4th Grade Word Building & Unscramble Worksheets
28 printable 4th Grade phonics worksheets on Word Building & Unscramble. Every sheet has an answer key — 28 in all. The first three worksheets are free to download; All Access opens the rest and every answer key.
On these sheets: port = carry; Review, port = carry; Review, struct = build; Review, -ful = full of; and more in the full list below. Each sheet is marked with the week it was written for: weeks 1 to 33 of Phonics, Decoding, and Early Fluency, Grade 4. Every grade is on one page: Spelling Worksheets.
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. Preview a reading week to see how its lessons run. See every program →
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All 28 worksheets in this set
- Build 1: port = carry Free PDF
- Build 2: Review, port = carry Free PDF
- Build 3: Review, struct = build Free PDF
- Build 4: Review, -ful = full of
- Build 5: Review, -less = without
- Build 6: Review, -ment = result of
- Build 7: Review, -ness = being
- Build 8: Review, -al = about or like
- Build 9: Review, sub- = under
- Build 10: Review, port = carry
- Build 11: Review, geo = earth
- Build 12: Review, dis- = not
- Build 13: Review, re- = again or back
- Build 14: multi = many
- Build 15: Review, un- = not
- Build 16: Review, bio = life
- Build 17: inter = between
- Build 18: Review, rupt = break
- Build 19: Review, -ance or -ence = state of
- Build 20: in- or im- = not
- Build 21: -ous = full of
- Build 22: Review, scrib or script = write
- Build 23: Review, -able = can be
- Build 24: port = carry
- Build 25: spec or spect = look
- Build 26: -ous = full of
- Build 27: Review, graph = write or draw
- Build 28: Review, in- or im- = not
Teaching Word Building & Unscramble
What it is
Longer words are built from parts. The child is given a word's parts out of order, writes one part in each box in the right order (prefix, root or base, suffix), and then writes the whole word. Each part's meaning is shown, so the built word can be explained as well as spelled.
When a child is ready
Ready once the child reads the base words alone and has been taught the root, prefix or suffix being used.
If they struggle
When the parts are joined in the wrong order, ask which part carries the main meaning; that is the root or base, and the others attach before or after it. Have the child say what each part means before writing, then say the meaning of the finished word from its parts.
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