Fourth Grade Spelling Words – 36 Week Program

The fourth grade spelling words curriculum below spans 36 weeks and includes a master spelling list and five different printable spelling activities per week to help support learning. You may print materials for your classroom or distribute them to parents for home use. (read more about the spelling curriculum design.) To take full advantage of the program, consider using the spelling program together with the companion 4th grade reading comprehension worksheets.

Teacher / Parent Materials (PDF Format)

4th Grade Master Spelling List (36 weeks/6 pages) View Master Spelling List
This master list includes 36 weeks of spelling lists, and covers sight words, academic words, and 4th grade level appropriate patterns for words, focusing on word families, prefixes/suffixes, homophones, compound words, word roots/origins and more.
4th Grade Dictation Sentences are now included in each week’s activity set: The teacher/parent will read each sentence aloud and the student will write each sentence on the provided worksheet. This helps ensure that students are making the connection between the spelling words and how they are used in context. It also allows you to check and correct problems with language conventions such as capitalization and punctuation.

Each week  includes 5 Different 3rd Grade Spelling Activities! 

Fourth Grade Spelling Words Worksheets (PDF Format)

SPELLING LISTS & ACTIVITIES FOCUS
Spelling Words Master List Master 4th Grade Spelling List Master Spelling List for all weeks
Week 1 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, schwa n, and academic vocabulary
Week 2 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, schwa n, and academic vocabulary
Week 3 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, schwa n, and academic vocabulary
Week 4 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, al/il, and academic vocabulary
Week 5 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, al/il, and academic vocabulary
Week 6 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, ile/il, and academic vocabulary
Week 7 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, al/el, and academic vocabulary
Week 8 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, le pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 9 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, ure pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 10 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, cher pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 11 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, sher pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 12 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, ure pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 13 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, ure pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 14 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, ure pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 15 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, et pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 16 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, it pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 17 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, age pattern, and academic vocabulary
Week 18 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, edge/idge patterns, and academic vocabulary
Week 19 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, long o words, and academic vocabulary
Week 20 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, long o words, and academic vocabulary
Week 21 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, short o words, and academic vocabulary
Week 22 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, short u words, and academic vocabulary
Week 23 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, long u words, and academic vocabulary
Week 24 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 25 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 26 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 27 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 28 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words,r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 29 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 30 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, r-controlled vowels, and academic vocabulary
Week 31 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, oo/ew words, and academic vocabulary
Week 32 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, oo words, and academic vocabulary
Week 33 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, shun sound, and academic vocabulary
Week 34 Spelling Words List and activities Sight words, shun sound, and academic vocabulary
Week 35 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, shun sound, and academic vocabulary
Week 36 Spelling Words List and activities  Sight words, shun sound, and academic vocabulary