4th Grade Spelling Words and PDF
The page is a hub for vocabulary words for 4th grade; it includes spelling, academic, and reading words. Its core is 300 spelling words, which are high-frequency words, and the base of other academic classes. From 4th grade, we order the spelling words alphabetically and group them into eight sub-lists with meanings, samples, and exercises. Besides, we link 3 Fry Sight Words groups on the page, which you probably learned before but didn't take as sight words.
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We show the 300 spelling words alphabetically; they are widespread words in daily life. Upon 4th grade, children's spelling words should be over 1500, by which they can write short essays or letters.
Since 4th grade, we organize all words of the grade alphabetically, not by usage frequency. Because these words aren't as often as ones in previous grades, children need more review to master them. An alphabetic list helps to seek a word.
The 4th graders may start to learn how to use online and offline resources to enhance their vocabulary skills. These spelling words have many built-in learning tools, such as spelling, fill-in, and quiz worksheets; they are good options for children to practice.
Since 4th grade, we organize all words of the grade alphabetically, not by usage frequency. Because these words aren't as often as ones in previous grades, children need more review to master them. An alphabetic list helps to seek a word.
The 4th graders may start to learn how to use online and offline resources to enhance their vocabulary skills. These spelling words have many built-in learning tools, such as spelling, fill-in, and quiz worksheets; they are good options for children to practice.
ability
activity
actor
afternoon
aim
aircraft
Alabama
align
angry
announcer
anyway
arrest
arthritis
asleep
assign
astronaut
attack
August
backyard
balloon
Baltimore
bandage
barbecue
beard
bedroom
boarder
border
brake
breakfast
bridge
bucket
burglar
bush
busy
butterfly
calendar
camera
Canada
cardinal
careful
castle
caterpillar
chain
character
chase
cheer
cheese
chimney
Cincinnati
circus
clue
clumsy
coach
collar
comb
complain
computer
concert
court
cousin
crayon
cupboard
darkness
deer
description
destroy
Detroit
dinner
dinosaur
dirt
dishwasher
doorbell
doorknob
driveway
due
easily
erase
essay
fantastic
faucet
fault
feather
fifth
final
finalist
finish
forgetful
fossil
Friday
fur
furnace
furniture
glue
governor
graceful
grandfather
grandmother
gruesome
guard
guest
hammer
happily
happiness
Hawaii
hello
helpful
hide
highway
holiday
homework
horrible
hungry
hunter
hurry
hustle
Indiana
intelligent
inventor
jacket
jam
jealous
jeans
jelly
jewelry
joke
journey
kindness
knee
knife
knight
knit
knob
knock
knot
knowledge
ladder
lamb
laundry
lawn
lawyer
lemon
lesson
library
limb
lion
lively
load
locker
lonely
lose
Louisiana
lucky
Maine
manager
marshmallow
math
mechanic
Memphis
Mississippi
Monday
monster
movie
neck
nickel
nickname
nightmare
noise
nowhere
nurse
oatmeal
October
orange
Oregon
painter
pencil
Philadelphia
photo
picnic
player
police
popcorn
potato
prairie
prank
pretend
puddle
pumpkin
pupil
purpose
reader
rebound
referee
rehearsal
reindeer
remodel
remote
repaint
repay
replace
replay
rewrite
royal
sadly
sadness
sailor
sandwich
Saturday
sauce
scanner
scissors
scratch
scream
screen
scrub
search
secret
shadow
shook
sickness
sidewalk
skirt
skyscraper
smash
smoke
soar
socks
somersault
sometime
sore
spray
squeal
squeeze
squirm
squirt
stair
stalk
steal
steer
stereo
stiff
straw
strawberry
strength
strike
supper
tackle
tail
tale
thaw
threat
thrill
thrown
thumb
Thursday
ticket
tight
toast
tomorrow
tooth
torpedo
trail
trophy
Tuesday
turkey
twirl
unconscious
unfold
unhappy
unknown
unlucky
unpack
untie
unwrap
usual
valuable
violence
violinist
Virginia
volleyball
volunteer
wagon
waiter
warrior
Wednesday
whale
whip
whisper
whistle
wonderful
word
worst
wrap
wreck
wren
wrench
wrestle
wrestler
wrist
wristwatch
Academic Words
Word List for Arts
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analyze 
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break down into components or essential features | |
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antonym
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word of opposite meaning; counter term | |
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autobiography
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biography or story written by yourself | |
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brainstorm
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try to solve a problem by thinking intensely about it; the clear understanding of a complex situation | |
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compound sentence
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n. two coordinate independent clauses | |
Word List for Social
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agriculture
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practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
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American Indian
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a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, esp. those of North America | |
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capital resources
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human-made goods, tools, machines and buildings used to produce other goods and services | |
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coastal plain
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plain adjacent to a coast | |
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colonization
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | |
Word List for Math
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area
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plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range | |
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bar graph
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a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities | |
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decimal
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numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 | |
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denominator
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the divisor of a fraction | |
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distributive property
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a special way in which multiplication is applied to addition of two or more numbers in which each term inside a set of parentheses can be multiplied by a factor outside the parentheses | |
Word List for Science
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adaptation
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the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) | |
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calorie
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unit of heat; unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree | |
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carbohydrate
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essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals | |
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carnivore
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any animal that feeds on flesh | |
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circuit
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electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow | |
Word List for Literature
Alice's Adventures Word List
peep | |
v. look quickly and furtively at something, especially through a narrow opening | |
daisy | |
n. a small grassland plant that has flowers with a yellow disk and white rays | |
curiosity | |
n. something unusual, perhaps worthy of collecting | |
hedge | |
n. a fence or boundary formed by closely growing bushes or shrubs | |
peg | |
n. a small stick or hook that sticks out from a surface and from which objects, especially clothes, can hang | |
The Fir Tree Word List
prattle | |
v. speak about unimportant matters rapidly n. idle or foolish and irrelevant talk | |
pitcher | |
n. a large container, typically earthenware, glass, or plastic, with a handle and a lip | |
shoot | |
n. a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant | |
glitter | |
v. be shiny, as if wet n. the occurrence of a small flash or spark | |
comely | |
a. very pleasing to the eye | |
The Snow Queen Word List
mischievous | |
a. deliberately causing harm or damage | |
fright | |
n. an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger | |
mole | |
n. a small usually brown spot on the skin | |
grin | |
n. a facial expression produced by grinning especially in pleasure or amusement | |
pervert | |
v. change the inherent purpose or function of something | |
The Goose Girl Word List
betroth | |
v. give to in marriage | |
trinket | |
n. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing | |
brook | |
n. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) | |
yonder | |
a. distant but within sight | |
meek | |
a. quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive | |
Snowdrop Word List
ebony | |
n. tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork | |
prick | |
v. make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn | |
sprinkle | |
v. distribute loosely | |
vain | |
a. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance | |
spruce | |
a. neat in dress and appearance | |
Ashputtel Word List
nigh | |
ad. near in time or place or relationship | |
parlour | |
n. a room in a private house used for relaxing, especially one that was kept tidy for entertaining guests | |
frock | |
n. a one-piece garment for a woman | |
copse | |
n. a dense growth of bushes | |
hazel | |
a. of a light brown or yellowish brown color | |
Lily and the Lion Word List
dreary | |
a. lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | |
fierce | |
a. physically violent and frightening | |
soothe | |
v. make someone feel calm or less worried | |
enchanted | |
a. affected by magic or seeming to be affected by magic | |
courteously | |
ad. in a polite manner | |
The Raven Word List
enchantment | |
n. a magical spell | |
on no account | |
ad. not be done at any time or for any reason | |
draught | |
n. a serving of drink | |
fatigue | |
n. extreme tiredness | |
temptation | |
n. something that makes you want to do or have something that you know you should not | |
Tom Thumb Word List
puff | |
v. blow hard and loudly | |
make haste | |
v. hurry up | |
bridle | |
n. a set of leather straps that are put around a horse's head to allow its rider to control it | |
urchin | |
n. poor and often mischievous city child | |
clod | |
n. a piece of soil or clay | |
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The 3 groups of Fry sight words are supposed to learn in previous grades, but you may not take them as sight words. It's time to own them completely.
The 3 groups of Fry sight words are supposed to learn in previous grades, but you may not take them as sight words. It's time to own them completely.