Fourth grade words: Academic vocabulary words for 4th graders
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4th Grade (Level D) Spelling Series
4th Grade Spelling Units
Spelling Unit D-1
Unit D-1 is the first unit in our 4th grade spelling series. This list has 25 words with the short-a and short-e vowel sounds. List includes: package, meant, taxes, shelf, rapid, dwell, eggplant, alligator, camper, attitude, special, nonsense, enter, activity, festive, elephant, measure, bandage, spend, and scrap.
Spelling Unit D-2
These spelling lists and worksheets feature short i, short-o, and short-u words, such as costume, olive, shock, follower, fudge, cousin, switch, fling, shrimp, window, octopus, suddenly, swift, crunch, cotton, kitchen, imitate, important, prompt, and building.
Spelling Unit D-3
Unit D-3 has long-a words, including painter, shape, danger, skater, space, drain, painful, faint, crazy, basic, famous, ranger, tasty, phrase, weight, frame, change, steak, radio, and eighth.
Spelling Unit D-4
This list has 20 long-e spelling words: cookie, season, freezing, breeze, eager, brief, shiny, stream, speaking, leader, jelly, seamstress, thirteen, relieved, honey, slimy, repeating, agree, thief, and beetle.
Spelling Unit D-5
Short-oo words are the focus on this week’s spelling lessons. Word list: football, push, cushion, wonderful, pulled, pudding, sugar, bulletin, could, bookshelf, brook, goodbye, understood, woolly, wooden, crooked, bushel, would, shook, and lookout.
Spelling Unit D-6
This week’s focus is long-oo and long-u words. List: uniform, mute, unicorn, threw, salute, stew, chewing, juice, curfew, usually, bugle, utensil, music, duel, blueberry, tuned, excuse, toothache, unusual, using.
Spelling Unit D-7
Long-i and long-o words are this week’s theme. Throne, whole, mobile, boast, poet, frightening, license, throat, mileage, tonight, lighten, oldest, stolen, reply, thrive, highway, exercise, grown, recognize, toaster, icicle, and online.
Spelling Unit D-8
These words have vowel-consonant-(silent e) endings. Full list: phone, adore, supervise, lemonade, became, calculate, include, blame, impose, behave, underline, alone, scrape, alive, surprise, awhile, ignite, froze, drapes, and beside.
Spelling Unit D-9
The words in this unit have the /aw/ and /ou/ vowel sounds. Bounce, always, slouch, frown, sauce, aloud, sprout, mountain, false, howling, awful, drawn, jigsaw, awning, pounce, scouted, couch, scrounge, squawk, and coleslaw.
Spelling Unit D-10
This unit has words with double consonants. Officer, worried, arrival, scanner, proceed, fitness, equally, approve, install, mirror, grammar, career, warrior, offend, succeed, cabbage, traffic, swollen, toolbar, and glimmer.
Spelling Unit D-11
Pluralizing nouns that end with the letter y is the topic for this week. Puppies, surveys, candies, countries, parties, varieties, skies, railways, trays, hobbies, families, kidneys, journeys, flies, supplies, essays, keys, valleys, memories, and delays.
Spelling Unit D-12
More plural nouns. Word list: children, marches, potatoes, scarves, itches, heroes, brushes, twitches, patches, halves, foxes, echoes, sketches, women, loaves, wolves, stitches, compasses, species, and buffaloes.
Spelling Unit D-13
Words on this list are action verbs with -ed or -ing suffixes.
Flying, visited, admitted, allowing, traveling, shortened, listening, controlled, participating, smiling, coughing, laughing, stopping, poured, inherited, worrying, argued, wandered, lied, and sobbed.
Spelling Unit D-14
Each of these words ends with the letters -el or -le. Carousel, barrel, middle, towel, channel, noodle, wiggle, jewel, caramel, pickle, eagle, cancel, bicycle, kennel, chuckle, couple, multiple, scramble, vowel, and parallel.
Spelling Unit D-15
Learn to spell comparative and superlative adjectives ending with -er and -est. Strongest, fastest, cleanest, tougher, silliest, heavier, darker, loudest, happier, sleepiest, colder, softer, highest, youngest, brighter, smoother, windiest, dirtier, hungrier, and calmer.
Spelling Unit D-16
Practice spelling compound words, such as: skateboard, shipwreck, strawberry, saltwater, everybody, dishwasher, wallpaper, windshield, motorboat, leadership, lifestyle, staircase, applesauce, yearbook, firefighter, daredevil, meatball, overdue, clockwise, and briefcase.
Spelling Unit D-17
These words have the /ow/ and /oi/ sounds. Allowance, noisy, royal, moisten, eyebrow, boiling, drowsy, boundary, fountain, astounding, joining, thousand, around, tower, cloudy, crowded, chowder, choice, employ, and appointment.
Spelling Unit D-18
This week’s focus is prefixes. All words have one of the following prefixes: re-, mis-, un-, im-, and in-. Full list: mismatch, removed, unknown, review, rearrange, unlike, misplace, untangle, unhealthy, unequal, incorrect, reappear, mistaken, regroup, unable, impatient, unstable, recharge, impossible, and unwrapped.
Spelling Unit D-19
These spelling words all have suffixes. Colorful, cheerful, remarkable, adaptable, careless, active, reasonable, likable, breakable, memorable, breathless, impressive, honorable, hopeless, thoughtful, miserable, massive, wonderful, and creative, and spotless.
Spelling Unit D-20
The theme for this unit is r-controlled vowels. Word list: porcupine, splurge, purse, morning, creature, picture, circular, according, modern, search, argue, nature, afford, surround, service, pardon, tomorrow, sharpen, urgent, and apartment.
Spelling Unit D-21
This unit’s words all have silent consonants. Words include: muscle, debris, salmon, doubt, cupboard, whistle, ballet, yolk, wrestle, plumber, column, gourmet, autumn, buffet, subtle, castle, soften, knowledge, answer, and daughter.
Spelling Unit D-22
Learn about homophones! List includes horse/hoarse, chilly/chili, cents/scents, disgust/discussed, ate/eight, and aisle/I’ll.
Spelling Unit D-23
With these printable worksheets, students will practice spelling a variety of three-syllable words, such as telephone, pajamas, imagine, telescope, rectangle, principal, hospital, envelope, celery, policeman, internet, cabinet, spaghetti, banana, library, microwave, tomato, privacy, history, and vitamin.
Spelling Unit D-24
Long, four-syllable words are found on this list. Transportation, caterpillar, appreciate, relaxation, information, ability, relationship, watermelon, eternity, discovery, ordinary, helicopter, certificate, technology, apologize, identical, geography, macaroni, and community.
Spelling Unit D-25
Spotlight phonics topic for this week is vowel-consonant-consonant-vowel (VCCV) words. List includes: dentist, welcome, insect, perfume, corner, capture, pencil, survive, extend, subject, silver, sandal, shelter, hunger, dislike, reptile, absent, college, confess, and secret.
Spelling Unit D-26
Practice spelling and writing contractions! They’ll, couldn’t, you’ve, mustn’t, they’ve, she’s, you’ll, he’s, would’ve, wouldn’t, who’ll, could’ve, they’re, shouldn’t, who’s, who’d, you’d, should’ve, o’clock, they’d, there’s, and you’re.
Spelling Unit D-27
This unit has words with the letters w, x, y, and z.
Taxicab, between, zebra, zoology, awkward, examine, yawned, bronze, exhale, hexagon, yeast, exhibit, youthful, oyster, tuxedo, dynamite, rhythm, maximize, ozone, civilized, warmth, and awesome.
Spelling Unit D-28
Learn to spell proper nouns. Words include oceans, city names, countries, people’s names, and famous landmarks. Earth, John F. Kennedy, Mount Everest, Times Square, California, London, Central Park, Taj Mahal, Atlantic Ocean, Stonehenge, Venus, Neil Armstrong, Egypt, Elvis Presley, George Washington, Brazil, Honolulu.
Spelling Unit D-29
This list has many rhyming words: kangaroo, review, avenue, and through; appreciate, activate; delete, parakeet, athlete, and retreat; appetite, delight
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Spelling Unit D-30
This is the final unit in the 4th grade spelling series. These words have the /kw/ sound, spelled with the letters qu. Word list: squint, inquire, masquerade, quotation, conquer, aquarium, squirm, squirrel, question, squash, squiggle, quiver, bouquet, squeak, squeeze, quieter, liquid, quail, squat, quarter, quarrel, and equator.
Holiday Units
Halloween Spelling Unit (Level D)
This list has twenty-five Halloween words for your students to spell. Nighttime, witch, wizard, pumpkin, ghost, vampire, goblin, tombstone, October, shadows, jack-o-lantern, trick-or-treat, Frankenstein, scariest, and broomstick.
Thanksgiving Spelling Unit (USA)
This unit has the words Thanksgiving, autumn, colony, longhouse, Squanto, settler, squash, celebration, Pilgrim, Native American, grateful, vegetables, delicious, England, utensils, November, tradition, Thursday, stuffing, and cranberry.
Christmas Spelling Unit (Level D)
This holiday-themed spelling unit includes the following words: ornaments, evergreen, reindeer, Christmas tree, holly berries, gifts, mistletoe, wreath, hot cocoa, elf, angel, chimney, cookies, Santa Claus, gingerbread, eggnog, Mrs. Claus, snowflakes, December, exchange, decorations, tinsel, caroling, chestnuts, and twinkling lights.
Easter Spelling Unit (Level D)
This Easter-themed unit contains the following words: basket, pastels, carrots, parade, coloring eggs, chocolates, hopping, brunch, duckling, tulips, daffodil, jellybeans, Easter, springtime, decorate, rabbits, Sunday, butterfly, hidden, and bonnet.
Theme Units
Canada Words (Theme)
This theme unit is all about Canada. Words in this unit include: Prime Minister, Parliament, Canada, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, maple leaf, beaver, Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto, hockey, Niagara Falls, Northern Hemisphere, Alberta, New Brunswick, province, Quebec, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Queen Elizabeth II, Ontario, Yukon, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, and British Columbia.
Electricity Words (Theme)
This electricity-themed spelling unit includes the following words: circuit, battery, heat, charge, amperage, insulators, plug, wire, power, current, spark, flow, terminals, positive, negative, voltage, closed, open, parallels, components, lightning, electrical, energy, zapped, and complete.
Sports Words (Theme)
Here is your sports-themed spelling unit: coach, running, volleyball, championship, gymnasium, field, ball, throw, pitcher, soccer, cyclist, racing, overtime, kickball, baseball, athletics, basketball, diving, dodgeball, hockey, halftime, waterskiing, referee, wrestling, and golfing.
Periodic Table Words (Theme)
This theme unit is all about the periodic table of the elements. The words in this unit include: elements, periodic table, gases, metals, magnesium, aluminum, gold, silver, copper, atomic number, science, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, neon, lead, zinc, carbon, helium, mercury, nickel, platinum, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sodium.
Old STW Spelling Series
4th Grade Spelling (Level D) Old STW Series
The old STW spelling curriculum has 24 units. Each unit has one or two worksheets to go along with it.
Assignments for independent work in the Russian language for grade 4 on the topic “Word Composition”
Assignments for independent work in the Russian language
for 4th grade on the topic “Word Composition”
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Cross out the extra word. This didactic game can be done as pair or group work. Prepare written words on cards.
1. Rocket, crustacean, shell, cancer.
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2. Salty, straws, salt shaker, hodgepodge.
3. Music, musical, museum, muse.
4. Muscles, muscular, thinking.
5. Island, sharp, islet, peninsula.
6. Lead, mumps, pig, pig.
7. Joy, rainbow, rejoice, joyful.
8. Tenant, dwelling, veins, dwelling.
9. Speech, river, speech.
10. Rose, pink, search, rosette.
11. Pen, manual, stream.
12. Tailor, portrait, portrait painter.
13. Gray, grey, series, dullness.
14. Snowflake, reduce, snowy, snowy.
15. Blind, blindness, blind, mole rat.
16. Smart, wash, mind, smart girl.
2. Game-competition “Who is more”.
I game variant
The class is divided into 2-3 teams (in rows).
The teacher prepares several cards on which the roots of words are written. For example: uch, birches, pain. One student from each team comes out and chooses a card. The teacher posts the selected cards on the board. The game is played on a relay basis. Students think about it, go to the blackboard and write single-root words under the roots. The team that has picked up more single-root words and made no mistakes wins.
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II variant of the game-competition “Who is more” can be played in the form of the game “Silence”.
The preparation is the same as in option I, but the children do not write down the same-root words on the blackboard, but the sheet is handed over to all team members in the field. After 3 minutes, the selected words are read out. The team that has picked up more cognates and made fewer mistakes wins.
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Instruction-algorithm:
- remember the composition of the word;
- read the words of the left column;
- look at the schemes of the right column;
- match the words in the left column with the corresponding diagrams in the right column;
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Form new words. Pupils are invited to form words using the given roots, prefixes, suffixes and endings.
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Vertically.
1. … words are a significant part.
He holds power over related words.
Horizontally.
2. Part of the word that is behind the root.
3. The part of the word that changes is … called.
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4. The part of the word that comes before the root.
5. Service part of speech, which is always written separately from other words.
6. Part of a word without an ending.
7. One who teaches children.
Congratulations to 4th grade graduates: beautiful poetry and prose
As a rule, graduates of the 4th grade celebrate their holiday in the last ten days of May, on the eve of summer holidays. Parents of each school independently decide how to celebrate the graduation of their children. Holiday matinees, tea parties in class or banquets in cafes have become traditional. Voice your congratulations to 4th grade graduates at these events: touching and sincere parting words from parents and teachers will become an important element of the celebration.
Short congratulations
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Guys, I sincerely congratulate you on the holiday! Behind are the elementary grades, ahead is a long journey to high school. May your path be interesting and exciting.
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Dear children, congratulations on your first school graduation! I wish you great success in high school, excellent grades, true friends and new victories.
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May learning new subjects bring pleasure, and may your wise mentors – teachers always help you overcome difficulties. Happy holiday! nine0007
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Congratulations on finishing fourth grade! Let great achievements and new discoveries go hand in hand with you along the further school road. Happy holiday guys!
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Beautiful congratulations in verse
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Say goodbye to your favorite teacher,
Quietly crossing the threshold of the elementary school.
All new knowledge is waiting for you in high school,
But you started the path by entering this class!
Let it be only more and more interesting in the future
Items, knowledge, truths, friends, teachers,
These four years passed with a beautiful song,
You laid the foundation for your life.
Let your undertakings turn into success,
Marks “5”, “excellent” – come out in circulation.
And if you want to look back,
Then remember how good it was in the beginning!
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Four wonderful years! What was not with us.
Four wonderful years, you have become great friends!
Four years have flown by, brought with them a lot of knowledge,
And now you are already on the threshold of great discoveries and quests!
Let your path be cheerful, very interesting and kind,
Collected from the warmest moments, events and holidays.
May only joy await ahead and many discoveries through thorns,
We congratulate you on your graduation, we wish you immense success!
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The threshold is over,
High school welcomes you guys!
How many events await you ahead:
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We congratulate you now from the bottom of our hearts,
You have managed to achieve quite a lot:
Today you are by no means babies,
You have learned the basics of both counting and syllable.
So let everything continue to work out,
Easily you will taste the granites of all sciences,
We will say wishes to you:
You bring the light of knowledge with joy in your souls!
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Let the examples be more complicated, and the sciences wiser,
Everything will work out for you, beyond the threshold – the fifth grade!
Fourth class – sees off, wishes a lot of good things:
A sea of the warmest phrases we want to say now.
We love you, dear, you have become quite big.
Will it get difficult? At any hour – come to this class!
Let study be interesting and useful to all of you,
Let only success and “five” await you further,
Goodbye, good afternoon!
Unusual congratulations in prose
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Dear children, we congratulate you on overcoming the first important milestone – elementary school! We wish that the knowledge gained will help in the further development of the most interesting sciences.
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Guys, I wish your path in high school to be similar to the path of Ivan Tsarevich: all the tests were successfully passed, and the reward for them was the knowledge gained, success, true reliable friends! Happy holiday!
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Dear children, I congratulate you on an important event – graduation from elementary school! I wish that everything goes well for you in high school: that you meet wise teachers, like Mapa Pandiga, interesting and exciting, like Miss Frizzle, and smart, like Grandfather Fixiks; and the same faithful and courageous friends as Chip and Dale, who are always in a hurry to help, studied with you. nine0007
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Friends, our school is a big ship. Today you are moving from the lower deck to the middle link. Congratulations on this wonderful event! I wish you to successfully reach the upper deck. May this path bring you much joy and new knowledge.
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How to properly congratulate 4th grade graduates
Graduation for fourth graders is no less significant event than for high school students. We offer you a small list of gifts that you can please the guys on this important day. nine0007
- Pens, notebooks, albums, any other stationery – the right things for schoolchildren of any age. Present such a present in the original performance.
- Notebook-planner – useful for future high school students, will be an interesting alternative to a regular notebook, will allow you to plan your time.
- Bookshop certificate. The certificate will allow you to make the most relevant gift of all time – a book, while not letting you make a mistake with the choice. nine0090
- A flash drive will be a timely gift for elementary school graduates. After all, there is a lot of new information ahead, which, in addition to textbooks, helps to store electronic media.
- A set for creativity or a board game are suitable as a gift: they will bring variety to leisure, teach new things, entertain children.
