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Reading 40 4th grade vocabulary words and their meanings
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Vocabulary Words for 4th Graders
40 useful 4th grade vocabulary words in four sets, with meanings, word cards, matching and sentence pages, shades of meaning, precise words, multiple-meaning words and a word map.
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4th grade vocabulary list, word cards and word map
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Learning 40 vocabulary words with meanings and example sentences
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Learning a new word: meaning, sentence, picture, synonyms and antonyms
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Set 1, precise action words: trudge, scurry, glance, clutch, mutter, stumble, hesitate, snatch, stroll, peer
View all 2 pages4th grade vocabulary set 1: match the meaning
Matching set 1 vocabulary words (precise action words) to their meanings
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View all 2 pages4th grade vocabulary set 1: sentences
Choosing the set 1 vocabulary word that makes sense in a sentence
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Set 2, feelings and states of being: frustrated, relieved, reluctant, astonished, ashamed, overwhelmed, embarrassed, gloomy, startled, sincere
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Matching set 2 vocabulary words (feelings and states of being) to their meanings
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View all 2 pages4th grade vocabulary set 2: sentences
Choosing the set 2 vocabulary word that makes sense in a sentence
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Set 3, school words: analyze, contrast, infer, accurate, convince, process, feature, source, paraphrase, context
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Matching set 3 vocabulary words (school words) to their meanings
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View all 2 pages4th grade vocabulary set 3: sentences
Choosing the set 3 vocabulary word that makes sense in a sentence
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Set 4, nature and the environment: species, predator, ecosystem, pollution, endangered, conservation, population, organism, native, extinct
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Matching set 4 vocabulary words (nature and the environment) to their meanings
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View all 2 pages4th grade vocabulary set 4: sentences
Choosing the set 4 vocabulary word that makes sense in a sentence
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Word meaning skills
View all 2 pagesShades of Meaning: action words (4th Grade)
Putting verbs with similar meanings in order, from a little to a lot
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View all 2 pagesShades of Meaning: describing words (4th Grade)
Putting adjectives with similar meanings in order, from a little to a lot
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View all 2 pagesPrecise Words: said and walked
Choosing precise verbs for speaking and moving (whispered, stammered, limped)
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View all 2 pagesMultiple-Meaning Words: 4th grade
Using a sentence to choose the meaning of a word with more than one meaning
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About these vocabulary words for 4th graders worksheets
These vocabulary words for 4th graders are words children meet in novels, science and social studies, and classroom work: precise action words like trudge, scurry and hesitate; feeling words like frustrated, reluctant and astonished; school words like analyze, infer and paraphrase; and nature words like ecosystem, predator and endangered.
The 40 words come in four sets of ten. Each word has a kid-friendly meaning and an example sentence on the list and the word cards. For each set there is a match-the-meaning page and a sentence page where children choose the word that fits, both with answer keys.
Word meaning skills go further: shades of meaning for action words (nibble, eat, devour) and describing words (damp, wet, soaked), precise words for said and walked (whispered, stammered, limped), multiple-meaning words like bank and pitch, and a word map for any new word. Every page prints in black and white on US Letter or A4.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.6Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.AUse context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.CDemonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 4 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
How to use them
- Introduce one set a week. Read each word card together, talk about the meaning, and have children say their own sentence.
- Midweek, use the match-the-meaning page; at the end of the week, use the sentence page to check that children can use each word.
- Use the shades of meaning and precise words pages during writing time: they help children replace plain words with stronger ones.
- Use the word map for new words from read-alouds or science and social studies units.
Teaching tips
- A word sticks when children use it. Challenge the class to use the week's words in conversation and writing, and keep a tally.
- Act out the action words: trudge across the room, then scurry, then stroll.
- On the shades of meaning pages, ask children to explain their order. There is good discussion in the middle word.
Questions teachers and parents ask
What vocabulary words should a 4th grader know?
4th graders learn precise words for actions and feelings (trudge, reluctant), academic words used in school (analyze, infer, paraphrase) and subject words (ecosystem, predator, conservation). This list has 40 of them with meanings.
How do I teach vocabulary words to my 4th grader?
Introduce a few words at a time with a simple meaning and an example, then have your child use each word in their own sentence, match words to meanings and look for them in books.
What are precise words?
Words that say exactly what you mean. Instead of said, a writer might use whispered, stammered or bragged; instead of walked, trudged, strolled or limped.