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