Fourth Grade Spelling Words
Here are the Rocket Spelling word lists and level numbers that we think align well with fourth grade standards. For more background on this, check out this post.
Level 10.1 Compound words #1: something, sometimes, anything, everything, yourself, everyone, himself, herself, someone, anyone
Level 10.2 Compound words #2: keyboard, notebook, homework, wheelchair, baseball, afternoon, birthday, newspaper, grasshopper, skateboard
Level 10.3 Contractions with 'not': don't, didn't, can't, won't, wasn't, isn't, wouldn't, doesn't, shouldn't, aren't
Level 10.4 Contractions with 'am', 'is', 'are': they're, I'm, he's, she's, you're, we're, what's, who's, where's, there's
Level 10.5 Contractions with 'will', 'would', 'have', 'had': I'll, we'll, you'll, I'd, she'd, we've, you've, he'd, they've, it'll
Level 10.6 Mixed contractions: let's, couldn't, haven't, they'll, I've, he'll, she'll, that's, weren't, we'd
Level 10.7 High frequency list S: products, unit, figure, certain, distance, difficult, length, width, summer, winter
Level 10.8 High frequency list T: practice, information, captain, language, material, especially, natural, dictionary, control, explain
Level 11.1 Prefixes #1 -- re, un, pre: return, preview, undo, unlock, preschool, unhappy, rewind, unplug, preheat, restart
Level 11.2 Prefixes #2 -- in, im, il, ir: impossible, irregular, illegal, invisible, immature, imperfect, incapable, improper, illiterate, impatient
Level 11.3 Prefixes #3 -- dis, mis, non: disappear, disagree, nonsense, nonstop, nonfiction, dislike, discover, misspell, misbehave, mistake
Level 11.4 Prefixes #4 -- other mixed prefixes: antifreeze, decode, abnormal, hemisphere, midnight, outrun, semicircle, submarine, tricycle, underground
Level 11.5 Suffixes #1 -- ful, less: beautiful, careful, harmless, hopeless, thoughtful, colorful, fearless, homeless, worthless, thankful
Level 11.6 Suffixes #2 -- able, ible: disposable, comfortable, visible, acceptable, readable, lovable, responsible, incredible, terrible, horrible
Level 11.7 Suffixes #3 -- other mixed suffixes: argument, punishment, sadness, happiness, childish, creative, freedom, boredom, kindness, movement
Level 11.8 Commonly confused words: loose, lose, choose, chose, desert, dessert, breath, breathe, quiet, quite
Level 11.9 High frequency list U: mountains, column, themselves, building, contain, special, business, separate, government, machine
Level 11.10 High frequency list V: necessary, rhythm, temperature, straight, suppose, experiment, syllables, exercise, interesting, surprise
In addition to these 180 words, fourth graders would also benefit by reviewing previous levels. In our work with fourth graders on this site, we've found that they love going back to some easier levels and crushing them quickly in addition to working on these grade-level words.