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Weekly Spelling Words and Guidelines for Fifth Grade

Week of April 22 - 26, 2024
 
No Spelling!  We are working on our cursive writing each day instead!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of April 15 - 19, 2024
 
No spelling this week in lieu of STAAR prep and practice for upcoming STAAR Test, April 16th.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of April 1 - 5, 2024
 
Unit 25: Reduced List:
soldiers
pianos
chiefs
countries
skis
characters
valleys
beliefs
envelopes
heroes
 
Full List:
Above plus:
essays
treaties
luggage
badges
palaces
gentlemen
latches
loaves
groceries
diaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of March 25 - 28, 2024
 
Unit 25:  Words with Suffixes -or, -er, -ist
 
Reduced List:
director
pitcher
scientist
editor
professor
creditor
artist
passenger
tourist
actor
 
Regular List
Above plus:
commander
colonist
typist
homemaker
operator
instructor
inventor
cyclist
gardener
publisher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of March 18 - 22, 2024
 
Unit 23
Reduced List:
principal
principle
country
county
weight
invent
event
effect
affect
vein
 
Full List:
Above plus the following:
vane
vain
kernel
colonel
capitol
capital
dairy
diary
coarse
course
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of March 4 - 8, 2024
 
No spelling this week, in lieu of STAAR Benchmark Assessments.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of February 26 - March 1, 2024
 
Unit 22:  Compound Words
 
Reduced List:
outline
home run
up-to-date
homework
waterproof
downstairs
themselves
forty-four
good-bye
itself
 
Full List:
Above list plus:
peanut butter
make-believe
merry-go-round
underline
part of speech
sweatshirt
good-bye
double-header
twenty-seven
parcel post
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unit 21:  Words with Suffixes - en, -ize
Reduced List:
given
frighten
organize
awaken
realize
loosen
criticize
forgotten
stolen
frozen
 
Regular List:
Above plus the following:
specialize
shaken
fertilize
summarize
criticize
modernize
generalize
memorize
flatten
straighten
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of February 5 - 9, 2024
 
In lieu of the STAAR Field Tests, there will be NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!  Yay!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of January 29 - February 2, 2024
 
Unit 20:  Words with Common Syllable Division Patterns
 
Reduced List:
petal
minus
proper
pretend
disgust
blizzard
inject
subtract
transform
conflict
 
Total List:  Words above Plus the Following:
basin
vital
razor
liquid
climate
standard
instinct
distract
imprint
extra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of January 16 - 19, 2024
 
Unit 19:  Words with Consonant Changes with Suffixes Added
 
Reduced List:
mathematics
mathematician
migrate
migration
race
racial
instruct
instruction
clinic
clinician
 
Full List:  Above 10 plus the following:
abbreviate
abbreviation
erode
erosion
optic
optician
collect
collection
hibernate
hibernation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Week of December 11 - 15, 2023
Unit 15:  Prefixes:  pre-, re-, post-, co-
 
Reduced List:
reappear
postscript
cooperate
prehistoric
posttest
precaution
prefix
coworker
refresh
postdate
 
prerecorded
coauthors
recharge
postwar
rejoin
coexist
reform
prepaid
reenter
reclaim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UIL Spellers - Weeks 8 - 9
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of November 7 - 10, 2023

 

TUESDAY:

Unit 13

inform, ornament, disappear, pioneer, important, warmth, serious, forever, reword, appear, perform, force

 

Spelling: We will read, spell, and write words with the r-controlled vowel sounds /or/ and /ir/.


peer, weary, pier, fortune, career, pierce, formal, enormous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 30 - November 3, 2023

 

Unit 11

 

MONDAY:

Unit 11:

repair, aware, starve, pardon, guard, barge, scarce, despair, declare, argue, department, vary, prepare, flair, article, armor, regard, area, carve, flare

 

There are TWELVE words this week, unless the student has 50% reduced spelling words in their 504/IEP, then they will have the first ten highlighted words.

 

 

Spelling: We will read, spell, and write words with the r-controlled vowel sounds /ar/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 16 - 20, 2023

Unit 9

 

 

Unit 9:

citizen

profession

companion

governor

solution

mention

common

senator

mission

section

million

oven

differ

bother

 


Students will read, spell, and write words with final /en/ spelled en, on, ion.

 

mayor

copper

dozen

motor

onion

remember

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 10 - 13, 2023

Unit 8:

 

 

Unit 8:

 

humble

angel

council

pupil

final

normal

angle

syllable

festival

panel

evil

rural

fossil

scramble

marvel

 

Students will read, spell, and write words with the final /el/ sound spelled al, el, il, or le.

 

loyal

general

parcel

civil

counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 1 - 5, 2023

 

Unit 7:

metal

metallic

hospital

hospitality

provide

provision

preside

president

crime

criminal Note: Highlighted words for students with 25% reduction in spelling words

The first ten highlighted words for those students with 50% reduction in words.

gene

genetics

period

periodic

explore

exploration

legal

legality

define

definition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of September 25 - 29, 2023

 

Unit 5

 

Spelling List - Words with Short Vowel Sounds:

Unit 5:

1.direct

2.credit

3.exist

4.deposit

5.staff

6.direct

7.splendid

8.business

9.sense

10.discuss

11.contest

12.building

13.swift

14.interest

15.exact

16.promise

17.habit

18.thus

19.active

20.solve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highlighted words from Units 1-5 for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.

 

unch

shawl

false

author

install

loss

broad

audience

drawing

caution

lawyer

recall

astronaut

office

scold

automobile

drawn

broth

awful

flaw

 

 

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of September 11 - 15, 2023

 

Week 5 Spelling List 

humid

remove

prove

costume

rescue

unit

annual

suit

include

continue

future

beauty

movies

value

humor

museum

avenue

produce

amuse

youth

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 4 , Unit 2 Spelling List - Words with Long I and O

arrive

slope

growth

locate

design

supply

chosen

type

froze

polite

spoken

tone

describe

silent

thrown

deny

excite

bowl

style

decide

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP (1,3,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,17,18,20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 1 Spelling Words, Fifth Grade, August 28 - September 1, 2023

 

Unit 1 Spelling Long A & E Words

  1. operate
  2. claim
  3. needle
  4. beneath
  5. foggy
  6. gasoline
  7. eighty
  8. freight
  9. complete
  10. scary
  11. neighbor
  12. daily
  13. screen
  14. police
  15. explain
  16. feature
  17. straight
  18. memory
  19. contain
  20. populate

The highlighted words are the words for those with a reduced spelling list (on their 504 or IEP.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Week of September 12 - 16, 2022

Highlighted words for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP

Unit 4

Spelling Words:

1.launch

2.shawl

3.false

4.author

5.install

6.loss

7.broad

8.audience

9.drawing

10.caution

11.lawyer

12.recall

13.astronaut

14.office

15.scald

16.automobile

17.drawn

18.broth

19.awful

20.flaw

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 6 - 9, 2022

 

Unit 3: Read, spell, and write words with oo sound spelled ui, o-consonant-e, u-consonant-e, o, or ue.

Read, spell, and write words with yoo sound spelled u, you, u-consonant-e, ue, or eau.

 

 

1.humid

2.remove

3.prove

4.costume

5.rescue

6.unit

7.annual

8.suit

9.include

10.continue

11.future

12.beauty

  1. 13 movies
  2.     value
  3. 15 humor
  4. 16 museum
  5.     avenue
  6. 18 produce
  7.     amuse
  8. 0      youth

 

 

The Highlighted words are for those with a 504 with reduced spelling list or those with an IEP Plan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 13 Spelling:

1.inform

2.ornament

3.disappear

4.pioneer

5.important

6.warmth

7.serious

8.forever

9.reward

10.appear

11.perform

12.force

13.peer

14.weary

15.pier

16.fortune

17.career

18.pierce

19.formal

20.enormous

 

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 5:

1.direct

2.credit

3.exist

4.deposit

5.staff

6.direct

7.splendid

8.business

9.sense

10.discuss

11.contest

12.building

13.swift

14.interest

15.exact

16.promise

17.habit

18.thus

19.active

20.solve

 

Highlighted words from Units 1-5 for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 2 Spelling List (Week of September 7 - 10, 2021)

 

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP (1,3,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,17,18,20)

  1.   arrive
  2.   slope
  3.   growth
  4.   locate
  5.   design
  6.   supply
  7.   chosen
  8. type
  9.   froze
  10. polite
  1. spoken
  2. tone
  3. describe
  4. silent
  5. thrown
  6. deny
  7. excite
  8. bowl
  9. style
  10. decide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of March 1 - 5, 2021

Spelling Unit 21:

1.given

2.frighten

3.specialize

4.organize

5.shaken

6.fertilize

7.awaken

8.realize

9.loosen

10.summarize

11.criticize

12.forgotten

13.modernize

14.stolen

15.generalize

16.memorize

17.frozen

18.civilize

19.flatten

20.straighten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 20 Spelling Words

1.petal

2.minus

3.proper

4.pretend

5.disgust

6.blizzard

7.inject

8.subtract

9.transform

10.conflict

11.basin

12.vital

13.razor

14.liquid

15.climate

16.standard

17.instinct

18.distract

19.imprint

20.extra

 

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of January 12 - 15, 2021

 

Unit 15

1.prerecorded

2.reappear

3.postscript

4.cooperate

5.prehistoric

6.posttest

7.coauthors

8.recharge

9.precaution

10.postwar

11.rejoin

12.coexist

13.prefix

14.coworker

15.reform

16.prepaid

17.refresh

18.postdate

19.reenter

20.reclaim

 

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 13 Spelling:

1.inform

2.ornament

3.disappear

4.pioneer

5.important

6.warmth

7.serious

8.forever

9.reward

10.appear

11.perform

12.force

13.peer

14.weary

15.pier

16.fortune

17.career

18.pierce

19.formal

20.enormous

 

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of November 30 - December 4, 2020

 

Unit 12 Spelling:

Review Units 7-11

Unit 7:  

period, periodic, metal, metallic, explore, exploration, gene, genetics, hospital, hospitality

Unit 8:  final, general, scramble, syllable, pupil, normal, angle, fossil, council, panel

Unit 9remember, common, motor, governor, oven, dozen, mayor, section, solution, million

Unit 10:  deserve, further, purpose, service, worth, worst, current, disturb, world, search

Unit 11:  carve, article, guard, repair, declare, area, department, armor, flare,

 

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of November 16 - 20, 2020

 

Unit 11 Spelling:

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list.

 

1.repair

  1. aware
  2. starve
  3. pardon
  4. guard
  5. barge
  6. scarce
  7. declare
  8. argue

10.department

11.vary

  1. prepare
  2. flair
  3. article
  4. armor
  5. regard
  6. area
  7. carve
  8. despair
  9. flare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 26 - 30, 2020

 

Unit 9

Spelling List:

  1. solution
  2. common
  3. section
  4. million
  5. oven
  6. dozen
  7. citizen
  8. profession
  9. companion
  10. mention
  11. mission
  12. onion

13.governor

  1. mayor
  2. motor
  3. remember
  4. senator
  5. differ
  6. bother
  7. copper

Highlighted words for those with 504 or IEP with reduced spelling list.


 

 

Week of October 19 - 22, 2020

Unit 8 Spelling Words:

  1. humble
  2. angel
  3. council
  4. pupil
  5. final
  6. normal
  7. angle
  8. syllable
  9. festival
  10. panel
  11. evil
  12. rural
  13. fossil
  14. scramble
  15. marvel
  16. loyal
  17. general
  18. parcel
  19. civil
  20. counsel
 

Highlighted words from Unit 8 for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.  (Thirteen words this week; working up to 15 (25% reduction.)

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 12 - 16, 2020

Unit 7 Spelling Words:

hospital

hospitality

period

periodic

gene 

genetics

metal

metallic

explore

exploration

crime

criminal

define

definition

legal

legality

president

preside

provide

provision

 

Highlighted words from Units 1-5 for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of October 5 - 9, 2020

Unit 6: Review Units 1 - 5.

 

Spelling Units 1-5 Review: 

Unit 1: neighbor, scary, straight, memory, contain, complete, police, explain, screen, beneath.

Unit 2decide, excite, thrown, describe, bawl, arrive, spoken, supply, type, silent. 

Unit 3beauty, produce, prove, suit, future, unit, continue, value, movies, youth. 

Unit 4:  loss, caution, author, false, office, audience, awful, drawing, shawl, drawn. 

Unit 5:  building, business, direct, interest, sense, exact, thus, discuss, solve, promise.

 

Highlighted words from Units 1-5 for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 29 - October 2, 2020

Spelling Words:

Unit 5:

1.direct

2.credit

3.exist

4.deposit

5.staff

6.direct

7.splendid

8.business

9.sense

10.discuss

11.contest

12.building

13.swift

14.interest

15.exact

16.promise

17.habit

18.thus

19.active

20.solve

 

Highlighted words from Units 1-5 for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First 8 words for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP.

 

Week of September 21 - 25, 2020

1. because

2. write

3. wrote

4. theme

5. view

6. characters

7. title

8. limited

9. series

10. exposition

11. conflict

12 resolution

 

Monday - Write a complete sentence for each word. Underline word in sentence

- Write words THREE times each this week!

 

Tuesday - Write a different sentence for each word. Underline word in sentence.

- Write words THREE times each this week!

 

Wednesday - Write words THREE times each.

 

Thursday - Write words THREE times each.

 

Friday - Spelling TEST

 

 

 

 

 

 Week of September 14 - 18, 2020

Highlighted words for students with reduced spelling words on 504 Plan or IEP

Unit 4

Spelling Words:

1.launch

2.shawl

3.false

4.author

5.install

6.loss

7.broad

8.audience

9.drawing

10.caution

11.lawyer

12.recall

13.astronaut

14.office

15.scald

16.automobile

17.drawn

18.broth

19.awful

20.flaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 3 Spelling Words:

1.humid

2.remove

3.prove

4.costume

5.rescue

6.unit

7.annual

8.suit

9.include

10.continue

11.future

12.beauty

  1. movies
  2. value
  3. humor
  4. museum
  5. avenue
  6. produce
  7. amuse
  8. youth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unit 2:

Spelling List:

Highlighted spelling words only for ELL students, those with a 504 Plan or an IEP (1,3,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,17,18,20)

  1.   arrive
  2.   slope
  3.   growth
  4.   locate
  5.   design
  6.   supply
  7.   chosen
  8. type
  9.   froze

10 .polite

  1. spoken
  2. tone
  3. describe
  4. silent
  5. thrown
  6. deny
  7. excite
  8. bowl
  9. style
  10. decide

 

 

 

 

 

Unit 1

Spelling List:

Highlighted spelling words only for students  with a 504 Plan or IEP (3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,17,18,20) who have a reduced spelling list.. All other students have twenty spelling words for the week.

  1. operate
  2. claim
  3. needle
  4. beneath
  5. foggy
  6. gasoline
  7. eighty
  8. freight
  9. complete
  10. scary
  11. neighbor
  12. daily
  13. screen
  14. police
  15. explain
  16. feature
  17. straight
  18. memory
  19. contain
  20. populate