Academic vocabulary words for 4th graders

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.

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	essential	reason
adaptation	estimate	recognize
approached	evidence	recommend
argued	example	represent
automatically	except	result
avoid	exclaimed	scarce
border	experiment	select
calculate	flexible	separate
cause	fortunate	simplify
circular	frequent	summarize
compare	furious	surround
concluding	increasing	support
confirm	infer	temporary
contrast	inform	threatens
convince	insert	tradition
critical	maximum	minimum
decrease	typical	usually
defend	observe	demonstrate
organized	describe	obvious
detail	passage	develop
persuade	difference	predict
prefer	disappointed	distribute
previous	effective	purpose
eliminate	prediction	rarely
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