4th grade spelling words worksheets

Thirty-six weekly lists for 4th grade, fifteen words each: eleven from the week's pattern, two review, two challenge. Fourth grade is the affix year (dis-, pre-, mis-, -tion, -ture, -ous, -able), with ei/ie, silent consonants, -ough, and the homophone pairs that follow writers into middle school.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core L.4.2.d.

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All 36 weekly lists are below; each prints with its practice columns.

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The 36 weeks

How the weekly lists work

Read each word. Cover it, write it, then uncover and check.

Week 1 begins: basketblanketchaptercontestdentistkitchen

All 36 weekly lists are fixed, so a class stays on the same words; the practice columns are yours to print as often as needed.

The lists are fixed on purpose: the whole class studies the same words toward the same Friday. Each week's sheet prints as many copies as you need.

What's on each sheet

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

Work the word parts out loud: dis + appear, in + vent + ion. A fourth grader who spells the parts rarely misses the whole. For the homophone weeks, require a sentence with each word; spelling a homophone right is meaningless until the meaning picks the spelling.

Watch for: A spelling list is not a memory dare; it's a pattern with examples. Study the pattern first and the words become predictions, not facts to cram. The two review slots aren't filler: familiar words keep confidence up, and from week 2 on they bring back exactly the words about to be forgotten.

Common questions about spelling words

Why so many prefixes and suffixes in 4th grade?
Because they're the compression algorithm of English spelling. A child who owns dis-, pre-, mis-, -tion, and -able can spell hundreds of words they've never studied, and the misspellings that remain (disappear with one s, misspell with two) are exactly the ones these weeks drill head-on.
How do I help with ei versus ie?
Teach the rhyme, then the traitors. "I before e except after c" covers chief, believe, receive; the eigh week handles the neighbor-weigh family, and the exceptions (either, seize) are learned as the outlaws they are. Two focused weeks beat years of guessing.

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Aligned to Common Core L.4.2.d. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 137, updated August 2026.

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