Fifth Grade Spelling Words
We provide science-backed Fifth Grade Spelling word lists, online spelling tests, and worksheets that are customizable in seconds.
Spelling Test Buddy offers a comprehensive list of Fifth Grade Spelling word lists. Use these words in your 5th grade spelling curriculum or to build custom Worksheets.
Our Fifth Grade spelling words are broken down into a scope and sequence across 13 weeks to take you from the first day of school, through the whole school year.
Each week contains 20 spelling words.
These words align with the following standards:
- CCSS ELA: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2.e
- Next Generation Learning Standards: NGLS ELA.5.L.2
Spelling tests, practice and games for Fifth Graders
Do you want to provide digital spelling tests on these fifth grade word lists? Spelling Test Buddy lets you use any or all of these word lists as a part of your spelling curriculum.
Simply log in and navigate to 📓 Word Lists. Create or Edit a list, and when given the option to add words, from the “Pick a word list” dropdown, select Fifth Grade to start.
You can see a sample for each word list by tapping on “Sample spelling test” below.
Generate custom spelling and phonics worksheets with these words
Do you want to generate worksheets for definition match, word hunt, cloze (fill in the blank), flash cards, sound sorts, Morphology word matrices, and more?
Simply find the word list you want to use below, then tap on “Generate Worksheet” to get started. This will take you to Worksheet Creator.
You then pick the worksheet template you want to use, edit your list of words, and generate your worksheet.
Then, print, download, or share your worksheet.
Word Lists
| Week | Words | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | address, collar, mirror, recess, committee, collect, Mississippi, immediate, command, appreciate, announce, possess, Tennessee, gallop, opponent, barricade, broccoli, accomplish, allowance, zucchini | |
| 2 | staffs, ourselves, pants, scissors, loaves, volcanoes, chiefs, buffaloes, flamingoes, beliefs, echoes, shelves, quizzes, sheriffs, dominoes, thieves, measles, avocados, chefs, pianos | |
| 3 | example, level, slogan, quarrel, scramble, evil, oxygen, wooden, double, travel, cancel, chuckle, fossil, toboggan, veteran, chisel, suburban, single, sudden, beagle | |
| 4 | jewel, kingdom, gasoline, factory, garage, tropical, pajamas, estimate, tomorrow, humidity, Chicago, bulletin, carnival, illustrate, elegant, census, terrific, celebrate, operate, celery | |
| 5 | danger, wander, tractor, dollar, harbor, eager, eraser, surrender, solar, sticker, locker, helicopter, pillar, refrigerator, caterpillar, rumor, glimmer, linger, sensor, alligator | |
| 6 | waterproof, teaspoon, grasshopper, homesick, barefoot, courthouse, earthquake, rowboat, scrapbook, countryside, lightweight, fishhook, spotlight, blindfold, whirlpool, tablespoon, greenhouse, postcard, hummingbird, thumbtack | |
| 7 | excuse, scene, muscle, explore, pledge, journal, science, schedule, gigantic, scheme, Japan, excellent, exclaim, fascinate, ginger, scholar, scent, dodge, smudge, schooner | |
| 8 | distance, shuttle, advance, perhaps, husband, drummer, problem, regular, channel, mustard, petals, admire, method, comedy, figure, tissue, butter, enjoy, anger, denim | |
| 9 | coast, paint, faint, willow, feast, arrow, maintain, appeal, speech, needle, crease, bowling, wheat, charcoal, grain, complain, Spain, praise, breeze, sneeze | |
| 10 | supplied, supplying, denied, denying, decided, deciding, included, including, admitted, admitting, occurred, occurring, qualified, qualifying, identified, identifying, delayed, delaying, satisfied, satisfying | |
| 11 | acorn, icon, silent, hotel, spider, coast, arrow, speech, charcoal, Spain, deciding, included, qualified, satisfied, identified, they're, would've, who'd, this'll, couldn't | |
| 12 | shovel, southern, northern, chapter, hyphen, chosen, establish, although, challenge, approach, astonish, python, shatter, ethnic, shiver, pharmacy, charity, china, attach, ostrich | |
| 13 | they're, you've, weren't, needn't, there'd, they've, mustn't, what'll, doesn't, hadn't, could've, would've, should've, might've, wouldn't, who've, shouldn't, who'd, this'll, couldn't |
More weeks coming later this year!