4th grade vocabulary words| GreatSchools.org

Fourth graders need to build their academic vocabulary so that they can better understand what they read and hear. Academic vocabulary words for fourth graders include many terms that are used often and across all subjects such as math, science, history, reading, and writing. So knowing them will be useful when reading, listening to lectures, writing reports, doing homework, and making presentations to the class. This year, encourage your child to use these words in their essays and class presentations. The more your child practices using a more sophisticated vocabulary, the easier it will be to learn new words in high school and beyond.

Print this list, courtesy of Hyde Park Central School District, and post it somewhere that you and your child will see it regularly. Try using these words in conversation with your child. Hearing new words in context is a great way for kids to learn new words and remember what they mean.

4th grade vocabulary words

accomplish
adaptation
approached
argued
automatically
avoid
border
calculate
cause
circular
compare
concluding
confirm
contrast
convince
critical
decrease
defend

demonstrate
describe
detail
develop
difference
disappointed
distribute
effective
eliminate
entirety
essential
estimate
evidence
example
except
exclaimed
flexible
fortunate

frequent
furious
increasing
infer
inform
insert
maximum
minimum
observe
organized
obvious
passage
persuade
predict
prediction
prefer
previous
purpose

rarely
reason
recognize
recommend
represent
result
scarce
select
separate
simplify
summarize
surround
support
temporary
threatens
tradition
typical
usually