4th Grade Unit 1

4th Grade Unit 1

once	again	because	from	seen
there	called	then	where
about	every	friend	were	after
yesterday	here	does	our	your
how	many	said	behind	before

Unit 1

The Lost Lake

drank	rest
ahead	drink
dock	hung
trouble	magazines
self	deaf
lift	flock
trust	cousin
cannon	swept
pleasant	fist
couple	wealth

Amelia's Road

cape	gray
station	rail
freight	agree
teacher	secret
family	cane
crayon	cable
fail	tea
zebra	rusty
tray	raisin
bean	tidy

Sara, Plain & Tall

tiger	drive
reply	roll
note	crow
oak	iron
alike	supply
tomato	stove
below	groan
title	pine
overhead	chose
hollow	file

Seal Journey

ruler	avenue
raccoon	loose
commute	continue
gloomy	unit
whose	humor
improve	beautiful
cube	stool
movement	ruin
bugle	argue
community	tuna

Open Wide, Don't Bite

dentist	crown
hospital	medicine
diet	gums
gland	joint
fever	chewing
brain	cavity
disease	plaque
vitamin	ache
dental	clinic
oral	molars

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.

3. STUDY the letters in the
word.

4. WRITE the word.

5. CHECK the word.

Did you spell the word right?
If not, go back to step 1.

UNIT 2

Justin and the Best
Biscuits in the World

biscuit	pupil
clover	local
public	mustard
oven	sofa
bandage	welcome
cabin	razor
plastic	fancy
radar	limit
mitten	famous
knapsack	item

Just a Dream

blank	daring
claim	flour
crack	bridge
float	plank
classified	cradle
brand	among
flatter	clothesline
bridle	credit
darling	flutter
clatter	cruise

Leah's Pony

thrill	spruce
stand	speed
stretch	sprint
spare	threw
stranger	springtime
stern	spectacle
strap	thrifty
street	stung
sparkle	stress
special	steak

Baseball Saved Us

cities	mistakes
foxes	babies
knives	engines
soldiers	ranches
hobbies	yourselves
eyelashes	uniforms
batteries	calves
shovels	sunglasses
groceries	loaves
mattresses	ferries

Will Her Native
Language Disappear?

language	history
pottery	study
spoken	accent
tribe	human
custom	village
folktale	practice
relatives	interview
region	symbol
guide	totem
colony	prints

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.

3. STUDY the letters in the
word.

4. WRITE the word.

5. CHECK the word.

Did you spell the word right?
If not, go back to step 1.

UNIT 3

The Hatmaker's Sign

oily	annoy
around	growl
disappoint	royalty
bounce	bowing
moist	enjoyment
aloud	tower
avoid	employ
lookout	however
appointment	scout
powder	noun

Pat Cummings: My Story

curious	pure
fully	sure
wooden	should
furious	cure
handful	crooked
would	bulldozer
soot	tour
butcher	woolen
pudding	goodness
pulley	overlook

Grass Sandals

changed	watch
fresh	shoulder
whatever	south
chimney	scratch
shove	wheat
cloth	themselves
crunch	batch
harsh	whittle
thoughtful	birch
switch	theater

A Place Called Freedom

freed	hugged
emptied	figured
budding	carried
believed	dimmed
studies	providing
shedding	sledding
magnified	wedged
rotting	varied
arrived	plugging
rising	celebrated

Twisted Trails

designs	artist
building	activity
museum	art
create	master
poster	statue
assemble	craft
express	arrange
professional	mold
easel	plaster
masterpiece	exhibit

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.

3. STUDY the letters in the
word.

4. WRITE the word.

5. CHECK the word.

Did you spell the word right?
If not, go back to step 1.

Unit 4

Scruffy

awful	daughter
roar	order
office	toward
already	brought
form	author
false	jaw
offer	sauce
chorus	dawn
hoarse	war
board	cough

Gluskabe &
the Snow Bird

apart	hardly
yarn	army
marbles	repair
careful	scare
somewhere	wear
starve	barber
carnival	carpet
unfair	therefore
dairy	hare
prepare	pear

Meet an
Underwater Explorer

fern	curve
worst	shirt
clear	mere
cheer	serious
germ	burst
worse	swirl
gear	sincerely
volunteer	period
insert	purpose
twirling	spear

On the Bus with
Joanna Cole

bedroom	anymore
everybody	classroom
anyway	backyard
railroad	forever
bathtub	homemade
outline	windowpane
grandparents	photocopy
whirlwinds	loudspeaker
northwest	thunderstorm
bedspread	evergreens

Earth's First Creatures

shells	crabs
liquid	fact
butterfly	discovered
cast	lobster
hatch	expert
mineral	dolphin
systems	clam
imprint	kelp
caterpillar	depth
skeleton	fungus

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.

3. STUDY the letters in the
word.

4. WRITE the word.

5. CHECK the word.

Did you spell the word right?
If not, go back to step 1.

UNIT 5

The Fox & the
Guinea Pig

mess	sorry
balance	police
classic	rough
certain	telephone
surprise	elephant
laughter	citizen
advice	photograph
cider	alphabet
triumph	careless
tough	enormous

Mom's Best Friend

brother	honor
either	popular
number	pictures
odor	enter
vinegar	capture
member	nature
tender	visitor
polar	anchor
pasture	chapter
suffer	furniture

The Rajah's Rice

final	uncle
several	model
terrible	pencil
lion	taken
simple	women
reason	gentle
total	settle
level	medical
evil	listen
common	cotton

Yeh-Shen

that's	he'll
wasn't	what's
I'd	there's
couldn't	he'd
could've	let's
they'll	weren't
here's	she'd
who's	it'll
hadn't	they'd
where's	wouldn't

Can We Rescue the Reefs?

rescue	survive
channel	vessel
expose	dying
shelter	extreme
danger	protect
seaweed	creatures
dissolve	motion
feature	adapt
locate	assist
future	divers

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.

3. STUDY the letters in the
word.

4. WRITE the word.

5. CHECK the word.

Did you spell the word right?
If not, go back to step 1.

Unit 6

Teammates

knew	climb
calm	although
knight	writer
knob	numb
delight	wren
knead	plumber
chalk	midnight
wreck	stalk
kneel	sought
thorough	wrestle

The Malachite Palace

seen	great
light	beat
lean	scene
beet	bowl
grate	fan
peak	post
pail	bury
punch	pale
grave	berry
peek	dates

The Toothpaste
Millionaire

useless	entertainment
construction	adjustable
darkness	motionless
description	measurement
adorable	breathless
fairness	government
protection	dependable
sickness	hopeless
production	enjoyable
greatness	encouragement

Whales

redo	unkind
disappear	reread
nonfat	inactive
international	unlucky
dislike	unpack
nonstop	refill
uncertain	interstate
incomplete	rewind
unsure	disagree
reheat	nonsense

Saving the Everglades

area	hundreds
size	billions
weight	minute
noon	cone
yard	edge
amount	cylinder
zero	figure
calendar	quart
decade	rectangle
era	length

Using the Word Study Steps

1. LOOK at the word.

2. SAY the word aloud.

3. STUDY the letters in the
word.

4. WRITE the word.

5. CHECK the word.

Did you spell the word right?
If not, go back to step 1.