4th Grade Spelling Words List: Full Year

Use it to plan the year, or send it home at the start of the year so families can see every list. The weekly spelling list packs have the same words, with a take-home list and a test page for each week.

3 pages. Weeks 1 to 12: short vowels, two syllables, long vowels, two syllables, vowel teams in longer words, vowel sounds ou, ow, oi and oy, r-controlled, longer words, words with au, aw and ough, homophones, adding -ed, -ing: long words, plurals with -s and -es, prefixes in-, im-, il- and ir-, prefixes over-, under- and sub-, suffixes -ment, -ness and -ship. Weeks 13 to 24: suffixes -able and -ible, suffixes -ous and -ive, Greek roots tele, photo, graph, Latin roots port, rupt, struct, endings -tion, -sion and -ture, endings -er and -or for people, endings -le, -el and -al, silent consonants, compound words, words with ch, tch and ph, endings -en, -an and -on, easily confused words. Weeks 25 to 36: words with qu and squ, number and measurement words, more contractions, social studies words, science words, endings -ary and -ery, words with ei and ie, double consonants, three-syllable words, prefixes de-, ex- and pro-, change y to i before a suffix, tricky words.

Yes. We made it for 4th Grade spelling lists, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

10 words a week for 36 weeks, a full school year.

One pattern a week: vowel patterns in longer words, homophones, prefixes and suffixes in weeks 1 to 12, more suffixes, Greek and Latin roots and word endings in weeks 13 to 24, then subject area words, ei and ie, double consonants and three-syllable words in weeks 25 to 36.

Yes. Every weekly page has the take-home list of 10 4th grade words at the top and a numbered spelling test below a cut line, ready for Friday.

Send the list home on Monday, practice the pattern in class during the week, and give the test on Friday. Keep a few minutes each day for reading and writing the words in sentences.