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Week 1Prefixes un-, re- and dis-
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Week 2Endings -ful, -less and -ly
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Week 3Silent letters
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Week 4Double consonants
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Week 5Words ending in -tion
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Week 6Irregular past tense
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4th grade spelling words — six weeks of ten. Printed from https://vocabularygames.org/spelling-practice/4th-grade-spelling-words/
About these lists
A fourth grader starts to see that long words are built from shorter ones. “Unclear” is “un” plus “clear”; “wonderful” is “wonder” plus “ful”. Once a child spots the parts, a long word stops being a long string of letters.
The other weeks deal with what sound cannot tell: letters that are silent, consonants that double, the -tion ending and past-tense verbs that do not take -ed.
What trips children up in grade 4
- The ending -ful has one l: “useful”, “beautiful”, even though the word “full” has two.
- Silent letters come from older pronunciations: the k in “know”, the w in “write”, the gh in “night”.
- -tion is said “shun” but never written that way; it is the most common ending a child meets in longer words.
- Irregular past forms have to be learned one by one: “ran”, not “runned”; “thought”, not “thinked”.
A week with one list
Split each word into its parts with a pencil line before writing it: un | clear, wonder | ful.
Read the silent letters week aloud with every letter sounded, then normally — the odd version is the one that sticks.
Print the worksheets for the week and finish with the home test on Friday.
Worksheets and the game
Under week 1, “Make worksheets from this list” opens the worksheet generator with unclear, unpaid, unplug and the other 7 words of “prefixes un-, re- and dis-” filled in, ready to print for grade 4: each word read, traced and written four times, then a home test, with a QR code in the corner that opens the same list in Words Tower. “Play in the game” starts a tower from the same week at once, the grade 4 words said aloud at the doors; nothing to install, no ads, and progress stays on your device.
Questions
What spelling skills are taught in fourth grade?
Prefixes such as un-, re- and dis-, suffixes such as -ful, -less and -ly, the -tion ending, silent letters, double consonants and irregular verbs. Our six weeks take one group each.
My child spells well in tests but not in writing. Why?
Tests check one word at a time; writing asks for spelling while thinking about ideas. Short daily dictation of a sentence with the week’s words helps carry it over.
Do the lists work for children learning English?
Yes. In the game, a translation can be added to each word in the list, and the recorded voice gives the pronunciation.
Is it free?
Yes. The lists, the recordings, the worksheets and the game are free, with no ads and no sign-up; progress stays in the browser on your own device.
Our school sends its own list. Can we use that instead?
Yes. Type it into the worksheet generator to print it, or paste it into the game under Test prep and set the test date. These lists are for the weeks when nothing comes home, or for extra practice.
Other grades
Before this: 3rd grade spelling words. Next: 5th grade spelling words. How the week before a spelling test works with the game: spelling test prep.