Study Words for Fourth Grade | 2016-2017
smirk
destiny
monkeys
studio
nifty
janitor
pottery
wonderful
square
belief
contract
anteater
pouring
lantern
subtracting
portable
twine
estate
umbrella
timidly
observe
trance
elderly
liquid
deadline
country
flexible
promote
massive
bronze
climbed
teaspoon
balance
knitting
merely
furnish
passage
complaints
thunderbolt
nonsense
mansion
laundry
available
lodging
portions
gallant
veins
mountain
whistling
voyage
hooves
funnel
gravely
hiccups or hiccoughs
performance
specific
dowdy
indicate
clause
failure
biology
hangar
quality
saucepan
invisible
classical
blurred
contestants
farfetched
bemused
clients
tightrope
innocent
dignified
priority
delicate
applause
bargain
fortune
vocabulary
caterpillar
wistfully
annual
beckon
creation
dumbwaiter
unbearable
cupboard
dimension
initials
daunted
settee
digestive
lounge
marooned
poisonous
vinegar
moisture
terrier
gymnastics
This list includes 50 challenging fourth grade words and, to extend learning, 50 challenging fifth grade words. If you learn the spellings and meanings of these 100 words, you will be well prepared for a fourth grade classroom bee. If you would like to be well prepared for a school spelling bee, ask your teacher for the 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List.
Fourth Grade Source Books (the first 50 words may be found in these books):
• The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
• Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
• The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Fifth Grade Source Books (the last 50 words may be found in these books):
• Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
• Byrd & Igloo: A Polar Adventure by Samantha Seiple
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum