Scripps National Spelling Bee Sources for Your Spelling Bee Study List, grade 5

Scripps National Spelling Bee Sources for Your Spelling Bee Study List, grade 5

Study Words for Fifth Graders | 2016-2017

beckon
creation
dumbwaiter
unbearable
cupboard
dimension
initials
daunted
settee
digestive
lounge
marooned
poisonous
vinegar
moisture
terrier
gymnastics
vertical
inlet
botany
linen
esteem
mildew
gourd
pitiful
concise
perimeter
thicket
naturalist
quashed
microscope
cathedral
diligent
auction
sediment
fervently
bushel
clodhopper
unappealing
dandruff
pensive
gnarled
peculiar
cutlery
equestrian
oblivious
spatula
tuition
bedraggled
paisley
orchestra
satchel
herring
coronet
precursor
infuriating
suet
forfeit
partridge
arduous
mastiff
pauper
armadillo
reggae
marionette
algae
tortoise

This list includes 50 challenging fifth grade words and, to extend learning, 50 challenging sixth grade words. If you learn the spellings and meanings of these 100 words, you will be well prepared for a fifth grade classroom bee. If you would like to be well prepared for a school spelling bee, ask your teacher for the 450-word School Spelling Bee Study List.

Fifth Grade Source Books (the first 50 words may be found in these books):

•  Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

•  Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

•  Matilda by Roald Dahl

•  The Candymakers by Wendy Mass

•  Byrd & Igloo: A Polar Adventure by Samantha Seiple

•  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

 

Sixth Grade Source Books (the last 50 words may be found in these books):

•  A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park

•  The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

•  A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

•  Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

•  The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition by William Kamkwamba

•  Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett