5th Grade Vocabulary Words
The Grade 5 vocabulary list words were selected from the Houghton Mifflin 5th Grade Literature book (which covers a wide sample of literature topics) along with the most frequently used vocabulary from Houghton Mifflin’s 5th Grade Social Studies program. Additional key vocabulary used in national standardized reading tests (i.e. the Stanford Achievement Test) have also been added to the Grade 5 list.
The following vocabulary list contains the new reading words students should master by the end of Grade 5. A total of 700 new words are introduced in the Grade 5 Vocabulary List (20 words per week for 35 weeks). The first week reviews a cross sample of 50 Grade 4 words that represent the main phonics and reading rule categories. Each subsequent week introduces 20 new vocabulary words. *In many of the weekly lists of 20 words, you will encounter one word next to the letters u201cWD.u201d This represents u201cWord of the Dayu201d and is listed in this manner because it is a deviation from the daily phonics or reading rule category and typically requires extra attention for memorization.
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