Spelling Words
fourth grade
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These are fourth grade spelling words. In each unit the top words are the basic words and the second set of words are the enrichment words. Please check with your child's teacher to see which set they are required to learn.
If you notice any errors please contact: Marcia Millwee at: Marcia.Millwee@dcs.edu Thank you
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crust pass else skill brag zipper began collar drag smell brick felt spill button held trust kept trick shell begin Enrichment crop dinner land lunch test camera contest discuss public swift digest pulse exert rate lungs canal inlet coastal river England |
wise huge case alone rise cube fame beside blame chose tire became awhile spoke wife drove surprise scale alive invite Enrichment close face size write wrote complete froze include locate underline fifty ninety nineteen thousand seventy dessert sandwich diet spinach dine |
aim holiday paper station ab le crayon flavor lazy brain anyway remain favor rail taste trailer lady nation relay fail radio Enrichment away laid maybe paint explain grayest midday prepaid reclaim barrier scrape reef surf sailboat cardboard poster clay wire modeling |
field lead speed believe deal piece reach breeze speak agree least season between chief steam degree reason brief repeat peach Enrichment cheese leave mean peace speech beliefs beneath decrease freedom make-believe beetle lizard grasshopper reptile insect chicken pox itch fever measles flu |
eyes icicle tight climb umpire highway idea flight cycle fright iron slight tiny higher shy hire buy might reply title Enrichment fight find price right wild arrive delight silent style supply carried grabbed chased hurried climbed hiked wandered march wobbled strolled |
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poet coast pillow hotel also clothes pony bold moment obey grown hello motel boast glow goal poem shown hero fold Enrichment below nobody over rainbow soap bowl groceries growth loaves narrow farming sowing prairie visit reaper cello viola harp violin strings |
flute view student whose clue human juice few true tube truth glue dew lose tulip used due fruit music rule Enrichment balloon drew news pool threw amuse beauty continue movies suitcase blue jeans railroad matter waterfall mind canary parrot chicken plumage feather |
flour however coil enjoy amount powder moist vowel spoil flower joint joy power royal foil plow choice mouth crowd mount Enrichment about boil found house join allowance avoid couch employ tower adjective pronoun adverb verb noun duet tenor solo bass trio |
forgot bought nor haul ought forest sport thought daughter port sort record taught brought forth because fought report forty caught Enrichment before form morning north story audience author enormous important launch blossom petals nectar pollen orchard airport railway cargo stock depot |
near steer certain return tear thirst perfect fear term cheer turkey firm ear burst rear serve year person clear herd Enrichment curl dirt fur heard herself appear burnt career circulate deserve injure strain jogging stretching risk fact jury honor justice juror |
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share cart beware march rare army charge stare market compare mark alarm parent chart spare smart charm scare apart spark Enrichment bare fare hare large partly argue aware carpet declare pardon barge skiff ferry tugboat schooner centimeter kilometer decimeter millimeter kilogram |
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meant build flood laugh breakfast enough sweater rough bread touch spread tough already built ready death young instead heavy ahead Enrichment heat board friend great weight plaid pleasant pleasure subhead sweatshirt headache discover cause science cure height temper mood well-being strength |
often knot wring island lamb answer knee written though knock echo known comb wrong limb knife listen honest doubt calm Enrichment half hourly knew knight wrap bret design frighten knapsack thorough crafts sewing handmade weaving knitting answers subtraction numeral zero problem |
quick quarter squint quiz squeeze quote quit squash queen squirm quilt quart squeal quake quill quarrel square quite question quiet Enrichment equal clock fresh grand stitch aquarium quart squirrel square unequal quartet piccolo oboe clarinet bassoon airy liquid gas solid helium |
badge gym rigid gem baggage range dodge package engine cottage gigantic edge gentle strange ridge cabbage bridge hedge village judge Enrichment age change larger largest page apology average imagine judgment general outrage tour pity wit stage dividend remainder division quotient divisor |
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battle pebble single jumble tickle rattle middle bubble sample cattle snuggle kettle jungle ankle giggle simple settle temple battle mumble Enrichment circle couple maple people uncle bicycle needle principle syllable triangle curves rectangle length width polygon pun chuckle silly laughter witty |
stumble trouble angle harden brighten thicken wrinkle soften lighten table dampen moisten double weaken tighten example darken tremble fasten blacken Enrichment kitten mitten open sudden women angle chosen forgotten lengthen straighten century triple decade twice months comet orbit explode planet meteor |
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gather winter master tractor shower major danger enter whether water thunder eager bitter silver minor neither wonder either rather together Enrichment colors father later mother never alligator bother differ passenger professor denominator mixed equally numerator fraction altitude summit crag timber evergreen |
cuter nearer thinnest kinder easiest funnier nearest happier kindest thinner quietest funniest saver quieter safest quicker cutest easier quickest happiest Enrichment closer hotter reddest sharper widest calmest slimmer slimmest sunnier wiser dense smog noise taxicab skyline auction livestock barn ranch corral |
lane break waist passed sore cellar roll died past steak role steel loan dyed seller brake soar steal stake waste Enrichment its it's there their they're capital capitol vain vane vein landscape painting scene pastel toot trap loop sees level |
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he'd you're wasn't she'd they'll aren't let's i'd she'll we've you'd he'll I've hasn't they'd you'll haven't we'll you've hadn't Enrichment can't didn't doesn't I'll I'm couldn't weren't we'd who's who've closing heading envelope signature greeting election taxes govern vote statehood |
unlucky review preschool unfair reheat prepay untie recover preview unhappy rewrite pretest rebuild uncover recheck unlock preheat unsaved reread unpack Enrichment preslice preplan regroup rename unkind prehistoric prerecorded reform refresh unknown alphabet letters cursive strokes handwriting addend facts addition total arithmetic |
farmer skater painter camper listener banker owner learner hiker catcher speaker climber player reader baker dreamer reporter builder singer leader Enrichment ladder teacher redder sadder wider commander pitcher gardener publisher homemaker barter hunter blanket pelt feast elbow socket hinge tendons pivot |
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joyful helpless restful careless useful thankless peaceful hopeless tankful cloudless powerful helpful powerless careful restless wasteful cheerful useless playful thoughtful Enrichment airless lawful landless loveless hurtful awful beautiful homeless senseless weightless ache painful aspirin swollen clinic Canada haddock fishery trawler flounder |
January February March april May June July August september October November December calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Enrichment Month monthly spring summer sunshine bimonthly biweekly daily twenty-seven up-to-date define library dictionary paperback entry colony provide cranberry pumpkin pilgrim |
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monkeys babies teams lunches factories scratches trays libraries members ladies slippers coaches armies friends patches adult pennies holidays stitches sandwiches Enrichment apples branches drums flags inches envelopes essays heroes pianos valleys ashes magma cinders volcano lava factor product groups times multiplication |
farmer's poets' group's calf's watches' fish's poem's calves' brother's herd's couples' mother's wives' child's fathers' daughter's sisters' children's wife's sons' Enrichment city geese grandmother grandfather pies actor artist company youth tourist disease infect hospital virus immune acid crystal antenna metal battery |
kindness treatment stillness apartment fitness pavement weakness shipment brightness agreement placement illness enjoyment darkness movement softness boldness payment thickness sadness Enrichment high pave right round mild argument sickness employment government tardiness colon sentence comma statement period arid dune migrate nomad travel |
tablecloth everyone nearby outdoors high school anywhere flashlight air mail whenever driveway sometimes seat belt basketball mailbox baby sitter upstairs everyday alarm clock newspaper weekend Enrichment anybody anything everything someone something downstairs good-bye homework itself peanut butter core solar eclipse sunspot halo aftershock terror earthquake totter fault |
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Greek Russian Africa American Europe Indian Japanese Australia French Antarctica Canadian Chinese Mexican Spanish America German Italian British Asia Irish Enrichment street east earth west south Colorado New York Texas Washington arctic polar continent strait iceberg ninth thirteenth eleventh fourteenth twelth |
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New words skull stroke betray series magic fired icy beast slope rainy crime raft claim gift male screen basin type seep sty
begin kept trust zipper pass collar held button began felt awhile became beside invite case drove huge wife surprise alone
favor holiday relay trailer able paper nation radio station lady
agree believe field reason between reach speak lead chief piece buy climb might cycle flight eyes tiny idea iron shy |
New words clothing value whom pointed conserve thrown vault beard oyster gear haunt blouse ruin mown moan inform tune growl scorn fern clothes hello moment pillow coast grown also poem obey shown few lose used whose music true fruit human tube rule amount choice flower moist however enjoy mouth power vowel crowd because brought caught thought sort forest record bought report nor certain return tear year cheer person firm near fear clear |
New words starch deaf bomb squab flare squad wage leather fudge writer squawk wreck dread carve mare steady voyage sword queer urge apart chart parent scare market compare share beware mark army built instead meant ready enough young breakfast already build touch answer honest often listen known though island knee wrong calm quiet quit quite square quarter squeeze question queen quilt quick baggage gem judge strange village edge engine range dodge bridge |
New Words paddle driven heir janitor driest trimmer clever handle forever aisle saddle dozen juggle sunniest candle throne isle anger humble smaller middle sample simple single cattle jungle tickle battle bottle settle moisten example fasten trouble brighten harden table lighten darken double together tractor whether wonder either water rather winter neighbor silver cuter easier funniest quietest kindest safest happier nearer kinder nearest break past steel waste roll passed brake waist role steal |
New words preset would've biker painless could've endless yearly kicker unload retell keeper harmful mightn't unemployed weekly should've adventurer glassful preflight blissful haven't let's wasn't your 're aren't he'd I'd we'll you'll I've preschool unlock reread recover rewrite unfair untie unhappy prepay uncover builder listener reporter speaker reader painter player owner leader farmer careless cheerful thoughtful peaceful useless careful useful helpless helpful powerful April February Saturday Wednesday Sunday Friday July monday March June |
New words families parents' Dutch prepayment home run turtleneck cheerfulness Korean friend's matches questions teacher's Portuguese peacefulness meantime Cuban Treaties aunt's swiftness applesauce babies holidays libraries member's friends lunches teams armies patches ladies brother's children fathers' mother's watches' fish's sisters' wife's child's sons' agreement enjoyment kindness thickness stillness movement apartment illness sadness darkness basketball everyday everyone sometimes newspaper outdoors nearby anywhere whenever upstairs Africa American Chinese Spanish Asia Mexican Indian America Irish French |