Fifth Grade Spelling Words

 

Spelling list 1
Earthquake Terror

 

1. bunk

2. staff

3. dock

4. slept

5. mist

6. bunch

7. swift

8. struck

9. breath

10. tough

11. fond

12. crush

13. grasp

14. dwell

15. fund

16. ditch

17. split

18. swept

19. deaf

20. rough

Challenge

*trek

*frantic

*summit

*rustic

*mascot

 

Spelling list 2
Nature's Fury

1. enough

2. caught

3. brought

4. thought

5. every

6. ninety

7. their

8. they're

9. there

10. there's

11. know

12. knew

13. o'clock

14. we're

15. people

Challenge

* decent

* stationery

* stationary

* correspond

* reversible

Spelling list 3
Eye of the Storm

 

1. speech

2. claim

3. strike

4. stray

5. fade

6. sign

7. leaf

8. thigh

9. thief

10. height

11. mild

12. waist

13. sway

14. beast

15. stain

16. fleet

17. stride

18. praise

19. slight

20. niece

Challenge

*campaign

*describe

*cease

*sacrifice

*plight

Spelling list 4
Volcanoes

 

1. thrown

2. stole

3. clue

4. dew

5. choose

6. rule

7. boast

8. cruise

9. stroll

10. route

11. mood

12. loaf

13. growth

14. youth

15. slope

16. bruise

17. loose

18. rude

19. flow

20. flute

Challenge

*subdue

*pursuit

*molten

*reproach

*presume

 

Spelling list 5

Unit Review

 

1. slept

2. split

3. staff

4. fade

5. praise

6. slope

7. claim

8. stroll

9. mood

10. beast

11. crush

12. fond

13. dwell

14. strike

15. clue

16. boast

17. flute

18. sway

19. cruise

20. mild

21. grasp

22. swift

23. bunk

24. slight

25. thrown

26. stole

27. fleet

28. dew

29. youth

30. thigh

Spelling list 6

Michelle Kwan

1. basketball

2. wheelchair

3. cheerleader

4. newscast

5. weekend

6. everybody

7. up-to-date

8. grandparent

9. first aid

10. wildlife

11. highway

12. daytime

13. whoever

14. test tube

15. turnpike

16. shipyard

17. homemade

18. household

19. salesperson

20. brother-in-law

Challenge

*extraordinary

*self-assured

*quick-witted

*limelight

*junior high school

Spelling List 7

 

 

1. would

2. wouldn't

3. clothes

4. happened

5. someone

6. sometimes

7. different

8. another

9. weird

10. eighth

11. coming

12. getting

13. going

14. stopped

15. here

Challenge

*irresponsible

*affectionate

*brilliance

*audible

*menace

Spelling List 8

La Bamba

 

1. hawk

2. claw

3. bald

4. tower

5. halt

6. prowl

7. loyal

8. pause

9. moist

10. ounce

11. launch

12. royal

13. scowl

14. haunt

15. noisy

16. coward

17. fawn

18.thousand

19. drown

20. fault

Challenge

*announce

*poise

*loiter

*somersault

*awkward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spelling List 9

The Fear Place

 

1. hare

2. scar

3. torch

4. soar

5. harsh

6. sore

7. lord

8. flair

9. warm

10. floor

11. tore

12. lair

13. snare

14. carve

15. bore

16. fare

17. gorge

18. barge

19. flare

20. rare

Challenge

*folklore

*unicorn

*ordinary

*marvelous

*hoard

Spelling List 10

Mae Jemison

 

1. smear

2. germ

3. return

4. peer

5. stir

6. squirm

7. nerve

8. early

9. worth

10. pier

11. thirst

12. burnt

13. rear

14. term

15. steer

16. pearl

17. squirt

18. perch

19. hurl

20. worse

Challenge

*interpret

*yearn

*emergency

*dreary

*career

Spelling List 11

Spelling Review

 

1. weekend

2. hawk

3. flair

4. stire

5. first aid

6. halt

7. royal

8. carve

9. worth

10. hurl

11. up-to-date

12. noisy

13. soar

14. barge

15. steer

16. wildlife

17. coward

18. gorge

19. return

20. smear

21. brother-in-law

22. thousand

23. tore

24. early

25. pearl

26. test tube

27. launch

28. snare

29. perch

30. wheelchair

Spelling list 12

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?

 

1. theater

2. actor

3. mirror

4. powder

5. humor

6. anger

7. banner

8. pillar

9. major

10. thunder

11. flavor

12. finger

13. mayor

14. polar

15. clover

16. burglar

17. tractor

18. matter

19. lunar

20. quarter

Challenge

*oyster

*clamor

*tremor

*scholar

*chamber

 

Spelling list 13
Reading & Writing Workshop

 

1. happily

2. minute

3. beautiful

4. usually

5. instead

6. stretch

7. lying

8. excite

9. millimeter

10. divide

11. until

12. writing

13. tried

14. before

15. Saturday

Challenge

*fatigue

*antique

*accumulate

*camouflage

*tongue

Spelling list 14
Katie's Trunk

 

1.equal

2. parlor

3. collect

4. closet

5. perhaps

6. wedding

7. rapid

8. value

9. arrive

10. behave

11. shoulder

12. novel

13. tulip

14. sorrow

15. vanish

16. essay

17. publish

18. aware

19. subject

20. prefer

Challenge words

*device

*skittish

*logic

*sincere

*nuisance

Spelling list 15
James Forten

 

1. jewel

2. sparkle

3. angle

4. shovel

5. single

6. normal

7. angel

8. legal

9. whistle

10. fossil

11. puzzle

12. bushel

13. mortal

14. gentle

15. level

16. label

17. pedal

18. ankle

19. needle

20. devil

Challenge words

*mineral

*influential

*vital

*neutral

*kernel

 

 

Spelling list 16
Voices of the Revolution

 

1. powder

2. burglar

3. rapid

4. value

5. bushel

6. actor

7. equal

8. publish

9. tractor

10. pedal

11. polar

12. aware

13. matter

14. single

15. sparkle

16. humor

17. behave

18. quarter

19. whistle

20. needle

21. mayor

22. sorrow

23. parlor

24. mortal

25. gentle

26. lunar

27. shoulder

28. jewel

29. legal

20. wedding

Spelling list 17

Mariah Keeps Cool

 

1. district

2. address

3. complain

4. explain

5. improve

6. farther

7. simply

8. hundred

9. although

10. laughter

11. mischief

12. complex

13. partner

14. orphan

15. constant

16. dolphin

17. employ

18. sandwich

19. monster

20. orchard

Challenge

*control

*abstain

*conscience

*function

*extreme

 

Spelling list 18

Reading & Writing Workshop

 

1. a lot

2. because

3. school

4. its

5. it's

6. tonight

7. might

8. right

9. write

10. again

11. to

12. too

13. two

14. they

15. that's

Challenge

*opposite

*scenery

*questionnaire

*excellence

*pennant

Spelling list 19

Mom's Best Friend

 

1.poem

2. idea

3. create

4. diary

5. area

6. giant

7. usual

8. radio

9. cruel

10. quiet

11. diet

12. liar

13. fuel

14. riot

15. actual

16. lion

17. rain

18.trial

19. rodeo

20. science

Challenge

*appreciate

*variety

*enthusiastic

*realize

*eventually

 

Spelling list 20

Yang and the Second and Her Secret Admirers

 

1. covered

2. directing

3. bragging

4. amusing

5. offered

6. planned

7. rising

8. deserved

9. visiting

10. mixed

11. swimming

12. sheltered

13. resulting

14. spotted

15. suffering

16.arrested

17. squeezing

18. ordered

19. decided

20. hitting

Challenge

*rehearsing

*shredded

*anticipated

*scalloped

*entertaining

 

Spelling list 21

Dear Mr. Henshaw

 

1. dreadful

2. enjoyment

3. safely

4. watchful

5. speechless

6. paleness

7. breathless

8. government

9. cheerful

10. actively

11. closeness

12. lately

13. goodness

14. retirement

15. forgetful

16. basement

17. softness

18. delightful

19. settlement

20. countless

Challenge

*suspenseful

*suspiciously

*defenseless

*seriousness

*contentment

 

Spelling list 22

Spelling Review

 

1. laughter

2. sandwich

3. mischief

4. actual

5. offered

6. watchful

7. cruel

8. planned

9. lately

10. countless

11. complain

12. address

13. usual

14. riot

15. amusing

16. ordered

17. diary

18. covered

19. visiting

20. government

21. improve

22. farther

23. radio

24. fuel

25. hitting

26. goodness

27. decided

28. actively

29. delightful

30. rodeo

 

Spelling list 23
A Boy Called Slow

 

1. unable

2. discover

3. report

4. disaster

5. unaware

6. remind

7. televise

8. television

9. inspect

10. inspection

11. react

12. reaction

13. tense

14. tension

15. correct

16. correction

17. promote

18. promotion

19. express

20. expression

Challenge

*inquiry

*unnecessary

*responsible

*except

*exception

 

 

Spelling list 24
Reading & Writing Workshop

 

1. while

2. whole

3. anyway

4. anyone

5. anything

6. favorite

7. once

8. suppose

9. everybody

10. everyone

11. really

12. morning

13. also

14. always

15. first

Challenge

*embarrass

*recommend

*confidence

*regretted

*laboratory

Spelling list 25
Pioneer Girl

 

1. dozen

2. voyage

3. forbid

4. native

5. language

6. destroy

7. notice

8. distance

9. carrot

10. knowledge

11. captive

12. spinach

13. solid

14. justice

15. ashamed

16. program

17. message

18. respond

19. service

20. relative

Challenge

*adapt

*discourage

*cooperative

*apprentice

*somber

Spelling list 26
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

 

1. mountain

2. treasure

3. culture

4. fountain

5. creature

6. captain

7. future

8. adventure

9. moisture

10. surgeon

11. lecture

12. curtain

13. pasture

14. measure

15. vulture

16. feature

17. furniture

18. pleasure

19. mixture

20. luncheon

Challenge

*departure

*leisure

*architecture

*texture

*villain

Spelling list 27
Elena

 

1. liberties

2. victories

3. countries

4. spied

5. enemies

6. armies

7. scariest

8. dirtier

9. happiness

10. abilities

11. pitied

12. ladies

13. busier

14. duties

15. lilies

16. worthiness

17. tiniest

18. emptiness

19. replies

20. dizziness

Challenge

*unified

*levied

*colonies

*loveliest

*strategies

 

Spelling list 28
Spelling Review

 

1. unable

2. correction

3. native

4. distance

5. spinach

6. vulture

7. curtain

8. dirtier

9. spied

10. treasure

11. discover

12. inspect

13. tension

14. language

15. respond

16. voyage

17. pleasure

18. countries

19. happiness

20. furniture

21. promotion

22. react

23. solid

24. notice

25. destroy

26. mountain

27. adventure

28. busier

29. pitied

30. scariest

Spelling list 29
Grizzly Bear Family Book

 

1. propose

2. convince

3. concern

4. enforce

5. compare

6. excuse

7. conduct

8. preserve

9. contain

10. excite

11. extend

12. prefix

13. engage

14. pronoun

15. consist

16. enclose

17. consent

18. proverb

19. complete

20. exchange

Challenge

*enactment

*procedure

*confront

*preamble

*conc

Spelling list 30
Reading & Writing Workshop

 

1. heard

2. your

3. you're

4. field

5. buy

6. friend

7. guess

8. cousin

9. build

10. family

11. can't

12. cannot

13. didn't

14. haven't

15. don't

Challenge

*truly

*benefited

*height

*believe

*received

 

Spelling list 31
The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home

 

1. dangerous

2. history

3. vacation

4. popular

5. favorite

6. memory

7. personal

8. educate

9. regular

10. continue

11. potato

12. natural

13. sensitive

14. energy

15. emotion

16. period

17. property

18. condition

19. imagine

20. attention

Challenge

*juvenile

*astonish

*ovation

*amateur

*obvious

Spelling list 32
My Side of the Mountain

 

1. fashionable

2. comfortable

3. different

4. suitable

5. merchant

6. profitable

7. student

8. possible

9. resident

10. terrible

11. absent

12. vacant

13. servant

14. valuable

15. accident

16. horrible

17. honorable

18. reasonable

19. remarkable

20. laughable

Challenge

*excellent

*prominent

*extravagant

*durable

*reversible

Spelling list 33
Spelling Review

 

1. excite

2. concern

3. imagine

4. continue

5. enforce

6. propose

7. condition

8. resident

9. possible

10. fashionable

11. consist

12. prefix

13. sensitive

14. suitable

15. vacant