Fourth Grade Student Spelling List

Quarter Three

Quarter
3 / Spelling Words / Dictation Sentences
1 / Words with final –le, -al, -en
chicken / natural / paddle
tangle / eleven / needle
animal / frighten / given
single / spiral / jungle
citizen / marble / national
threaten / oval / several
diagonal / mumble / Mississippi
Florida / Georgia / decompose
multiple
/ *Write a complete sentence correctly using a prepositional phrase.
*Write a complete sentence correctly using the words to and too.
2 / Words with final –er, -ar
brother / similar / filter
theater / regular / hangar
deliver / dinner / never
popular / clever / shelter
supper / cellar / calendar
pitcher / fourths / sixths
halves / troops / together
summer / center / caterpillar
battle
/ *Write an interrogative sentence correctly using a contraction.
*Write a complete sentence correctly using a simile.
3 / Adding /j/, /ks/, and /k/
village / Texas / knowledge
quilt / except / question
fudge / expert / explain
equal / excellent / quick
queen / exercise / charge
excited / quart / bridge
expect / liquid / Tennessee
Governor / president / half
eighths
/ *Write a complete sentence using there and their correctly.
*Write a complete sentence using a metaphor correctly.
4 / Prefixes un-, dis-, in-
distrust / disorder / disrepair
uncertain / discount / inability
incomplete / indirect / disapprove
unlikely / unopened / unsolved
unfair / disrespect / disobey
discontinue / unimportant / unsuspecting
unaware / unlisted / thirds
decimals / quarter / raid
sworn
/ *Write a complete sentence correctly using any word and its synonym.
*Write a complete sentence correctly using a metaphor.
5 / Multisyllabic words
reaction / refreshment / unhappily
questionable / prerecorded / unbreakable
watchfully / repayment / incorrectly
declaration / gleefully / displacement
incredibly / retirement / sportsmanship
midshipman / disobedient / misdialed
disagreeable / undefined / convert
common / office / currency
regiment
/ *Write a complete sentence correctly using any word and its antonym.
*Write a complete sentence using a main verb and a helping verb.
6 / Syllable patterns v/cv and vc/v
basic / olive / beware
tribute / vacant / tiger
emotion / lizard / secret
spinach / cabin / honor
second / tripod / local
donate / dragon / novel
locust / habit / greater
less than / Mobile / Selma
improper fraction
/ *Write a complete sentence correctly using a word with a prefix.
*Write a complete sentence using a main verb and a helping verb.
7 / Greek Word Parts
telephone / barometer / telegraph
periscope / biography / microscope
perimeter / megaphone / telescope
headphones / paragraph / photograph
microphone / phonics / microwave
autograph / symphony / diameter
microchip / saxophone / mixed number
whole number / Montgomery / draft
prisoner
/ * Write a complete sentence using a compound word.
* Write a complete sentence correctly using a word with a Greek root.
8 / Words with Latin Roots
dictionary / locate / erupt
abrupt / portable / passport
dislocate / predict / transport
export / import / bankrupt
contradict / locally / dictate
rupture / verdict / location
interrupt / disrupt / acute
obtuse / reflection / vibration
polygon
/ * Write an exclamatory sentence correctly using a prepositional phrase.
* Write a complete sentence correctly using a word that contains a Latin root.