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Weekly Spelling Words and Guidelines for Fourth Grade

Week of April 22 - 26, 2024
 
No Spelling!  We are working on our cursive writing each day instead!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of April 15 - 19, 2024
 
No spelling this week in lieu of STAAR prep and practice for upcoming STAAR Test, April 16th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of April 1 - 5, 2024
 
Reduced List:
dishonest
nonfiction
uneven
unsure
disagree
disobey
impatient
nonstop
unknown
impossible
 
Full List:  
Above Plus:
incomplete
imperfect
unfinished
incorrect
nonsense
inactive
nonviolent
unbutton
impolite
informal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of March 25 - 28, 2024
 
Unit 25:  Irregular Plurals
Reduced List:
self
selves
fish
mouse
mice
child
children
leaf
leaves
popcorn
 
Regular List:
Above Plus:
woman
women
ox
oxen
goose
geese
calf
calves
elf
elves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of March 4 - 8, 2024
 
No spelling this week, in lieu of STAAR Benchmark Assessments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of February 26 - March 1, 2024
Unit 22:  Homophones
 
Reduced List:
break
waist
passed
roll
past
role
steel
brake
steal
waste
 
Full List:
Above words plus:
lone
sore
cellar
died
steak
loan
dyed
seller
soar
stake
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of February 20 - 23, 2024
Unit 21:  Words with Suffixes - er, and -est.
 
Reduced List:
tighter
tightest
softest
kinder
kindest
stronger
strongest
quietest
easier
easiest
 
Regular List:
Above words plus:
scarier
scariest
fairer
fairest
quieter
lighter
lightest
quicker
quickest
calmer
calmest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of February 5 - 9, 2024
 
In lieu of the STAAR Field Tests, there will be NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!  Yay!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of January 29 - February 2, 2024
 
Unit 20:  Words with Schwa + r, spelled -er or -or:
 
Reduced List:
winter
tractor
whether
water
silver
neither
wonder
either
rather
together
 
Regular List: above ten plus:
gather
master
shower
major
danger
enter
thunder
eager
bitter
minor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of January 16 - 19, 2024
 
Unit 19 Spelling Words
 
Reduced List:
1.) trouble
2.) harden
3.) brighten
4.) lighten
5.) cradle
6.) uneaten
7.) double
8.) example
9.) darken
10.) glisten
 
Full list:  above 10 plus the following:
stumble
eagle
thicken
cuddle
soften
dampen
weaken
tighten
tremble
blacken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of December 11 - 15, 2023
 
Unit 15:  Silent Consonants, Compex Consonants
 
Reduced List:
dough
castle
fasten
knuckle
though
known
wrist
whistle
hunor
gnaw
 
knob
wring
crumb
moisten
knead
wrinkle
anchor
limb
sword
doubt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of November 7 - 10, 2023

Unit 13:

share, harbor, beware, march, rare, tart, charge, stare, cargo, compare, mark, alarm, parent,

target, spare, farther, charm, scare, apart, harvest

 

Spelling: We will read, spell, and write words with the r-controlled vowel sounds /ar/.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 30 - November 3, 2023

Unit 11

 

MONDAY:

Unit 11:

near, steer,

certain, verb,

tear, nerve,

perfect, fear,

term, cheer, iceberg,

clerk, ear, earnings, rear,

serve, year, person, clear, herd

 

Spelling: We will read, spell, and write words with the r-controlled vowel sounds /ir/ and /ur/.

 

(There are TWELVE WORDS THIS WEEK for 504/IEP students, unless the student has 50% reduction in spelling words, and they will have the first 10 words.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 16 - 20, 2023

Unit 9

MONDAY:

Unit 9

flour

however

coil

joy

amount

powder

moist

vowel

spoil

flower

joint

joy

Spelling: We will read, spell, and write words with the vowel diphthongs oi, oy, ou, ow.

 

 

power

royal

foil

plow

choice

mouth

crowd

mount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 10 - 13, 2023

Unit 8: Words with the /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds in various forms.

 

TUESDAY:

Unit 8

flute

view

student

whose

clue

human

juice

few

true

tube

truth

glue

dew

Spelling: We will read, spell, and write words with the /oo/ and /yoo/ sounds in various forms, Unit 8.

lose

tulip

used

due

fruit

music

rule

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 1 - 5, 2023

 

Unit 7:  Words with Long o

 

Unit 7

poet

coast

pillow

hotel

also

clothes

pony

bold

moment

obey

grown

hello

motel

boast

glow

goal

poem

shown

hero

fold



Spelling:  We will read, spell, and write words with the long o sound spelled o, oa, ow.


Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP with reduced spelling as an accommodation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of September 25 - 29, 2023

 

Unit 5 - Long i

 

Spelling List:

eyes

icicle

tight

climb

umpire

highway

idea

flight

cycle

fright

iron

slight

tiny

higher 

tire

shy

buy

might

reply

title

 

Ten words for reduced list:

eyes

climb

ideas

flight

cycle

iron

tire

shy

bye

might

 

 

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP with reduced spelling as an accommodation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of September 11 - 15, 2023

Spelling List Unit 3:

aim

holiday

vapor

station

able

crayon

flavor

tornado

brain

anyway

remain

favor

rail

grayest

trailer

lady

nation

relay

fail

radio

 

 

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP with reduced spelling as an accommodation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 4: Unit 2: Words with Vowel-Consonant-E Pattern

Spelling List:

wise

huge

case

alone

rise

cube

fame

beside

lame

chose

tire

became

awhile

spoke

wife

drove

surprise

scale

alive

invite

wise

 

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP with reduced spelling as an accommodation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spelling List Unit 1, August 28 - September 1, 2023

Spelling List: Words with Short Vowels

1.crust

2.pass

3.else

4.skill

5.brag

6.thicker

7.began

8.collar

9.drag

10.smell

11.brick

12.felt

13.spill

14.button

15.held

16.trust

17.kept

18.trick

19.shell

20.begin 

 
 
Highlighted words are for students with a reduced spelling list (on 504 or IEP)