Grade 4: Theme 1 HM Expanded Spelling Word List: Core and Website

Week 1 Long and Short vowel sounds Week 2 Short and Long vowel sounds Week 3 Short and Long vowel sounds Short a, e (a, e) Short i, o (i, o) Short u (u followed by consonant) Long a (aCe, ai, ay); Long e (ea, ee) Long i (iCe, ight, i); Long o (oCe, oa, ow, o) Long u /yoo/ or Long oo sounds (uCe, ew, ue, ui) Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge need gain graceful drop snow ripe remind chew brush trunk newscast last cream west descent mix grind coal approach blew juice sum commute stage sweet cheap athletic smoke still inch rigid rub fruit glue continue left safe knead sight coast sigh recognize shut tube threw attitude paint past activity know odd continent June lunch slumber reach crime crumb *truth kept *field gold *built few *done gray *break wrote *build true east *steak flight suit shape *chief broke pump steep blind due pray folk dull pain grown tune glass shock blew

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* Teachers may create there own review as needed. Grade 4: Theme 2 HM Expanded Spelling Word List: Core and Website

Week 1 Week 2 /ou/ or /ow/ sound (ow, ou-followed by consonant) Long oo sound as in food /ô/ or /aw/sound (aw, au-followed by consonant, a-followed by l) Short oo sound as in book Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge walk pound proud gnaw cook wood smooth soot lawn howl frown prowl spoon brook shoot marooned loud jaw sauce pounce shook tool pudding sound bounce gown doubt school put cocoon clown cause couch scrawny tooth wool superb always dawn push shout mount full *group aloud pull *prove south roof *soup drawn bush *move scout *couple fool false stood stool

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Week 3 Vowel + /r/ sounds: r-controlled vowel sounds Week 4 Vowel + /r/ sounds: r-controlled vowel sounds

Sounds Patterns /îr/ ear, eer Sounds Patterns /är/ ar /ôr/ or, ore /âr/ are, air /ûr/ ir, ur, ear, or /yoor/ ure Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge air gear hardly pioneer first horse worm thoroughbred near spear spare awareness hurt chore thirteen fortunate large sharp stairs startle work firm worn hurdle scare stare year marvel third learn curl foreign chair alarm charge weary storm dirty shirt earnest cheer dairy curve search square world hairy pure starve *scarce heard charm *heart return *board beard *weird cure *course Core Houghton Mifflin Program Program Mifflin Core Houghton score

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ә = schwa sound (a weak vowel sound) Principal 3: If a one-syllable word ends with a vowel followed by a single consonant, double the consonant before adding –ed or -ing Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge inside railroad ourselves landmark neighbor harbor collar shoulder cared dancing rubbing breathing outside airport all right nationwide little final proper decimal joking skipped striped tiring birthday seatbelt forever postscript dollar middle towel trifle tapping hiking wasting urged baseball every- breakfast motorcycle daughter weather beggar solar wrapped flipped traced scrubbed sometimes where whenever handkerchief circle labor battle cancel fixing snapping stripped striving homesick everything model trouble raced tanning understand meanwhile chapter shower landed smelling background afternoon special uncle pleasing phoning anything make- sugar doctor checking fainted ninety- believe bottle dared nine medal dimmed

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Week 1 The /k/, /ng/, and /kw/ sounds Week 2 Final Long e

Common spellings for k sound (ck, k, c) Common spellings final long e sound (ey, y) Less common spelling for k sound (ch) Less common spelling final long e sound (ie) ng sound (n before k)

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Week 3 Final /j/ and /s/ sounds Week 4 Syllabication of the VCCV pattern

Final j sound: single syllable words (-dge when preceding vowel short; Principle 1: Divide most VCCV words between the consonants, whether the -ge when vowel long) consonants are the same or different.

multiple syllable words (age) Principle 2: Divide a VCCV word before the consonants if those consonants from a cluster. Final s sound (ce) Principle 3: Divide a VCCV word after the consonants if those consonants spell one sound

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Additional SpellingAdditional Words Mifflin Website Houghton from Grade 4: Theme 5 HM Expanded Spelling Word List: Core and Website Week 1 Words with a prefix or suffix Week 2 Adding endings Week 3 Syllabication of VCV pattern Prefixes: re- (again), dis- (not), When –es, -ed, -er or –est is added to a base word that ¾ Divide before the consonant if the first vowel sound is un- (not or opposite of) ends with a consonant and y, the y is changed to i. long Suffixes: -ness (quality of being), -ment (act of), -ful ¾ Divide after the consonant if the first vowel sound is (full of), -less (without) short and followed by a consonant sound. Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge hopeful redo reread unusual hurried sunnier ferries iciest before pilot never alert remake treatment unsure rearrange stories cloudier crazier hazier travel depend modern license rewrite rebuild movement appointment carried windier funnier breezier orange visit tiny select useful discolor peaceful discontinue pennies cities earlier companies even human tuna radar unfair careless unpaid resourceful babies heaviest copied qualities begin seven event feature dislike distrust prettiest hobbies chosen fever sickness kindness studies angriest paper moment beautiful useless easier emptied reason prison unlucky displease noisier worried become basic awful powerful families happiest parent open Core Houghton Mifflin Mifflin Houghton Core Program

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Grade 4: Theme 6 HM Expanded Spelling Word List: Core and Website

Week 1 Syllabication of three-syllable Week 2 Week 3 words Unusual spellings Silent consonants: k, b, l, w, h One stressed and two unstressed syllables Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge Review Basic Challenge grandfather deliver enemy interview front health style vaccine talk knight listen drought grandmother favorite animal article head blood wealth quarantine knife soften calm knoll October camera another halibut does type guilt guarantee wrong honor knit heir November yesterday however edition shoe against says threaten knock kneel often debt unhappy tomorrow banana photograph gym receive guard rhyme hour climb palm wrestle important alphabet flood wonder wrinkle thumb together hospital month guest limb wrist victory hamburger magazine gasoline handsome lamb remember carpenter guess neither answer knob library several women calf honest guide Core Houghton Mifflin Program Program Mifflin Core Houghton Easy Average Challenge Easy Average Challenge Easy Average Challenge department journalist love meadow mountainous aural knee crumb autumn weight finally elastic though leather measure mussel wrap sign reign prompt September museum someone famous pheasant baron write castle design ensign December penalty laugh shove sponge prophet knot half hasten receipt family envelope cough steak dye hangar watch comb sign sketch umbrella honey tangerine counsel fasten bomb dough erosion enough plaid incite wreath hymn rhombus endurance sweater submarine barren resign wren election bread onion tripod sighed neigh judicial none gnu comic knead acquaint ignition guitar isosceles wring fascinat condition obtuse isle e mechanic pigeon aisle adjudicate beautiful anchor scent judgmen deliver bison light t libraries fatal notch apartment hippopotamus companion creature uncommon mourning unwanted colonel protection reduction romantic

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