4th Grade Spelling Words

Example 4th-grade words

These are the vocabulary words that come home on a weekly list with a definition beside them. Every district publishes its own list, so treat these as a sample of the kind of word rather than the list your school uses.

One card from the deck. Every word on your child's list gets one.

All eight, as a list

arrive verb

If you arrive somewhere, you come to that place, usually the place that you planned to go to.“Is everything ready? I expect the guests to arrive soon.”

common adjective

Shared by more than one.“The two teams have the common goal of winning the game.”

decide verb

If you decide something, there were different things you could do, but you choose one.“The government has decided to cut spending.”

weather noun

The weather in a place is the air temperature, the number of clouds, and the amount of wind and rain or snow.“The weather conditions at the airport are bad. I don't think the plane will be able to fly.”

reason noun

A reason to do something is why you do it, or the cause of something.“The low price was the main reason for buying it.”

period noun

A period is a length of time.“There was a short period when my computer stopped working.”

notice verb

If you notice something, you become aware of it.“You didn't even notice that I cut my hair.”

separate adjective

Being separate means that a piece of an object is not connected to or attached to the rest of the object.“This chair was broken into five separate pieces.”

Definitions from Simple English Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Print your child's own list

Type or paste this week's words — one per line, or however the school sheet had them, numbering and all. Each word comes back with a definition written for a child and a sentence showing it in use, on a page you can print and leave on the table.

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Maths too

Spell & Sum also makes printable maths practice — you set the numbers to match what your child is working on, and the answer key comes with it. See the worksheet pages.