Page 1 4 Grade Spelling Words th Unit 1 “Short Vowels” sum flat plum bell grim plot band bluff dock blot odd left cash mill past shelf wealth crunch hint build ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 2 “Long a” pale face crate clay stray cane slate today bail rail break ache drain faint flame claim steak neigh mane graze ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 3 “Long e” beam tea chief squeak peep weep sleek heal tease thief deal please leak league reef deed feet breathe speech wheeze ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 4 “Long i" file drive kite pies die wipe inside height pride spy sigh shy prime sly pry climb minding fright twice slight ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 5 “Long o” goal mole stone stove chose own fold flow mold toll groan stole foam mows roasting lower sole blown bolt quote ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 6 “ch, tch” choose kitchen marching touch chatter sketched chant chance branch hitch ketchup cheap chopped latch chef patch snatch arch stretching pitcher ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 7 “Consonant Clusters” rush northern brush shed thanks washer photo graph whole these fifth whisk thirty bother shove phrase headphone width nowhere whirl ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 8 “Complex Consonant Clusters” shred through sprout sprawl split throb throat shrink screw shrimp screech straighten sprang shriek splashing straps strain strand script thrill ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Page 2 4 Grade Spelling Words th Unit 9 “ar, or” door dart fort morning carpet ford core cord spark award smart charge worn argue stormy bore guard ward warp barnyard ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 10 “ar, ir” gear scare fear cheer spare hear rear stair airfare career compare spear beard area appear yearly tear lair mere snare ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 11 “ur” dirty purse birth curl curve curb person shirt worse hurl twirl swirl herb turkey turnip purpose blurred sternly serpent pearl ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 12 “silent letters” hour lambs knew wrench kneel thumbs honest answer honesty plumber honor known wrapper combs knives doubt knead wriggle heir wrinkle ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 13 “soft c, soft g” center once dance germs spice bridge badge circus cement glance strange police certain orange ounce ginger wedge arrange sponge village ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 14 “plurals” clams mints props arches dresses parents caves glasses hobbies engines couches arrows enemies babies ranches patches mistakes berries mosses armies ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 15 “compound words” fishbowl waterproof backyard desktop campfire overhead lookout grandparent railroad snowstorm loudspeaker bookcase blindfold overdo bedroom newborn bedspread yourself clothesline undertake ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 16 “inflected endings” tasted ripping forced flipping tapped flipped cared flagged ripped skipped tapping saved skipping caring flagging discussed saving tasting forcing discussing ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Page 3 4 Grade Spelling Words th Unit 17 “inflected endings with y to i” funnier families pennies worried replied varied marries carries easily silliest jumpier emptier merrier cries cozily sorriest prettily lazier happiest dizziest ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 18 “u words” should zoom tunes brooks you’ll wool mood suits crew spool stool cookie food used grew group stoop move stew huge ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 19 “oi, ou” flower voices tower mound cowboy gown frown south howling annoy noises pound hound pouch thousand wound grouch cough grown voyage ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 20 “ô words” walker chalk laws stalk bald caught drawn halt strawberry fought caller half straw small thought talking awe shawl false squall ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 21 “VCCV Patterns” (Vowel-Consonant-Consonant-Vowel) dinner blanket willow plastic welcome summer dipper foggy thriller ticket swallow picket witness slender nodded planner member fossil rumbles blossom ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 22 “VCV Patterns” (Vowel-Consonant-Vowel) river level never talent radar limit diver finish famous spoken cabin wiper habit bison cider stolen promise razor pity easel ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 23 “Accented Syllables” above cancel remind gather between unfold tender action monster chamber petal woman weeder frosty clipper tutor poster behave relate excite ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 24 “Final ər” grocer pepper barber grader polar tanker singer enter odor collar zipper powder cheddar danger popular harbor anchor elevator daughter victor ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Page 4 4 Grade Spelling Words th Unit 25 “Final əl” uncle turtle total pencil oral pebble channel local paddle pupil symbol medal bubble settle vessel bugle pedal special ankle docile ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 26 “Final ən” robin button bacon reason cotton sunken eleven cousin woven raisin cannon muffin widen wooden ridden common proven often penguin skeleton ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 27 “Homophones” root route tale tail wade weighed prince prints dough doe moose mousse we’ve weave whose who’s boulder bolder patience patients ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 28 “Prefixes” discourage disappoint disbelief distrust disloyal misplace misstep mislabel mislead misnumber nonfat nonfiction nonsense nonstop unable unplug uncertain uncover unclean uncomfortable ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 29 “Suffixes” spotless sunny furry really hairy tasteless barely handful lifeless illness hopefully happiness goodness purely sorrowful sickness joyfully aimless breathless certainly ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________ Unit 30 “Stressed Syllables” burrow furnace concert lantern thirsty disturb alert perhaps purchase nervous modern capture merchant survive concern service eastern whirlwind surprise persuade ______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ ______________