By the Great Horn Spoon!
1. stowaways
2. cargo
3. smartly
4. slake
5. accommodations
6. dire
7. carpetbags
8. dandies
9. pantaloons
10. fray
11. oilskins
12. weathered
13. defraud
14. plague
15. scows
16. argonauts
17. cholera
18. clipper ship
19. bunkers
20. galley
21. berth
22. sidewheeler
23. forged
24. undaunted
25. balmy
26. tea service
27. dandyfunk
28. plum duff
29. despicable
30. joshed
31. imposter
4th Grade Advanced Spelling Words List
Week of April 15, 2012
1. curl
2. Arkansas
3. army
4. hamburger
5. courtesy
6. argue
7. nourish
8. purse
9. courage
10. starve
11. journal
12. return
13. apartment
14. purpose
15. scar
16. furniture
17. surface
18. garbage
19. guitar
20. journey
21. plagiarism
22. seniority
23. warehouse
24. voluntarily
25. turbulence
ADVANCED SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 1, 2012
1. powder
2. drown
3. towel
4. couch
5. our
6. amount
7. outside
8. growls
9. surround
10. downtown
11. spoil
12. loyal
13. oyster
14. poison
15. annoy
16. choice
17. voyage
18. noisy
19. Illinois
20. destroy
21. poisonous
22. Des Moines
23. ointment
24. paranoid
25. flamboyant
SPELLING PACKET: UNIT 28: Suffixes: - ful, less
1. joyful
2. helpless
3. restful
4. careless
5. useless
6. thankless
7. peaceful
8. hopeless
9. thankful
10. cloudless
11. powerful
12. helpful
13. powerless
14. careful
15. restless
16. wasteful
17. cheerful
18. useless
19. playful
20. thoughtful
ADVANCED SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 25, 2012
1. themselves
2. loaves
3. lives
4. halves
5. leaves
6. portfolios
7. embargoes
8. chefs
9. handkerchiefs
10. calves
11. unbelievable
12. fluorescent
13. exclaimed
14. capitalize
15. emperor
16. turmoil
17. exploit
18. employer
19. cauliflower
20. foundation
21. studios
22. imbroglio
23. piccolo
24. scenario
25. sopranos
SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 19, 2012
PREFIXES: un-, re-, pre-
1. unlucky
2. review
3. preschool
4. unfair
5. reheat
6. prepay
7. untie
8. recover
9. preview
10. unhappy
11. rewrite
12. pretest
13. rebuild
14. uncover
15. recheck
16. unlock
17. preheat
18. unsafe
19. reread
20. unpack
ADVANCED SPELLING
1. throughout
2. silverware
3. thumbtack
4. clothesline
5. blueprint
6. patios
7. radios
8. videos
9. banjos
10. pianos
11. echoes
12. tornadoes
13. heroes
14. tomatoes
15. hooves
16. beliefs
17. roofs
18. cuffs
19. cliffs
20. breakthrough
21. afterthought
22. showpiece
23. snowboarding
24. heirloom
25. potatoes
SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 26, 2012
ADVANCED SPELLING LIST
1. Utah
2. laundry
3. booth
4. usually
5. scoop
6. launch
7. jewel
8. future
9. humor
10. broom
11. igloo
12. mildew
13. accumulate
14. slaughter
15. applause
16. necessary
17. environment
18. adopted
19. embarrassed
20. ambulance
21. bamboozle
22. Baton Rouge
23. distraught
24. New Hampshire
25. claustrophobic
CONTRACTIONS
1. he'd
2. you're
3. wasn't
4. she'd
5. they'll
6. aren't
7. let's
8. I'd
9. she'll
10. we've
11. you'd
12. he'll
13. I've
14. hasn't
15. they'd
16. you'll
17. haven't
18. we'll
19. you've
20. hadn't
SPELLING FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 22, 2012
ADVANCED UNIT 20
1. answered
2. answering
3. decided
4. deciding
5. included
6. including
7. omitted
8. omitting
9. satisfied
10. satisfying
11. delayed
12. delaying
13. remembered
14. remembering
15. exercised
16. exercising
17. interfered
18. interfering
19. occurred
20. occurring
21. staggered
22. patrolled
23. dignified
24. staggering
25. patrolling
26. dignifying
Unit 20-Final-le & -en Words
1. stumble
2. trouble
3. eagle
4. harden
5. brighten
6. thicken
7. wrinkle
8. soften
9. lighten
10. table
11. dampen
12. moisten
13. double
14. weaken
15. tighten
16. example
17. darken
18. tremble
19. fasten
20. blacken
SPELLING FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 29, 2012
ADVANCED UNIT 21-HOMOPHONES
1. bazar
2. bizarre
3. cent
4. cereal
5. chili
6. chilly
7. coarse
8. council
9. counsel
10. course
11. dependence
12. dependents
13. marshal
14. martial
15. overseas
16. oversee
17. patience
18. patients
19. ring
20. scent
21. sent
22. serial
23. their
24. there
25. they're
26. wring
UNIT 21 - er & -or ending words
1. gather
2. minor
3. winter
4. master
5. tractor
6. shower
7. major
8. danger
9. enter
10. whether
11. water
12. thunder
13. eager
14. bitter
15. silver
16. neither
17. wonder
18. either
19. rather
20. together
SPELLING FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 15
(PACKET)
1. bottle
2. pebble
3. single
4. jumble
5. tickle
6. rattle
7. middle
8. bubble
9. sample
10. cattle
11. snuggle
12. kettle
13. jungle
14. ankle
15. giggle
16. simple
17. settle
18. temple
19. battle
20. mumble
ADVANCED SPELLING
1. reduce
2. attitude
3. sewer
4. New York
5. review
6. value
7. continue
8. humid
9. United States
10. universe
11. costume
12. absolutely
13. assume
14. renew
15. viewpoint
16. interview
17. preview
18. rescue
19. uniform
20. reunion
21. newcomer
22. aptitude
23. curlicue
24. ukulele
25. fugitive
(SINGLE SHEET)
1. poetry
2. beautiful
3. thirteen
4. tongue
5. pieces
6. neighborhood
7. thousand
8. through
9. unusual
10. building
11. license
12. remodel
13. grateful
14. enemy
15. instrument
16. perform
17. prefer
18. judged
19. adjusted
20. soldier
21. prliminary
22. tremendous
23. medicore
24. perception
25. neutrality
SPELLING FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 27
Short a, short e, short i, or short u
1. meant
2. build
3. flood
4. laugh
5. breakfast
6. enough
7. sweater
8. rough
9. bread
10. touch
11. spread
12. tough
13. already
14. built
15. ready
16. death
17. youth
18. instead
19. heavy
20. ahead
SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 23
/or/, /o/
VOWEL SOUNDS
1. forgot
2. bought
3. nor
4. haul
5. ought
6. forest
7. sport
8. thought
9. daughter
10. port
11. sort
12. record
13. taught
14. brought
15. forth
16. because
17. fought
18. report
19. forty
20. caught
R-Controlled
Vowels: /ir/, /ur/
1. near
2. steer
3. certain
4. return
5. tear
6. thirst
7. perfect
8. fear
9. term
10. cheer
11. turkey
12. firm
13. ear
14. burst
15. rear
16. serve
17. year
18. person
19. clear
20. herd
SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2011
1. flour
2. however
3. coil
4. enjoy
5. amount
6. powder
7. moist
8. vowel
9. spoil
10. flower
11. joint
12. joy
13. power
14. royal
15. foil
16. plow
17. choice
18. mouth
19. crowd
20. mount
SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9, 2011
Vowel Sounds: /yoo/, /oo/
1. flute
2. view
3. student
4. whose
5. clue
6. human
7. juice
8. few
9. true
10. tube
11. truth
12. glue
13. dew
14. lose
15. tulip
16. used
17. due
18. fruit
19. music
20. rule
SPELLING FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 2, 2011
Long o: o, oa, ow
1. poet
2. coast
3. pillow
4. hotel
5. also
6. clothes
7. pony
8. bold
9. moment
10. obey
11. grown
12. hello
13. motel
14. boast
15. glow
16. goal
17. poem
18. shown
19. hero
20. fold
SCIENCE VOCABULARY FOR WEEK OF OCTOBER 2, 2011
Quiz on Tuesday, October 4
1. electric charge (page 9)
An electric charge is a property of some parts of matter that is
described as positive or negative.
2. static electricity (page 9)
The build up of positive or negative electric charges on an object.
3. electric current (page 14)
Electric charges in motion.
4. resistance (page 15)
Resistance means that the material does not allow electric current to
flow through easily.
5. series circuit (page 16)
Electric charges can flow in only one circular path. Any break in the
path stops the current
from flowing.
6. parallel circuit (page 20)
A parallel circuit has tow or more paths through which electric charges
may flow.
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
SPELLING: UNIT 5: Lone i:i, i-C-e,y, igh, ey, uy
1. eyes
2. icicle
3. tight
4. climb
5. umpire
6. highway
7. idea
8. flight
9. cycle
10. fright
11. iron
12. slight
13. tiny
14. higher
15. shy
16. hire
17. buy
18. might
19. reply
20. title
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
SPELLING: UNIT 4: Long e: ea, ee, ie
1. field
2. lead
3. speed
4. believe
5. deal
6. piece
7. reach
8. breeze
9. speak
10. agree
11. least
12. season
13. between
14. chief
15. steam
16. degree
17. reason
18. brief
19. repeat
20. peach
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 4, 2011
SPELLING: UNIT 3: Long a: a, ai, ay
1. aim
2. holiday
3. paper
4. station
5. able
6. crayon
7. flavor
8. lazy
9. brain
10. anyway
11. remain
12. favor
13. rail
14. taste
15. trailer
16. lady
17. nation
18. relay
19. frail
20. radio
SPELLING: UNIT 2: Vowel-Consonant-e
WEEK OF AUGUST 28
1. wise
2. huge
3. case
4. alone
5. rise
6. cube
7. fame
8. beside
9. blame
10. chose
11. tire
12. became
13. awhile
14. spoke
15. wife
16. drove
17. surprise
18. scale
19. alive
20. invite
What is Figurative Language?
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else,
you are using figurative language.
Simile
A simile uses the words “like” or “as”
to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike.
Example: busy as a bee
Metaphor
The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison.
A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it
says you are something.
Example: You are what you eat.
Personification
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given
to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.
Alliteration
The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a
series of words.
Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the
seashore.
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound
made by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop
Hyperbole
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement
is true.
Tall tales are hyperboles.
Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and
all.
Idioms
According to Webster's Dictionary, an idiom is defined as: peculiar to itself
either grammatically (as no, it wasn't me) or in having a meaning
that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements
(as Monday week for "the Monday a week after next Monday")
RULES FOR WRITING FOURTH GRADE SENTENCES
1. Number each sentence.
2. Underline each spelling word.
3. Use capital letters.
4. Use proper punctuation.
5. Use 8 words or more.
6. Use adjectives, nouns, and verbs.
7. Skip a line between sentences.