Spelling words – Week 8

Spelling – 4th Grade – Unit 3
Week 8: Words with /ure/

  1. lecture
  2. seizure
  3. leisure
  4. moisture
  5. puncture
  6. measure
  7. mixture
  8. sculpture
  9. rupture
  10. assure

Content Area Words & Definitions:

  1. place value – the value represented by a digit in a number based on its position in the number. 
  2. tens – The value of a digit that is the second position from the right. 
  3. hundreds – The value of a digit that is the third position from the right.
  4. thousands – The value of a digit that is the fourth position from the right. 
  5. ten thousands – The value of a digit that is the fifth position from the right. 

This Week’s spelling words, content words, and definitions

Test Friday

Spelling – 4th Grade – Unit 2

Week 7: Multisyllabic words – Long Vowels (e)

  1. redeem
  2. relieve
  3. even
  4. equal
  5. scene
  6. cedar
  7. between
  8. precede
  9. beneath
  10. believe

Content Area Words:

  1. environment – an area, such as plants, animals, water, soil, weather, landforms, and air 
  2. habitat – a place in an ecosystem where an organism normally lives 
  3. characteristic – a distinguishing quality, trait, or feature
  4. adaptation – a special feature or behavior that helps living things survive in their environment
  5. survival – the ability to continue living

This week’s spelling words:

Please be sure students are also studying the definitions for the content words!

Spelling – 4th Grade – Unit 2

Week 6: Multisyllabic words – Long Vowels (i)

  1. flight
  2. slight 
  3. sigh
  4. fright
  5. bright
  6. might
  7. climb
  8. twice
  9. wildlife
  10. mind

Content Area Words:

  1. median – the middle value of an ordered set of numerical data 
  2. mode – the value or values that appear most often in a set of data
  3. data – items of information; may include facts, numbers, or measurements
  4. maximum – the largest element of a set
  5. minimum – the smallest element of a set

Spelling words this week – Week 5 – test on Friday

Week 5: Multisyllabic words – Long Vowels (a)

  1. today
  2. ache
  3. estimate
  4. phrase
  5. trade
  6. parade
  7. became
  8. arcade
  9. education
  10. glacier

Content Area Words & Definitions:

  1. geography – The study of the physical features of the earth. Includes study of regional formations and their relation to humans.
  2. region – An area with common features that set it apart from other areas.
  3. direction – the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in.
  4. transportation – the act of carrying things from one place to another.
  5. Midwest – A region of the north-central United States around the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi Valley.
  6. landform – features which make up the Earth’s surface

This week’s spelling words + content words & definitions

4th Grade Spelling Week 4 – Test on Friday

Multisyllabic words – Long Vowels (o)

Spelling words for this week:

  1. owner
  2. compose
  3. joke,
  4. only
  5. grow
  6. hold
  7. notice
  8. whole
  9. vocal
  10. compromise

Content Area Words:

  1. organism – a living thing 
  2. light – visible wavelengths that make seeing possible
  3. energy – the ability to cause change or do work
  4. air – a mix of gases in Earth’s atmosphere
  5. water – a fluid necessary for the life of most animals and plants 

This Week’s Spelling Words + Content Words with definitions

4th Grade Spelling Week 3 – Test on Friday

Multisyllabic words – Short Vowels (i and o)

Spelling words for this week:

  1. person
  2. interest
  3. district
  4. trim
  5. adopt
  6. strong
  7. common
  8. timber
  9. grin
  10. blog

Content Area Words:

  1. question – what do you want to find out? Why are you doing the experiment?
  2. experiment – the way you achieve your purpose, testing the scientific question/problem to see if your hypothesis is correct.
  3. hypothesis – an educated guess or a prediction to the outcome of our actions or experiment, a testable prediction.
  4. solution – one or more substances are dissolved into another substance
  5. conclusion – provides an answer to the purpose of the experiment. What you want to find out.