Where do the -que and -gue endings actually show up?

In a small group of words English took from French, where the ending sounds like a plain k or g: unique, antique, plaque, league, tongue, vague. The 180-sheet set gives enough repetition for those words to be read on sight. Teach them as a list of words rather than as a rule, because there is no rule underneath them.

Does this grade cover prefixes, suffixes and roots?

No. There are no prefix, suffix or root sets in the 4th grade phonics clusters, and it is better to say so than to imply coverage that is not there. What this grade holds is 92 worksheets of spelling lists, word building, spelling practice and missing letters, written work on the spellings taught above.

How should we teach ch pronounced as /k/?

Teach it as a small closed group of words rather than a rule, because that is what it is: chorus, echo, school, ache, stomach. The 180-worksheet set gives enough repetition for those words to become familiar on sight. Say plainly that they came into English from Greek, so ordinary ch is not the model.

Do the worksheets in a set need to be done in order?

No. Within a set the formats are alternatives rather than a sequence: a Roll and Read page and a Sentence Scramble page cover the same pattern in different ways. Where a set has a Lesson page, use that first. After that, pick the format that suits the day and stop when the pattern is read without hesitation.

Grade 4 Phonics, Decoding & Spelling Patterns Worksheets

Fourth grade phonics practice here is narrow and specific: the borrowed and irregular spellings that survive after ordinary decoding is settled. There are 1,244 worksheets in five clusters, covering ch pronounced as /k/, the -que and -gue endings, the gh sound, silent bt and mn, and spelling.

Practice pages support a program; they are not the lesson. These sheets reinforce Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency — Grade 4, the complete K–5 reading curriculum from Faith Readers. See every program →

Consonant Teams & Digraphs

Reading Practice Activities

Word Games & Puzzles

Silent Letters

Special Sounds & Endings

The GH Sound

Spelling & Word Work

What phonics does a 4th grader still need?

Silent Letters is the largest cluster at 432 worksheets, with bt and mn at 216 sheets each, closing a sequence that ran from kn and wr in 1st grade through mb and gn in 3rd. Consonant Teams & Digraphs holds 360 worksheets in two sets of 180: CH as /k/, for words like chorus and echo, and the -que and -gue endings, for words like unique and league. Neither of those two sets carries a Lesson page, so the teaching has to come from you.

Special Sounds & Endings holds one set, The GH Sound, at 216 worksheets, and that one does carry a Lesson page. Between them these three clusters are a tour of spellings English borrowed and never regularised. They are best taught as a small named group, so that a child stops expecting them to obey the rules learned in earlier grades and starts treating them as words to recognise on sight.

Spelling & Word Work holds 92 worksheets: 40 spelling lists, 26 missing and hidden letters, 15 spelling practice and 11 word building and unscramble. That is the heaviest spelling-list strand of any phonics grade here, which matches where a fourth grader's difficulty usually sits. Reading Practice Activities adds 144 puzzle sheets, while prefix, suffix, and root study is carried in the complete Faith Readers language arts sequence.

The order to teach the 4th grade clusters

Consonant Teams & Digraphs (360 sheets) — CH as /k/ and the -que and -gue endings. These confuse a child who does not already read ordinary ch and hard g reliably, so they come first.
Special Sounds & Endings (216 sheets) — The GH sound in its several pronunciations. Follows the ch and -gue work, since all three are borrowed spellings and sit together.
Silent Letters (432 sheets) — bt and mn, the last silent-letter pairs before 5th grade's review. Follows kn, wr, mb and gn, and needs those already taught.
Spelling & Word Work (92 sheets) — Forty sheets of spelling lists plus word building and missing letters. Write a pattern only after it is read without hesitation.
Reading Practice Activities (144 sheets) — Four puzzle formats and no Lesson page, so use them for mixed review rather than to introduce any of the borrowed spellings above.

Common questions

Where do the -que and -gue endings actually show up?: In a small group of words English took from French, where the ending sounds like a plain k or g: unique, antique, plaque, league, tongue, vague. The 180-sheet set gives enough repetition for those words to be read on sight. Teach them as a list of words rather than as a rule, because there is no rule underneath them.
Does this grade cover prefixes, suffixes and roots?: No. There are no prefix, suffix or root sets in the 4th grade phonics clusters, and it is better to say so than to imply coverage that is not there. What this grade holds is 92 worksheets of spelling lists, word building, spelling practice and missing letters, written work on the spellings taught above.
How should we teach ch pronounced as /k/?: Teach it as a small closed group of words rather than a rule, because that is what it is: chorus, echo, school, ache, stomach. The 180-worksheet set gives enough repetition for those words to become familiar on sight. Say plainly that they came into English from Greek, so ordinary ch is not the model.
Do the worksheets in a set need to be done in order?: No. Within a set the formats are alternatives rather than a sequence: a Roll and Read page and a Sentence Scramble page cover the same pattern in different ways. Where a set has a Lesson page, use that first. After that, pick the format that suits the day and stop when the pattern is read without hesitation.