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Grade 5 Spelling Word Lists - Free Practice

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Grade 5 spelling lists feature advanced vocabulary, complex word patterns, and academic terms for fifth graders (ages 10-11). Students practice sophisticated spelling patterns, technical vocabulary, and words commonly found in upper elementary texts.

Fry Sight Words List 21 (Words 501–525)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. can't
  2. center
  3. difference
  4. drive
  5. dance
  6. beside
  7. eggs
  8. describe
  9. cells
  10. discovered
  11. cause
  12. developed
  13. direction
  14. believe
  15. beautiful
  16. edge
  17. blue
  18. anything
  19. clothes
  20. distance
  21. divided
  22. drop
  23. brother
  24. arms
  25. bill

Fry Sight Words List 22 (Words 526–550)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. happy
  2. farmers
  3. instruments
  4. general
  5. kept
  6. exercise
  7. gone
  8. heart
  9. matter
  10. held
  11. felt
  12. love
  13. lay
  14. legs
  15. forest
  16. grass
  17. interest
  18. energy
  19. Europe
  20. main
  21. job
  22. finished
  23. meet
  24. length
  25. flowers

Fry Sight Words List 23 (Words 551–575)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. million
  2. past
  3. sat
  4. probably
  5. raised
  6. members
  7. months
  8. reason
  9. region
  10. return
  11. record
  12. represent
  13. root
  14. moon
  15. sign
  16. picked
  17. perhaps
  18. paint
  19. mind
  20. rain
  21. shall
  22. present
  23. paragraph
  24. ready
  25. race

Fry Sight Words List 24 (Words 576–600)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. sum
  2. subject
  3. square
  4. window
  5. wide
  6. west
  7. third
  8. test
  9. weather
  10. whether
  11. wish
  12. wall
  13. suddenly
  14. sky
  15. store
  16. train
  17. winter
  18. teacher
  19. written
  20. soft
  21. wild
  22. syllables
  23. site
  24. summer
  25. simple

Latin Roots (with examples)

10 words · Frequently used Latin roots

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  1. cred (believe)
  2. port (carry)
  3. struct (build)
  4. aud (hear)
  5. tract (pull)
  6. scrib/script (write)
  7. ject (throw)
  8. dict (say)
  9. rupt (break)
  10. fract (break)

U.S. State Capitals

50 words · 50 U.S. state capitals

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  1. Sacramento
  2. Carson City
  3. Austin
  4. Jackson
  5. Augusta
  6. Oklahoma City
  7. Tallahassee
  8. Lincoln
  9. Albany
  10. Jefferson City
  11. Phoenix
  12. Saint Paul
  13. Santa Fe
  14. Salt Lake City
  15. Honolulu
  16. Providence
  17. Des Moines
  18. Raleigh
  19. Trenton
  20. Dover
  21. Harrisburg
  22. Madison
  23. Baton Rouge
  24. Bismarck
  25. Boise
  26. Boston
  27. Charleston
  28. Columbia
  29. Denver
  30. Frankfort
  31. Indianapolis
  32. Hartford
  33. Montgomery
  34. Columbus
  35. Cheyenne
  36. Little Rock
  37. Juneau
  38. Lansing
  39. Montpelier
  40. Olympia
  41. Salem
  42. Springfield
  43. Topeka
  44. Atlanta
  45. Nashville
  46. Annapolis
  47. Helena
  48. Richmond
  49. Pierre
  50. Concord

Measurement Units

15 words · Grade 5 Math – measurement units

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  1. mile
  2. millimeter
  3. inch
  4. foot
  5. cup
  6. liter
  7. pound
  8. quart
  9. meter
  10. yard
  11. pint
  12. centimeter
  13. ounce
  14. kilometer
  15. gallon

Commonly Misspelled Words (Grade 5)

10 words · Difficult spelling words

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  1. government
  2. sincerely
  3. library
  4. temperature
  5. business
  6. especially
  7. separate
  8. occasionally
  9. definitely
  10. experiment

Idioms and Proverbs

10 words · Common idioms and proverbs

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  1. break the ice
  2. don’t judge a book by its cover
  3. cost an arm and a leg
  4. better late than never
  5. piece of cake
  6. the early bird gets the worm
  7. when pigs fly
  8. let the cat out of the bag
  9. hit the hay
  10. once in a blue moon

Planets of the Solar System

8 words · Astronomy – major planets

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  1. Uranus
  2. Neptune
  3. Earth
  4. Venus
  5. Jupiter
  6. Mercury
  7. Saturn
  8. Mars

Geographical Landforms

10 words · Geography – physical landforms

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  1. canyon
  2. plateau
  3. valley
  4. plain
  5. lake
  6. mountain
  7. island
  8. river
  9. desert
  10. peninsula

American Revolution Terms

10 words · Grade 5 Social Studies – American Revolution vocab...

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  1. taxation
  2. redcoat
  3. patriot
  4. constitution
  5. liberty
  6. independence
  7. loyalist
  8. colony
  9. militia
  10. revolution

Poetry and Literary Terms

10 words · Grade 5 ELA – poetry & literary analysis terms

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  1. meter
  2. rhythm
  3. verse
  4. metaphor
  5. simile
  6. alliteration
  7. stanza
  8. imagery
  9. rhyme
  10. tone

Scientific Method Terms

10 words · Grade 5 Science – scientific inquiry vocabulary

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  1. experiment
  2. conclusion
  3. data
  4. results
  5. evidence
  6. hypothesis
  7. variable
  8. observation
  9. analysis
  10. control

Government and Civics Vocabulary

10 words · Grade 5 Social Studies – U.S. government terms

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  1. democracy
  2. citizen
  3. election
  4. constitution
  5. law
  6. government
  7. rights
  8. Congress
  9. republic
  10. justice

Computer & Technology Terms

10 words · Basic computer literacy vocabulary

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  1. network
  2. software
  3. internet
  4. website
  5. code
  6. database
  7. computer
  8. keyboard
  9. hardware
  10. program

5th Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

75 words · GreatSchools Curriculum

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  1. express
  2. gist
  3. abolish
  4. source
  5. heroic
  6. culture
  7. conflict
  8. horizontal
  9. summarize
  10. evaluate
  11. superior
  12. hilarious
  13. vertical
  14. tremble
  15. tolerate
  16. argument
  17. dissatisfied
  18. familiar
  19. accurate
  20. briskly
  21. approval
  22. hesitate
  23. convince
  24. passage
  25. claim
  26. influence
  27. announce
  28. exhaust
  29. explain
  30. escalate
  31. approximate
  32. avoid
  33. approach
  34. frequent
  35. drowsy
  36. significant
  37. gigantic
  38. accomplish
  39. harsh
  40. extend
  41. conclude
  42. historic
  43. effortless
  44. glare
  45. cease
  46. ordinary
  47. decade
  48. illegible
  49. expansion
  50. opposed
  51. persuade
  52. investigate
  53. evidence
  54. recently
  55. revolt
  56. unfamiliar
  57. scarce
  58. review
  59. tension
  60. navigate
  61. huddle
  62. dominate
  63. hostile
  64. primary
  65. unexpected
  66. equivalent
  67. expectation
  68. establish
  69. immigrate
  70. edible
  71. identify
  72. reference
  73. anxious
  74. context
  75. consistent

5th Grade Math Vocabulary (Common Core)

15 words · Granite School District – 5th Grade Math

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  1. prime number
  2. mean
  3. coordinate
  4. numerator
  5. composite
  6. denominator
  7. fraction
  8. prism
  9. volume
  10. mass
  11. polygon
  12. percent
  13. origin
  14. axis
  15. ratio

5th Grade Science Vocabulary

11 words · Academic science terms

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  1. producer
  2. gravity
  3. environment
  4. food web
  5. predator
  6. rotation
  7. experiment
  8. planet
  9. solar system
  10. orbit
  11. ecosystem

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HandwritingTrace and write
LCWCLook, cover, write, check
MatchingMatch words to definitions
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