiguous vowels oy, oi, ou, ow in accented syllables Foamy Toaster Afloat Owner Poodle Bamboo Bloated Trooper Mower Rower Booster Harpoon Boater Soapy Towing Bowling Goofy Lagoon Goalie Approach Slowly Below Gloomy Baboon Heading Freezer Beauty Succeed Refrain Steady Disease Trainer Measure Bleachers Rainbow Jealous Needle Greatness Peasant Terrain Captain Canteen Sustain Feather Retreat Sailor Pleasure Reason Moisture Avoid Annoy Loyal Appoint Pointed Coward Poison Employ County Counter Powder Amount Trouble Allow Around Southern Thousand Noisy Double About Doughnut Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Ambiguous vowels au, aw, al in accented syllables r-influenced a in accented syllables r-influenced o in accented syllables Awkward Layer Autumn Gnawing Flawless Halted Always Almost Awesome Already Sausage Salty Laughed All right Although Gawking Author Haunted Caution Laundry Faucet August Market Carpet Dairy Declare Partner Impair Parents Haircut Repair Hardly Barely Compare Aware Despair Marble Careful Pardon Toward Harvest Barefoot Beware Fairy Order Perform Before Northern Afford Record Reward Forty Ignore Inform Sorry Normal Explore Forward Chorus Forest Ashore Florist Adore Corner Week 10 Week 11 Words with w or /w/ before the vowel /ər/ spelled er, ir, ur in first syllables Wardrobe Warning Warden Warrior Quarter Quarrel Swarm Worse World Worry Worthy Worship Worthwhile Dwarf Waffle Wander Squat Squash Squabble Squad Backward Spirit Person Further Birthday Thirsty Birdbath During Firmly Perfect Merry Hurry Turtle Furnish Thursday Purpose Dirty Certain Mermaid Perhaps Service Circle Week 12 /ər/ and r-influenced e spelled er, ear, ere, eer in accented syllables Sermon Sincere Learner Hermit Merely Appear Dreary Earthquake Cheerful Spearmint Pearly Thermos Kernel Earnest Teardrop Serpent Adhere Yearbook Rehearse Yearning Searching Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Unaccented final syllable -le Unaccented final syllable /əl/ spelled –le, -el, -il, -al Unaccented final syllable /ər/ spelled –er, -ar, -or Cradle Able Settle Rifle Rattle Bugle Cable Middle Table Bottle Muscle Paddle Bridle Jungle Tremble Single Scribble Sample Battle Handle Scramble Saddle Total Angel Special Evil Pedal Bundle Cancel Struggle Level Fragile Fossil Angle Signal Stencil Vowel Pupil Council April Couple Metal Novel Needle Local Journal Jewel Brother Favor Cover Motor Weather Rumor Mother Regular Calendar Doctor Rather Flavor Sugar Silver Popular Harbor Cedar Flower Dollar Solar Mirror Grammar Father Tractor Lunar After Error Week 16 Week 17 Agents and comparatives More final syllables /ər/ spelled –cher, -ture, -sure, -ure Dreamer Sooner Stronger Smaller Fresher Swimmer Voter Governor Creator Driver Farmer Jogger Writer Older Director Shopper Later Sailor Visitor Editor Younger Smoother Juror Brighter Rancher Failure Capture Pitcher Mixture Culture Secure Torture Nature Senior Pleasure Future Treasure Posture Stretcher Pressure Teacher Danger Leisure Pasture Obscure Marcher Week 18 Unaccented final syllable /ən/ spelled –en, -on, -an, -ain Eleven Woman Gallon Heaven Orphan Curtain Bacon Urban Unison Mission Bargain Ribbon Chosen Slogan Children Pardon Captain Oxygen Organ Fountain Apron Abdomen Certain Villain Week 19 Week 20 Week 21 Unaccented initial syllables a-, de-, be- Initial hard and soft c and g Final –s and soft c and g Circle Gossip Camel Genius Cyclist Gutter Collect Gurgle Gymnast Central Golden College General Cider Cereal Cavern Common Giraffe Century Garage Custom Gingerbread Govern Giant Midget Actress Distance Office Village Arrange Manage Sentence Surgeon Compass Practice Challenge Police Gadget Address Package Message Possess Garbage Princess Luggage Science Courage Express Another Divide Between Desire Aboard Against Afraid Behavior Beforehand Degree Awhile Direct Beneath Develop Defend Aloud Agenda Delete Believe Depend Among Upon Because Begun Astonish Decision Week 22 Week 23 Week 24 More words with g /k/ spelled ck, -ic, -x /qw/ and /k/ spelled qu Vague Gauge Guitar Fatigue Strong dialog Intrigue Guard Shrug Zigzag Iceberg Guilty Guidance Catalog Language League Guide Argue Guest Plague Penguin Quick Index Nickel Attack Buckle Electric Shoebox Rocket Struck Pocket Stomach Topic Pickle Metric Plastic Jacket Fabric Specific Traffic Hammock Complex Picnic Ticket Perplex Racetrack Unlock Quality Equipment Conquer Inquire Sequence Technique Frequent Mosquito Quadrant Quizzes Sequel Critique Racquet Squirming Banquet Liquid Request Squirrel Equator Quotation Queasy Qualify Week 25 Week 26 Week 27 Words with silent consonants Words with gh and ph Prefixes re-, un- Fasten Knowledge Listen Rhyme Answer Khaki Campaign Gnarl Resign Honor Assignment Brought Rhythm Though Kneepad Sword Wreckage Thought Wrestle Glisten Bought Doorknob Soften Knockout Physics Naughty Tough Dolphin Photograph Fought Paragraph Elephant Phantom Taught Rough Trophy Telephone Phonics Cough Nephew Photocopy Caught Laughter Homophone Height Recopy Recycle Refill Unbutton Retrace Unfair Review Remodel Uncle Unwrap Unselfish Unhappy Unpack Return Unequal Rescue Unkind Reptile Refinish Rewrite Retake Uneven Unbeaten Week 28 Week 29 Week 30 Prefixes dis-, mis-, pre- Prefixes ex-, non-, in-, fore- Dislike Precious Premature Preteen Preview Preheat Disappear Miscount Mistreat Disable Disobey Displace Dishonest Disloyal Precaution Distant Prefix Mismatch Misplace Misbehave Misjudge Pretest Mister Mistrust Extend Forearm Indecent Nonfat Foreshadow Foremost Insight Nonskid Nonfiction Extra Forehand Foresee Explode Expand Explore Inhuman Incorrect Nonstop Express Exclude Income Nonprofit Indoor Prefixes uni-, bi-, tri- and other numbers Trilogy Unicorn Pentagon Union Tripod Biweekly Triangle Bilingual Triplet Uniform Unity Bisect Triple October Trio Unique Octagon Octopus Unison Universe Week 31 Week 32 Week 33 Suffixes –y, -ly, -ily Comparatives –er, -est Suffixes –ness, -ful, -less Clearly Angrily Snowy Loudly Stormy Daily Chilly Busily Quickly Rainy Noisily Quietly Misty Cloudy Sleepily Smoothly Easily Foggy Lazily Dimly Windy Roughly Breezy Merrily Calmer Easiest Coolest Fewest Weaker Dirtiest Cooler Funniest Prettiest Closer Calmest Closest Prettier Fewer Weakest Laziest Dirtier Crazier Hotter Craziest Easier Hottest Lazier Funnier Colorful Thoughtfulness Illness Kindness Fearful Truthfulness Goodness Faithful Weakness Painful Harmless Awareness Hopeless Happiness Restless Penniless Dreadful Gratefulness Thankfulness Helplessness Peacefulness Worthless Plentiful Fearless Week 34 Week 35 Week 36 Homophones (words that sound the same, but spelled differently and have different meanings) Homographs (words that are spelled the same, but have different accented syllables to form a different meaning) Vowel pairs ie, ei Cellar Allowed Bored Whether Flower Vary Desert Chews Very Dessert Choose There Weather Flour Seller Aloud Board Their Principle Merry Higher Principal Marry Hire Present Record Rebel Subject Produce Export Present Record Rebel Subject Produce Export Desert Permit Object Reject Conduct Contract Desert Permit Object Reject Conduct Contract Niece Mischief Weigh Sleigh Yield Leisure Weird Grief Shield Relieve Reign Perceive Ceiling Either Neither Receipt Belief Beige Eighteen Deceive Conceited Freight Protein Vein