Our 5th grade spelling program has 30 lists of 20 words. Each list pairs a spelling pattern, such as vowel teams, silent letters or Greek roots, with 8 words from science, social studies, math or reading. Every sixth list is a review.
- Spelling patterns plus content-area vocabulary
- Six activities for every list, each with an answer key
- Review lists every five weeks
Browse by activity: Spelling Lists | ABC Order | Spelling Vocabulary | Spelling Word Search | Hidden Letters | Spelling Jumble | Crossword Puzzles
Click any picture to open the worksheet page, where you can print the PDF and its answer key.
Spelling List E1- Short and Long Vowel Patterns
Spelling List E1- Short and Long Vowel Patterns- Spelling list and word study steps 
Short and Long Vowel Patterns and Science: Matter
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including strength, cabin, hotel, silent, seven, basic and more.
ABC Order E1- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E1- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E1- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E1- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E1- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E1- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E2- Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ea, ee, oa
Spelling List E2- Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ea, ee, oa- Spelling list and word study steps 
Vowel Teams: ai, ay, ea, ee, oa and Science: Ecosystems
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including complain, display, mainland, stream, between, season and more.
ABC Order E2- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E2- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E2- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E2- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E2- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E2- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E3- Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy
Spelling List E3- Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy- Spelling list and word study steps 
Diphthongs: ou, ow, oi, oy and Social Studies: Explorers
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including mountain, amount, county, brown, flower, power and more.
ABC Order E3- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E3- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E3- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E3- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E3- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E3- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E4- R-Controlled Vowels
Spelling List E4- R-Controlled Vowels- Spelling list and word study steps 
R-Controlled Vowels and Geography: Landforms
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including market, garden, alarm, certain, perfect, thirsty and more.
ABC Order E4- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E4- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E4- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E4- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E4- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E4- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E5- Silent Letters: kn, wr, gn, mb
Spelling List E5- Silent Letters: kn, wr, gn, mb- Spelling list and word study steps 
Silent Letters: kn, wr, gn, mb and Science: Human Body
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including knowledge, knuckle, kneel, wrinkle, wrestle, wrong and more.
ABC Order E5- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E5- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E5- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E5- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E5- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E5- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E6- Review Words
Spelling List E6- Review Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Review Words and Review of lists 1-5
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including strength, cabin, atom, molecule, complain, display and more.
ABC Order E6- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E6- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E6- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E6- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E6- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E6- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E7- Homophones
Spelling List E7- Homophones- Spelling list and word study steps 
Homophones and Math: Geometry
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including aisle, isle, bored, board, course, coarse and more.
ABC Order E7- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E7- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E7- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E7- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E7- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E7- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E8- Commonly Confused Words
Spelling List E8- Commonly Confused Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Commonly Confused Words and Science: Weather
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including accept, except, affect, effect, advice, advise and more.
ABC Order E8- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E8- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E8- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E8- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E8- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E8- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E9- Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, mis-
Spelling List E9- Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, mis-- Spelling list and word study steps 
Prefixes: un-, re-, dis-, mis- and Social Studies: Government
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including unfair, unusual, unknown, rebuild, replace, review and more.
ABC Order E9- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E9- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E9- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E9- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E9- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E9- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E10- Prefixes: pre-, non-, inter-, sub-
Spelling List E10- Prefixes: pre-, non-, inter-, sub-- Spelling list and word study steps 
Prefixes: pre-, non-, inter-, sub- and Science: Energy
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including preview, prepare, predict, nonfiction, nonsense, nonstop and more.
ABC Order E10- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E10- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E10- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E10- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E10- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E10- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E11- Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ness, -ment
Spelling List E11- Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ness, -ment- Spelling list and word study steps 
Suffixes: -ful, -less, -ness, -ment and Social Studies: Colonies
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including helpful, careful, thankful, hopeless, endless, fearless and more.
ABC Order E11- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E11- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E11- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E11- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E11- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E11- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E12- Review Words
Spelling List E12- Review Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Review Words and Review of lists 7-11
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including aisle, isle, angle, triangle, accept, except and more.
ABC Order E12- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E12- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E12- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E12- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E12- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E12- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E13- Suffixes: -able and -ible
Spelling List E13- Suffixes: -able and -ible- Spelling list and word study steps 
Suffixes: -able and -ible and Reading: Story Elements
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including comfortable, reasonable, valuable, enjoyable, adorable, breakable and more.
ABC Order E13- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E13- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E13- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E13- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E13- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E13- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E14- Endings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence
Spelling List E14- Endings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence- Spelling list and word study steps 
Endings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence and Science: Light and Sound
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including important, elegant, distant, pleasant, student, different and more.
ABC Order E14- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E14- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E14- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E14- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E14- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E14- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E15- Endings: -tion, -sion, -cian
Spelling List E15- Endings: -tion, -sion, -cian- Spelling list and word study steps 
Endings: -tion, -sion, -cian and Social Studies: American Revolution
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including action, nation, collection, vacation, decision, division and more.
ABC Order E15- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E15- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E15- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E15- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E15- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E15- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E16- Plurals: -ves, -oes, and Irregular
Spelling List E16- Plurals: -ves, -oes, and Irregular- Spelling list and word study steps 
Plurals: -ves, -oes, and Irregular and Math: Fractions and Decimals
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including knives, wolves, leaves, shelves, loaves, potatoes and more.
ABC Order E16- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E16- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E16- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E16- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E16- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E16- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E17- Doubling the Final Consonant
Spelling List E17- Doubling the Final Consonant- Spelling list and word study steps 
Doubling the Final Consonant and Science: Plants
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including running, stopped, planned, beginning, forgotten, admitted and more.
ABC Order E17- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E17- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E17- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E17- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E17- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E17- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E18- Review Words
Spelling List E18- Review Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Review Words and Review of lists 13-17
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including comfortable, reasonable, character, setting, important, elegant and more.
ABC Order E18- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E18- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E18- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E18- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E18- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E18- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E19- Dropping e and Changing y to i
Spelling List E19- Dropping e and Changing y to i- Spelling list and word study steps 
Dropping e and Changing y to i and Social Studies: Westward Expansion
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including making, writing, hoping, using, easiest, funniest and more.
ABC Order E19- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E19- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E19- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E19- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E19- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E19- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E20- Greek Roots: graph, phon, tele, scope
Spelling List E20- Greek Roots: graph, phon, tele, scope- Spelling list and word study steps 
Greek Roots: graph, phon, tele, scope and Science: Space
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including autograph, paragraph, biography, geography, telephone, telescope and more.
ABC Order E20- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E20- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E20- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E20- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E20- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E20- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E21- Latin Roots: dict, rupt, port, struct
Spelling List E21- Latin Roots: dict, rupt, port, struct- Spelling list and word study steps 
Latin Roots: dict, rupt, port, struct and Social Studies: Civil War Era
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including dictionary, contradict, eruption, portable, transport, export and more.
ABC Order E21- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E21- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E21- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E21- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E21- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E21- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E22- Compound Words
Spelling List E22- Compound Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Compound Words and Science: Rocks and Earth
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including sunlight, outdoors, afternoon, homework, grandparent, wheelchair and more.
ABC Order E22- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E22- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E22- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E22- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E22- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E22- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E23- Contractions and Possessives
Spelling List E23- Contractions and Possessives- Spelling list and word study steps 
Contractions and Possessives and Social Studies: Citizenship
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including couldn’t, wouldn’t, shouldn’t, they’ve, we’ll, you’re and more.
ABC Order E23- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E23- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E23- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E23- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E23- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E23- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E24- Review Words
Spelling List E24- Review Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Review Words and Review of lists 19-23
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including making, writing, pioneer, wagon, autograph, paragraph and more.
ABC Order E24- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E24- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E24- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E24- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E24- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E24- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E25- Soft c and Soft g
Spelling List E25- Soft c and Soft g- Spelling list and word study steps 
Soft c and Soft g and Math: Measurement
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including cycle, central, decide, notice, exercise, giant and more.
ABC Order E25- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E25- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E25- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E25- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E25- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E25- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E26- Tricky Endings: ough and augh
Spelling List E26- Tricky Endings: ough and augh- Spelling list and word study steps 
Tricky Endings: ough and augh and Writing: Genres
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including through, thought, bought, brought, enough, rough and more.
ABC Order E26- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E26- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E26- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E26- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E26- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E26- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E27- Number Prefixes
Spelling List E27- Number Prefixes- Spelling list and word study steps 
Number Prefixes and Math: Operations
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including unicycle, uniform, bicycle, binoculars, tricycle, triple and more.
ABC Order E27- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E27- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E27- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E27- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E27- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E27- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E28- Frequently Misspelled Words
Spelling List E28- Frequently Misspelled Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Frequently Misspelled Words and Science: Scientific Method
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including separate, definitely, receive, believe, necessary, embarrass and more.
ABC Order E28- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E28- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E28- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E28- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E28- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E28- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E29- Academic Vocabulary
Spelling List E29- Academic Vocabulary- Spelling list and word study steps 
Academic Vocabulary and Across Subjects
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including justify, compare, contrast, summarize, inference, classify and more.
ABC Order E29- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E29- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E29- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E29- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E29- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E29- Solve a crossword with definition clues 
Spelling List E30- Review Words
Spelling List E30- Review Words- Spelling list and word study steps 
Review Words and Review of lists 25-29
Twenty words to read, practice and test, including cycle, central, kilometer, centimeter, through, thought and more.
ABC Order E30- Practice the list with this ABC order activity 
Spelling Vocabulary E30- Match each definition to a spelling word 
Spelling Word Search E30- Find every spelling word in the puzzle 
Hidden Letters E30- Fill in the hidden letters 
Spelling Jumble E30- Unscramble the spelling words 
Crossword Puzzle E30- Solve a crossword with definition clues 