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Grade 4 Spelling Lessons Online

1. Spelling: Grade 4: Long e Short e ea

In this spelling unit, students focus on the long 'e' and short 'e' sound and on the 'ea' vowel combination. Twenty new words increase word power and spelling skills.

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2. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with ou -ow

In this spelling unit, students comare the sound of the diphthongs 'ou' and 'ow'. Twenty new words containing these letter combinations build students' vocabulary and spelling skills.

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3. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with ou - ough

Diphthongs are the merging of two vowel sounds that are read and spoken in a single syllable. In this spelling unit, students continue to explore words that contain the 'ou' sound. The 'ough' word pattern is also introduced.

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4. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with er - est

A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a base word to alter its meaning. In this spelling unit, students learn how to spell words containing the suffixes 'er' and 'est'.

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5. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with ie and ei

In this spelling unit, students learn the rule "Write I before E, Except after C, Or when it sounds like an A, As in 'neighbour' and 'weigh'." Twenty 'IE' and 'EI' words build spelling skills and vocabulary.

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6. Spelling: Grade 4: Review Units 1 - 5

In this review unit, students re-examine the following word patterns and sounds: long E, short E, EA, OU, OW, OUGH, ER, EST, EI and IE.

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7. Spelling: Grade 4: Homophones

Homophones are two or more words that produce the same sound when pronounced but differ in meaning and usually spelling. This spelling unit teaches students how to spell a wide variety of different homophones through five fun lesson plans.

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8. Spelling: Grade 4: More Homophones

In this spelling unit, students continue to build their knowledge of homophones. Twenty new homophones are added to the twenty learned in the previous lesson.

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9. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with kn - qu

This spelling unit focuses on the letter pairings 'KN' and 'QU'. Students build their vocabulary and spelling skills with twenty new words.

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10. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with ure

A word pattern is two or more letters arranged in a specific order that is found in more than one word. This spelling unit focuses on the word pattern 'URE'.

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11. Spelling: Grade 4: Words with ie

Letter patterns are useful tools to use when learning how to spell old and new words. This spelling unit focuses on the letter pairing 'ie'.

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12. Spelling: Grade 4: Insects

Many fascinating creatures inhabit the insect world. In this spelling unit, students learn to spell a wide variety of winged and flightless insects.

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