4 Unit #1 Unit #2 - UALR

4th Grade Spelling Unit #2
peach
Unit #1 sweet
skate feast
blade cream
gain fresh
safe free
drag reach
aid kept
past spent
gray desk
drain least
jail east
shape greed
plant real
hang dream
pray west
pain speed
glass cheap
shall *chief
sale *field
*steak
*break Strategy: Remember that
the short e sound is
Strategy: Remember that usually spelled e followed
the short a sound is by a consonant sound.
usually spelled a followed When you hear the long e
by a consonant sound. sound, think of the
When you hear the long a patterns ea and ee.
sound, think of the
patterns a-consonant-e, ai
and ay.

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Unit #3 Unit #4

brick globe
skill coast
lift goal
pride spoke
grind odd
still shown
crime gold
flight wrote
live snow
blind block
sting crow
fright stock
wind chose
hint folk
ripe coal
shine host
inch bowl
sigh grown
*built shock
*build broke

Strategy: Remember that Strategy: Remember that
the short i sound is often the short o sound is
spelled i followed by a usually spelled o followed
consonant sound. When you by a consonant sound.
hear the long i sound, When you hear the long o
think of the patterns i- sound, think of the
consonant-e, igh and i. patterns o-consonant-e,
oa, ow, and o.

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Unit #5 Unit #6

steel brush
steal juice
lead fruit
led tube
wait lunch
weight crumb
wear few
ware true
creak suit
creek pump
beet due
beat dull
meet tune
meat blew
peek trunk
peak sum
deer glue
dear threw
ring *done
wring *truth

Strategy: Homophones are Strategy: Remember that
words that sound alike but the u sound is usually
have different meanings spelled u followed by a
and spellings. When you consonant sound. When you
write a homophone, be sure hear the "you" sound or
to spell the word that has the short oo sound, think
the meaning you want. of the patterns u-
consonant-e, ew, ue and
ui.

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Unit #7 Unit #8

wood pound
brook howl
tool jaw
put bounce
wool cause
push always
full shout
roof aloud
stood south
stool drawn
hook scout
smooth false
shoot proud
bush frown
fool sauce
pull gown
*group couch
*prove dawn
*soup mount
*move *couple

Strategy: When you hear Strategy: When you hear
the long oo sound, think the ou or the [ou] ou or ow
of the pattern oo.
Remember that the short oo [o] aw, au or a before
sound is often spelled oo l. Remember that a
or u followed by a consonant sound usually
consonant or a cluster. follows the ou or the au
pattern.

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Unit #9 Unit #10

gear horse
spear chore
sharp firm
stare learn
alarm dirty
cheer curve
square world
hairy pure
starve earn
charm burn
beard cure
scarf score
spare worm
stairs thirteen
year worn
charge curl
dairy shirt
*heart search
*weird *board
*scare *course

Strategy: When you hear Strategy: Remember these
the [ir], [ar], or [ar] sounds, spelling patterns for the
think of these patterns: vowel + r sounds:

[ir] ear, eer [ar] ar [ar] are, air [or] or, ore [ur] ur, ear, ir, or
[yoor] ure

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Unit #11 Unit #12

railroad sailor
airport harbor
seat belt enter
everywhere weather
homesick labor
understand ladder
background cellar
anything chapter
ninety-nine sugar
fireplace suffer
ourselves collar
all right proper
forever motor
breakfast favor
whenever bitter
everything beggar
meanwhile shower
afternoon temper
make-believe feather
*already doctor

Strategy: A compound word Strategy: When you hear
is made up of two or more the final er sounds in a
smaller words. To spell a two-syllable word, think
compound word correctly, of the patterns er, or and
you must know if it is ar.
written as on word, as two
words joined by a hyphen,
or as two separate words.

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Unit #13 Unit #14

nickel dancing
metal skipped
total hiking
eagle flipped
middle snapping
special raced
final landed
model pleasing
bottle checking
double dared
towel dimmed
medal rubbing
battle striped
candle wasting
trouble traced
handle stripped
simple tanning
uncle smelling
title phoning
cattle fainted

Strategy: When you hear Strategy: If a word ends
the final l or el sounds with e, drop the e before
in a two-syllable word, adding ed or ing. If a
think of the patterns el, one-syllable word ends
al, and le. with one vowel followed by
a single consonant, double
the consonant before
adding ed or ing.

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Unit #15 Unit #16

beauty shark
ugly attack
lazy risk
marry public
ready sink
sorry question
empty electric
honey jacket
valley blank
duty crooked
hungry drink
lonely topic
alley track
body blanket
plenty struck
turkey mistake
hockey junk
fifty squirrel
monkey *stomach
*ache
Strategy: When you hear
the final long e sound in Strategy: Remember these
a two-syllable word, think
of the spelling patterns y spelling patterns for the
and ey.
k, ng and kw sounds:

k = k, ck, c ng =

(before k) n

kw = qu

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Unit #17 Unit #18

village repaint
cottage redo
bridge refill
fence rebuild
strange discolor
chance untidy
twice dislike
cage uneven
change rewind
carriage unlucky
glance reread
ridge unsure
manage reheat
damage unpack
since unpaid
marriage distrust
edge recount
lodge displease
cabbage unload
dodge disorder

Strategy: Remember these Strategy: A prefix is a
spelling patterns for the word part added to the
final j sounds: beginning of a base word.
it adds meaning to the
• j in a one-syllable word. Un-, re-, and dis-
word = dge, ge are prefixes. First, find
the prefix and the base
• j in a word of more word. Then remember to
than one syllable = spell the word by parts.
age

• s = ce

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Unit #19 Unit #20

picture current
person danger
perfect canyon
attend plastic
number bottom
support hollow
common member
welcome borrow
offer organ
expert compose
harvest lumber
survive seldom
suppose engine
perform pillow
escape carpet
helmet garbage
allow master
fellow arrow
barber army
tender thirty

Strategy: To spell a word Strategy: To spell a word
with the VCCV syllable with the VCCV syllable
pattern, divide the word pattern, divide the word
between the consonants. between the consonants.
Look for the patterns you Look for patterns you have
have learned and spell the learned, and spell the
word by syllables. word by syllables.

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Unit #21 Unit #22

sunnier pilot
cloudier pupil
windier navy
cities female
heaviest silent
prettiest human
studied chosen
easier music
noisier paper
families reason
ferries tiger
crazier spider
funnier tiny
earlier tuna
copied fever
hobbies frozen
angriest moment
emptied season
worried stolen
happiest basic

Strategy: If a word ends Strategy: When the first
with a consonant and y, vowel sound in a VCV word
change the y to i when is long, divide the word
adding es, ed, er, or est. into syllables before the
consonant. Remember to
look for patterns you have
learned, and spell the
word by syllables.

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Unit #23 Unit #24

cabin sickness
robin illness
cover treatment
planet painful
visit careless
finish fearful
salad colorful
seven endless
magic beautiful
exact movement
talent restless
modern darkness
limit useless
cousin kindness
oven hopeless
prison statement
punish powerful
habit friendliness
never peaceful
busy *awful

Strategy: When the first Strategy: A suffix is a
syllable of a VCV word has word part added to the end
a short vowel sound of a base word. It adds
followed by a consonant meaning to the base word.
sound, divide the word When a suffix begins with
into syllables after the a consonant, remember that
consonant. Remember to the spelling of the base
look for patterns you have word usually does not
learned, and spell the change. When the base
word by syllables. word ends with y, you must
change the y to i before
adding the suffix.

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Unit #25 Unit #26

rocket ocean
achieve police
afraid depend
machine siren
secret defend
gather today
other parent
package become
declare below
asleep relate
agree exit
apron polite
bucket open
pocket figure
ticket event
chicken belong
degree award
bother palace
rather delay
whether clever

Strategy: If the Strategy: Remember that a
consonants in a VCCV word two syllable word with the
are different and form a VCV pattern can be divided
cluster or spell one into syllables before or
sound, divide the word after the consonant. Look
before or after the two for familiar patterns, and
consonants. Look for spell the word by
patterns you have learned, syllables.
and spell the word by
syllables.

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Unit #27 Unit #28

wagon deliver
capture department
silver camera
reward yesterday
shelter tomorrow
divide important
nature together
alone victory
office remember
famous library
parade enemy
narrow animal
corner another
bacon however
amaze banana
diner alphabet
dinner hospital
eager hamburger
minute carpenter
fancy several

Strategy: To help you Strategy: To spell a
spell a word with more three-syllable word,
than one syllable, divide divide the word into
the word into syllables. syllables. Remember to
Remember to look for look for familiar spelling
patterns you have learned, patterns. Pay attention
and spell the word by to the spelling of the
syllables. unstressed syllables.
Spell the word by
syllables.

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Unit #29 Unit #30

knight health
castle blood
honor type
kneel against
climb receive
wrinkle flood
limb month
handsome magazine
answer guess
calf women
listen guide
calm style
knit wealth
often guilt
palm says
thumb guard
wrist wonder
lamb guest
knob gasoline
honest either

Strategy: Some words have Strategy: Some words have
silent consonants. The sounds with unusual
spellings of these words spellings. The spellings
have to be remembered. of these words have to be
remembered.

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