5th Grade Weekly Spelling Lists: Weeks 19-27

Cut along the line and send the list home on Monday for practice. On Friday, read each word aloud, use it in a sentence and have students write it on a numbered line of the test. Keep the tests to see which spelling patterns need another week.

10 pages: a cover and 9 printable pages. Week 19: Latin roots vis, aqu and man: revise, envision, vision, visual, aquarium, aquatic, aqueduct, manual, manufacture, manicure. Week 20: Homophones: principal, principle, stationary, stationery, council, counsel, complement, compliment, course, coarse. Week 21: Unstressed vowel sounds: chocolate, definite, medicine, opposite, skeleton, cinnamon, pentagon, abandon, balance, festival. Week 22: Endings -ary, -ery and -ory: vocabulary, temporary, anniversary, boundary, summary, machinery, observatory, category, laboratory, territory. Week 23: Endings -ic and -ical: scientific, historic, energetic, electric, artistic, logical, musical, magical, critical, practical. Week 24: Endings -age, -ege and -ige: courage, message, package, average, shortage, village, luggage, college, privilege, prestige. Week 25: Unusual plurals: cacti, fungi, crises, oases, species, series, salmon, aircraft, dominoes, mosquitoes. Week 26: Words with ei and ie: seize, weird, protein, receipt, deceive, perceive, relief, yield, fierce, mischief. Week 27: Words with ph, ch and gh: pharmacy, phrase, emphasis, physical, chemical, orchestra, mechanic, architect, cough, physician.

Yes. We made it for 5th Grade spelling lists, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

10 words a week for 36 weeks, a full school year.

One pattern a week: vowel patterns in longer words, silent letters, prefixes and suffixes in weeks 1 to 12, Greek and Latin roots, homophones and unstressed vowels in weeks 13 to 24, then unusual plurals, easily confused words, subject area words and words from other languages in weeks 25 to 36.

Yes. Every weekly page has the take-home list of 10 5th grade words at the top and a numbered spelling test below a cut line, ready for Friday.

Send the list home on Monday, practice the pattern in class during the week, and give the test on Friday. Keep a few minutes each day for reading and writing the words in sentences.