Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

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hollering                      

imitate                        

 mugged                      

temper tantrum            

 demonstrate                        

 beckoned                       

 ruin                                    

 aisle                                    

peered                                    

 

Harcourt Trophies (Theme 1) Spelling Words

 

The Gardener:  Words with Long and Short a

 

played         escape         thank                  subway         gray                  safely

mistake       greatest        break                  after              planting           scratch

address        holiday        natural               paragraph      blanket             capital

taken           cabin

 Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

sprouting         chrysanthemum         bulbs                  orchid                  dandelion

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      (Search for this on my web page.)

 

 

Donavan’s Word Jar:  Words with Long and Short e

asleep              empty           queen              deal               needed          spelling

east                  feelings         tea                  keeping         beneath         agree

elevator            coffee           suggested       method         feature           metal

disease             television

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

collector         collage         assortment                  arrangement                  acquire

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      (Look under "This Week.")

 

 

My Name is Maria Isabel:  Words with Long and Short i

mine                tie                  wild                  type                  smile              drive

size                  blind              visit                  thick                 die                  prize

fifty                  picnic            arrived              decide              child               civil

divide               library

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

audience         backstage         performance                  applause         famous

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)     Look under "This Week."

 

Lou Gehrig:  The Luckiest Man:  Words with Long and Short o & u

those            coach                  solid                  include              crew                 plus

operate         broke                  upset                  tune                  June                  floating

plume           renew                  husband            honor                smoke              conflict

stew              thunder

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

accountant                  recruiter         mayor                  teammate         citizen        

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)     Look under "This Week."

 

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride:  Words with /oo/

 

loop               wounded         shoot                  booth                  broom         boost

mood             fooling           afternoon             room                  smooth         tooth

raccoon         bloomed         souvenir              routine                roofs            loose

coop              stoop

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:           

navigator                  license         aviator         copilot         adventurer

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

Harcourt Trophies (Theme 2) Spelling Words

The Baker’s Neighbor:  Words with /ar/

carved                        garden                        harm                        farther                        barked             alarm                          chart                          starved                     harder                         parked   smartest                     charge                        guard                        argument                   hardware                    garbage                      harsh                        parts                           radar                harbor

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

tapioca                        gourmet            delicious            delicatessen                        pastry

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

The Emperor and the Kite:  Words with /or/

pour                        orbit                        fourth                        source                        sports               forward                   force                        order                        wore                           yourself            support                    sore                        orange                       anymore                     ignore                  portrait                    border                     course                       tornado                       your

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

emperor            monarch            kingdom            palace                        noble

 Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

Nights of the Pufflings:  Words with the /ar/ sound

cared                        dairy                        unfair                        rarely                        stared                   dared                        glare                        airplanes                   barely                        farewell            software                   staircase                  everywhere               declare                      square                therefore                  despair                     prepared                   beware                      repair

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

puffins                        geyser                        volcanic            boulder            island

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

The Garden of Happiness:  Words with /ur/

 curve          learned           curly                  pearl                 purse                        further

turtle            urgent            burning              hurried             earth                         earned

purpose        surface           overheard          rehearse            current                     disturb

furniture       research

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

pickax            crisscrossed            cultivate            raspberries                        irrigate

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

 How to Babysit an Orangutan:  Words with /ou/

ground            frown            downtown            bounced            council                      about

scout               counter          background          amount             bound                        shower

mountain         county           thousand              allowance         counselor                  discount

countless         rebound

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

orangutan            primate            rain forest            banana                        species

 

Harcourt Trophies (Theme 3) Spelling Words

 

 

Sarah, Plain and Tall:  Words with /oi/

 

boiled              annoyed            choices                poison              employer            joining

spoiled            voices                destroyed            pointing            avoided              enjoying

employee        voyage               appointed            poisonous         foil                    loyal

noisy               disappointed

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

prairie              caravan            settlers                   homestead            grassland

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

 

Stealing Home:  Words with unusual plurals

 

shelves          sheep             teeth                        elves                        mice                        calves

spacecraft      jeans             feet                        women                        men                        geese

salmon           series            scissors                  halves                        oxen                        crises

knives            thieves

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

acceptance            cooperation            endure                        allowances            sympathy

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

 

The Cricket in Times Square:  Possessive Nouns

 

team’s              player’s            bird’s            wolf’s                   horse’s             class’s

group’s            girls’                 students’        trees’                    parents’            owners’

cousins’            teachers’          aunts’             friend’s                children’s         city’s

classes’            country’s

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

melodious            chirping            violinist            orchestra            musician

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

Two Lands, One Heart:  Words with Abbreviations

Mt.  Mount                        Dr.  Doctor                        Jan.  January                        Rte.  Route

Rd.  Road                          St.  Street                           Fri.  Friday                          lb.  pound

Ave.  Avenue                     Dec.  December                tsp.  teaspoon                       Sat.  Saturday

Wed.  Wednesday             Gov.  Governor                  Pres.  President                   Hwy.  Highway

Sept.  September               Pkwy.  Parkway                 Sun.  Sunday                      Mon.  Monday

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

refrigerator            microwave            appliance            dishwasher            food processor

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

 

Look to the North:  Words with /ei/, /ie/, and /eigh/

 

weighs            ceiling             field                reindeer               freight                  eighteen

neighbor         receive             weird             chief                    believe                  seize

either               fierce               relief              windshield            pierce                  thief

achieve            eighth

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

hierarchy            community            alpha                        prey                        assistant

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

Harcourt Trophies (Theme 4) Spelling Words

The Kids’ Invention Book:  Words with /-y or -ey/

tiny            hockey             heavy              every                  money                        turkey

early          hungry              already           valley                  nobody                      monkey

company    country            ability             steady                  everybody                 industry

activity       honey

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

manufacturer        inventor            machinery            mechanical            massproduce

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

 

The Case of Pablo’s Nose:  Prefixes un- and dis-

unused              dislike              unclean            unheard            disagree            disabled

unkind              unfriendly         unable             unhappy            unsafe              disobey

uncertain          disappear           undecided       dishonest          disadvantage     distrust

unknown            unlike           

 

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

detective            investigation                        sleuth                        mysterious                        villain

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

In the Days of King Adobe:  Prefixes non-, in-, and re-

nonstop            replaced            inactive            refill                  incorrect            rethink

nonfat               reread               retell                 return                incomplete        repay

nonfiction         nonsense           indirect            independent       invisible            nonprofit

redo                  relocate

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

stomach            ravenous            famished            nourishment                calorie

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

Red Writing Hood:  Changing y to i

families            worried            ugliest           funnier                 happily                        easily

heavier             earlier              tiniest             supplied               luckily                        relied

activities          countries          enemies          scurried               libraries                       prettier

readily             carried

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

ballet                        leotard                        recital                        encore                        flexible

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

 

One Grain of Rice:  Suffixes –ion, -ness, -able, -less, and -ful

addition            sadness            lovable             endless                        handful            plentiful

breathless         happiness         solution            careful                        function            stillness

information      celebration       capable            available                     believable            careless

reusable            forgiveness

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

doubles            multiplication                        arithmetic            tripling                        subtraction

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

Harcourt Trophies (Theme 5) Spelling Words 

Fire:  Words with the “controlled r” sound

 doctor            dollar                 power                  sugar                        corner                     collar

danger            ladder                 labor                    cellar                        other                        motor

hunger            calendar            horror                    officer                     finger                        director

master             regular

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

firefighter            inferno                        inflammable                        fiery                        smoldering

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)     Look under "This Week."

 

A Very Important Day: Words with the “controlled l” sound 

table               final                handle                  personal                   animal                        usual

jungle            actual               example               bottle                       possible                      single

several           national            hospital               trouble                     candle                        dial

equal              jingle           

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

citizenship            allegiance            petition            immigration              examination

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      ____________________

 

Saguaro Cactus:  Words with the “controlled n” sound

 pollen          even             urban                 seven                        kitchen                     reason

human         season           burden               wagon                       oven                        dragon

horizon       orphan           sudden                eleven                      button                      canyon

slogan         golden

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

ecosystem            precipitation                        region                        climate                        creatures

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

Blue Willow: Add –ed or -ing 

stepped            entered            reaching            allowing                argued                   speaking

reading            unfolding         finished            closing                   hugged                  belonged

divided            determined      rewarding         occurred                 controlled              injured

permitting        practicing

 Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

scholar             education            professor            studious            extracurricular

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

In My Family: Words with “silent” letters 

 lamb            often           castle              listen                        comb                        climbed

fasten           crumbs        soften             thumb                       doubt                        whistle

honest          rhyme          answer            column                    numb                        tomb

glisten          hasten

Challenge words are NOT required, but are worth an extra 3 points each on test:

alligator            fiesta                        mosquito            vanilla                        patio

 

Bonus Word:  (not required, worth 4 points)      Look under "This Week."

 

“Commonly Misspelled Words”

1.  address

2.  all right

3.  because

4.  bought

5.  chocolate

6.  choose

7.  enough

8.  forty

9.  fourth

10.  knew

11.  know

12.  making

13.  minute

14.  often

15.  principal

16.  quarter

17.  quit

18.  quiet

19.  received

20.  skiing

21.  studying

22.  surprise

23.  their

24.  thought

25.  tomorrow

“Plurals”

1.  desks

2.  benches

3.  foxes

4.  cities

5.  families

6.  turkeys

7.  journeys

8.  beliefs

9.  roofs

10.  knives

11.  leaves

12.  halves

13.  heroes

14.  potatoes

15.  videos

16.  radios

17.  sandboxes

18.  oxen

19.  moose

20.  salmon

21.  dozen

22.  music

23.  series

24.  air

25.  police

 

Spelling List and Definitions for “Twelve Powerful Words”

For this test, you will need to know how to spell each of the “Twelve Powerful Words” and be able to match each word to the definition when given.

1.  Analyze

·      Break apart or examine

·      Study the pieces

2.  Compare

·      Tell how they are alike

·      List how they are similar

3.  Contrast

·      Tell the differences

4.  Describe

·      Tell about in your own words

·      Who, What, When, Where, and How

5.  Evaluate

·      Judge its worth, assess

·      Example  4x = ?  when x = 5

6.  Explain

·      Tell how in your own words

7.  Formulate

·      Put together or create

·      Come up with a plan

8.  Infer

·      Read between the lines

·      What do you think?

·      Draw conclusions

9.  Predict

·      What will happen next?

·      Make a guess

10.  Summarize

·      Give the short version

11.  Support

·      Back up with details

·      Give facts that describe

12.  Trace

·      List in steps (1,2,3)

·      Sequence

 

 Fairy Tales and Fables Unit Spelling Words:

1.  literature

2.  folktale

3.  opera

4.  fantasy

5.  myth

6.  genre

7.  fable

8.  fairy tale

9.  tall tale

10.  moral

11.  characters

12.  traditional

13.  exaggerated

14.  beliefs

15.  Hercules

16.  Gretel

17.  etiquette

18.  drama

20.  alliteration