Spelling Words

fourth grade

 

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

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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

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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

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away

laid

mail

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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its

it's

there

their

they're

capital

capitol

vain

vane

vein

landscape

print

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

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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

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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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unit 34

joyful

helpless

restful

careless

useful

thankless

peaceful

hopeless

tankful

cloudless

powerful

helpful

powerless

careful

restless

wasteful

cheerful

useless

playful

thoughtful

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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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

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street

east

earth

west

south
California

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

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clothing

value

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pointed

conserve

thrown

vault

beard

oyster

gear

haunt

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ruin

mown

moan

inform

tune

growl

scorn

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clothes

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moment

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coast

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whose

music

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mare

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preflight

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preschool

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reread

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listener

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player

owner

leader

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cheerful

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useless

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February

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Wednesday

Sunday

Friday

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monday

March

June

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parents'

Dutch

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home run

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cheerfulness

Korean

friend's

matches

questions

teacher's

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Treaties

aunt's

swiftness

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babies

holidays

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friends

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teams

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children

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mother's

watches'

fish's

sisters'

wife's

child's

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enjoyment

kindness

thickness

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Chinese

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Asia

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