5th grade spelling words

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Word list worksheet, 5th grade spelling words · 3 pages

Spelling5th grade spelling wordsOne unit per week. Each unit practices one spelling pattern; say each word, spell it aloud,then write it.Unit 1 · Suffixes: -able and -ibleavailablereasonableagreeableremarkablesuitableadorablevisiblepossibleterriblehorribleflexibleedibleresponsiblesensibleincredibleUnit 2 · Suffixes: -ance, -ence, -ant, -entdistancebalanceallowanceperformanceimportancesilencedifferencepatienceevidenceconfidenceassistantimportantexcellentdifferentpatientUnit 3 · Suffixes: -ive, -ize, -istactivecreativeexpensiveattractivepositiverealizeorganizeapologizememorizerecognizeartistscientisttouristcyclistdentistUnit 4 · Prefixes: inter-, sub-, super-, trans-interruptinternationalinternetinterviewsubmarinesubwaysubtractsubmergesuperherosupermarketsuperiortransporttransfertransformtranslateUnit 5 · Latin roots: port, rupt, dict, structexportimportportablereporteruptdisruptbankruptrupturepredictdictionarycontradictverdictconstructinstructstructureUnit 6 · Latin roots: spect, tract, ject, scrib/scriptinspectrespectspectatorspectacleattractextractdistracttractorprojectrejectobjectdescribeprescribemanuscripttranscriptUnit 7 · Consonant alternation (silent to sounded)signsignalsignaturebombbombardmusclemuscularcolumncolumnistsoftencondemncondemnationdesigndesignateresignedulist.com/word-lists/spelling-words/5th-gradeFree printables, plus learning programs scholarships can pay for · Page 1 of 3

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This 5th grade spelling list has 16 weekly units of about 15 words, built around meaning. It covers -able and -ible, -ance/-ence and -ant/-ent, Latin roots (port, rupt, dict, struct, spect, tract, ject, scrib), prefixes inter-, sub-, super- and trans-, assimilated prefixes (illegal, impossible, irregular), -cial, -tial and -cian, plurals of words ending in o and f, and pairs that show related spellings, like sign and signal or compete and competition.

Print the year or choose a unit for worksheets and a test. The best fifth grade spelling habit is "think of a related word": the silent g in sign makes sense once you hear it in signal.

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  • Build a word web for each root: port → export, import, portable, report.
  • For -able vs. -ible, -able usually follows a complete word (readable); -ible often doesn't (visible).

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What do 5th graders learn in spelling?

Mostly meaning-based spelling: Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes, related word pairs and commonly confused words.

Are these the same as 5th grade spelling bee words?

No. These are weekly pattern lists. Our spelling bee words for 5th and 6th grade are a separate, harder list.

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