Spelling Lists
This is the list of spelling and vocabulary words from our Macmillan McGraw-Hill textbook. While this is the general order that I follow, I will give other lists from time to time that are not listed here. I create lists to go with other units we are studying, or review problematic words. Parents, we need to use a word at least three times before it is really "ours". Please help your kids to use their spelling words during the week and whenever you have the opportunity. I assign spelling twice a week for homework and do a few in class assignments or games. I also make an effort to use the words often, but your child may need more. Consider making study cards and group the words by their spelling patterns. Pick a word and try to use it every day for the week!
Spelling tests are given on Fridays. And the answers are all RIGHT HERE!
Grade 5 Unit 1
Vocabulary Spelling
The Wise Old Woman
(vocabulary/challenge words)
banner
conquered (We use this word in social studies a lot!)
prospered
reluctantly (Don't forget that you need to lookup the root word, reluctant, not reluctantly)
scroll
summoned
Spelling Words with short vowels
tasks club wisdom threatened rent
son solve slippery weapon grant
pomp occupy twin dreadful smother
sudden fond lend cash blister
Carlos and the Skunk
nestled (Remember, -ed endings are usually past tense and you need to look up nestle)
peculiar
stunned
tortillas
unbearable
unpleasant
Spelling Words with long a and long e
paste evening decorate delay aim
receive indeed heal spray drain theme
concrete leader pace indicate greet
creep flea faith decay
Wilma Unlimited: How Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman
astounding
athletic
bushel
concentrating (What is the root word of concentrating?)
luxury
scholarship
Spelling Words with long I and long o
excite loaf fold enclose
grind obey goal type
notice site code console
spy fight despite notion
hose rely gigantic slightly
The Wreck of the Zephyr
hull
ominous
shoreline
spire
timbers
treacherous
Spelling Words with /u/ and /ü/
nephew include dispute reunion
boom lose cruel suitcase
truly view contribute boost
grew cucumber assume rumor
juicy flew prove remove
Time For Kids: Tornadoes!
destruction
detect
predictions
reliable
severe
stadium
Words from Science:
twister rainfall damage device
computers instruments horizon energy
Hurricane front satellites sleet
Strength warning surge humid
Condense conditions debris cyclone
Grade 5 Unit 2
Vocabulary Spelling
The Gold Coin
despair
distressed
insistent
shriveled
speechless
stifling (Which definition of stifling do you think we are using? If you are wrong, remember to self-correct!)
Spelling words with Syllable Patterns
lotion luggage gravy agent
subject silence lantern stifle
ugly victim active baggage
simply moment bacon spiral
pony bubble fable blender
John Henry
acre
commotion (This is a great word to use in your writing. Have you used any new words yet?)
dynamite
grit
pulverized
rebuild
Spelling Words with consonant clusters
scramble screech scrape scribble
strange straightest stray strain
sprang sprout sprain script
schoolyard schedule scholar
strawberry throughout throat throne strategy
It’s Our World , Too
auction
dangled
deliveries
donate
lecture (Another great word you can use daily!)
publicity
Spelling Words with /z/, /j/, and /f/
dizzy gem telegraph trophy
manage lizard fudge z zipper
squeeze average represent praise
lodge budge margin postage
paragraph refuse challenge physical
Dear Mr. Henshaw
afford
permission
rejected
reserved
snoop
submitted
Plurals
losses potatoes studios wives
stories atlases heroes rodeos
reefs difficulties crutches tomatoes
shelves gulfs possibilities thieves
pianos wolves beliefs echoes
Time For Kids: Digging Up the Past
arrowheads
bullet
eventually
fraction
starvation
violent
Words from Social Studies
capital liberty property empire
colonist senator immigrant civil
ancestor justice governor settlement
territory settlers plantation historians
congress culture politics federal
Grade 5 Unit 3
The Marble Champ
accurate
congratulated
division
elementary
glory
onlookers
Words with /ou/ and /oi/
Join mount couch
background outfit shower rejoice prowl
howl employee loyalty sour
hoist broil doubt turquoise
destroy eyebrow drowsy trousers
The Paper Dragon
billowed
devour (Kids do this all the time! Do you ever use this word?)
heroic
quench
scorched
uprooted
Words with /u/ and /yu/
looked understood lure rural
bureau tourist barefoot fishhook
surely mural gourmet
tournament poor assure bulletin jury
cushion childhood textbook purify
Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon
bashful
canvas
cemetery
granite
orphanage
tornado
Words with /sh/ and /ch/
sheets Polish vanish publish
especially ancient commercial gracious
chopped cheap orchard arch
kitchen clutch latch hitch
patient caution nation function
Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
heritage
influenced
livestock
survival
thrive
tiresome
Adding –ed and –ing
slammed pitied fascinated regretted
exploring skimmed envied easing
copied deserved referring qualified
jogging applied collapsed forbidding
amusing dripping relied
complicated
Time for Kids: A Mountain of a Monument
awesome
dedicate
explosives
hail
nostril
sculpture
Words from the Arts
carving gallery quality texture
monument portrait technique jewelry
memorial impression original charcoal
displays style fabric glaze
process decoration medium creative
Grade 5 Unit 4
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
approve
bruised
convenience
offend
presence
vaguely
Words with /o/ and /or/
forward fawn soar border
course install chore source
audience longing withdraw applaud
aboard performing wallpaper coarse
bore astronaut coffee forecast
How to Think Like a Scientist:Answering
Questions by the Scientific Method
assignments
automatically (What things do YOU do automatically?)
carelessly
normally
observations
swerved
Words with /ar/ and /ar/
cards vary chart barge
carve rare square beware
barely airline repairman lair
stairway scar target artistic
remark scarce aquarium regard
An Island Scrapbook
barrier
emerge
fireball
naturalist
parallel (There are parallel L's in parallel)
teeming
Words with /ir/ and /ur/
steer fir term purse
return mysterious cashier dreary
appear career squirm alert
nerve surface experience squirt
frontier fearsome eerie material
The Big Storm
atmosphere
collision
cycle
data
injured
uneven
Compound Words
mailbox homesick raindrop thirty-third
all right post office cold front snowstorms
goldfish twenty-five merry-go-round Mountaintops
no one somebody Sister-in-law ice-skating
peanut butter teaspoon northeast parking lot
Time for Kids: Catching Up with Lewis and Clark
bison
diaries
former
glistening
journal
superb
Words from Social Studies
journey hardships canal expedition
canoes trail fort elevation
traveled explorer native canyon
route communicate caravan dwell
service agency agreement campsite
Grade 5 Unit 5
The Riddle
apologized
debt
hasty
inquired
lamented
refreshment
Spelling Words
labor answer chosen twinkle
legal regular castle central
captain single clever sweater
fasten camel apron grammar
tunnel pardon terror riddle
Life in Flatland
Dimensions
Distinguished
Landscape
Thickness
Trifle
Unique
Spelling Unstressed Syllables
Constant distance torrent ransom
Consult compose focus method
Neglect dozen purchase emblem
Patrol collage payment hammock
Accuse compass possess support
Tonweya and the Eagles
cleft
consented
defiantly
gratitude
sacred
tribute
Words with Silent Letters
sign autumn column campaign
wrist knuckle knowledge
handwriting knit wring wrench bough
lightning naughty brighten solemn
gnaw gnat dough gnarled
Breaker’s Bridge
dismay
gorge
immortals
murky
piers
scheme
Contractions
Aren't hasn't they're there'll
We'd you'd how’s must've
Would've haven't needn't who'd
We'll where'd she’s who'll
You've what'll mustn't should've
Time for Kids: Cleaning Up America’s Air
fumes
protective
regulations
standards
stricter
width
Words from Health
illness kidneys headaches smog
breathing safety vitamin artery
oxygen organ hazard ozone
health lungs substance symptom
hear reaction particle allergy
Grade 5 Unit 6
Amistad Rising: A Story of Freedom
coax (You do this to your parents and your teachers all the time!!! What does it mean?)
escorted
navigate
nightfall
perished
ushered
Homophones and Homographs
died bound main hall
stable pane sole currant
pain waist haul soul
wound vault current mane
waste dyed idle idol
Rip Van Winkle
husking
keg
landlord
oblige
rascals
sprawled
Words with Prefixes
preschool preview precook prearrange
replace regain recall revisit
unknown unseen unable unaware
disobey discomfort dishonest disapprove
invisible incorrect inexpensive incredible
The Sea Maidens of Japan
cove
disgrace
driftwood
flails
host
sizzle
Words with Suffixes
useless motionless fairness hopeless
entertainment description
government production
construction measurement
protection enjoyable
adjustable adorable dependable greatness
darkness breathless sickness
The Silent Lobby
interpret
pelted
persuade (This means the same thing as one of your words from 3 weeks ago! Which one?)
register
shabby
soothing
Words with Suffixes
Instruction selection election concentration
Suggestion confusion perfection consideration
Information invitation conversation
demonstration education attraction l location constitution
Imagination reservation population
Time for Kids: Amazon Alert
confirmed
isolate
lush
tropical
variety
wonderland
Words from Math
Ordered multiply product estimated
Equal frequency liter angle
Range mathematics ratio portion
Difference centimeter bar graph one-eighth
Volume formula millimeter
