Spelling and ABC orderGrade 5
5th grade spelling words
A practice chart for fifth graders using a list of 40 commonly misspelled words such as necessary, rhythm, embarrass and occurrence. Each word gets three boxes for copying and recalling it.
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A list of known troublemakers
Adults misspell many of these words, which is the reason for including them. The 5th grade list collects words with doubled letters (embarrass, committee, occurrence, recommend), silent or odd letters (conscience, rhythm, Wednesday, February) and endings that are hard to hear (definite, independent, frequently).
What prints
The page is titled "5th Grade Spelling Words" and has a name and date line. The chart has four columns (Word, two copy boxes, and a Cover and write box), with each word printed in bold in the first column. The instructions ask the student to say the letters, write the word twice and then fold the page and write from memory. There is no answer key. February and Wednesday print with their capital letters, as they appear in the list.
The 5th grade list
The generator holds these 40 words:
acquire, analyze, apparent, appreciate, argument, audience, calendar, category, committee, conscience, conscious, definite, embarrass, equipment, exaggerate, February, fascinate, frequently, guarantee, hygiene, immediately, independent, interrupt, judgment, license, mischievous, necessary, occasion, occurrence, parallel, persuade, privilege, recommend, restaurant, rhythm, schedule, sincerely, technique, vacuum, Wednesday
On every print the list is shuffled and trimmed to the number you choose.
The settings
- Sheet has a practice chart and a blank test.
- Words is set to the 5th grade list on this page. The menu also lists the other grades and "My own words".
- Number of words runs from 5 to 20. This page opens with 15.
Worked example: breaking apart rhythm and embarrass
Suppose two of your words are rhythm and embarrass.
- Rhythm has no vowel except y. A classic hook is "rhythm helps your two hips move". Say it, then write the word in the first box.
- Embarrass doubles two letters: two r's and two s's. Tell the child to think "I turn red, so two r's, and I feel small, so two s's", or any silly phrase of their own.
- Write each word again in the second box, underlining the tricky part.
- Cover both models and write from memory in the last box.
- Check, and rewrite any miss in large letters on the back.
Fifth graders usually respond well to inventing their own hooks, and a hook they make tends to last longer than one handed to them.
Using the page well
Pick fifteen words at most per week and quiz on a spelling test sheet. For a custom list taken from a class assignment, use "My own words" on the spelling practice worksheet. Younger siblings can begin with the 2nd grade spelling words.