5th GRADE SPELLING CONTRACT
Unit 4.1
NAME: _______________________________
#_______
DATE: ____________________
CHALLENGE
WORDS
thermometers
sympathy
matriarch
indices
barometers
alumni
phenomena
empathy
telemetry
alumnus
stimulus
architect
patriarch
radii
radius
anarchy
monarchy
apathy
index
stimuli
phenomenon
telescopic
1. Fluency Practice-daily
2. Take a spellingcity.com pretest& write all the misspelled words (10x)
3. Write the singular form for every plural word
(ex. 2 thermometers/1 thermometer)
4. Find all the “Greek root” words in the dictionary and give their
meanings (therm, meter, path, arch, tele)
5. Choose 10 words and use them in a sentence. Sentences should
contain 10 words or more (context clues). Underline the spelling
word & circle the context clues.
6. Complete Which Word
7. Ask parent/adult to give you a practice test or go to spellingcity.com
All completed assignments should be stabled in order and turned in by
Friday
5th GRADE SPELLING CONTRACT
Unit 4.2
NAME: _______________________________
#_______
DATE: ____________________
CHALLENGE
WORDS
construction
suggestions
subtraction
instruction
intersection
contribution
attention
revolution
institution
selection
insurrection
retribution
detection
restitution
obstruction
pollution
contradiction
reflection
retraction
retention
abolition
deflection
1. Fluency Practice-daily
2. Take a spellingcity.com pretest and write each misspelled word
(10x)
3. Underline base word and circle the suffix -tion (don’t forget to add
the letters that were changed or dropped)
4. Find 10 words in the dictionary and give their meanings
5. Choose 10 words and use them in a sentence. Sentences should
contain 10 words or more (context clues). Underline the spelling
word & circle the context clues.
6. Complete Which Word
7. Ask parent/adult to give you a practice test or go to spellingcity.com
All completed assignments should be stabled in order and turned in by
Friday
5th GRADE SPELLING CONTRACT
Unit 4.3
NAME: _______________________________
#_______
DATE: ____________________
CHALLENGE
WORDS
international
explosion
erosion
relatively
quietly
persuasion
interlock
intercoastal
perpetually
corrosion
interplanetary
interweave
decision
rhythmically
provision
interview
formerly
interstate
directly
awkwardly
regularly
exclusion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Fluency Practice-daily
Take a spellingcity.com pretest & write the misspelled words (10x)
Underline base word and circle the suffix -ly
Find all the “inter-” words in the dictionary and give their meanings
Choose 10 words and use them in a sentence. Sentences should
contain 10 words or more (context clues). Underline the spelling
word & circle the context clues.
6. Complete Which Word
7. Ask parent/adult to give you a practice test or go to spellingcity.com
All completed assignments should be stabled in order and turned in by
Friday
5th GRADE SPELLING CONTRACT
Unit 4.4
NAME: _______________________________
#_______
DATE: ____________________
CHALLENGE
WORDS
graceful
commencement
prohibit
similarity
exceed
energy
opposition
outlandish
fatigue
difference
extraordinary
distant
conclusion
fantastic
forbid
alliance
restrict
strange
secluded
clumsy
surpass
remote
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Fluency Practice-daily
Take a spellingcity.com pretest & write the misspelled words (10x)
Identify & list the pairs of synonyms
Find ten words in the dictionary and give their meanings
Choose 10 words and use them in a sentence. Sentences should
contain 10 words or more (context clues). Underline the spelling
word & circle the context clues.
6. Complete Which Word
7. Ask parent/adult to give you a practice test or go to spellingcity.com
All completed assignments should be stabled in order and turned in by
Friday
5th GRADE SPELLING CONTRACT
Unit 4.5
NAME: _______________________________
#_______
DATE: ____________________
CHALLENGE
WORDS
geography
pentameter
telegraph
speedometer
pictograph
chronometer
photometer
telecommute
photosynthesis
telegram
photojournalism
graphing
graphite
vacuum
centimeters
televise
graphic
photographer
millimeter
seismograph
photograph
autograph
1.
2.
3.
4.
Fluency Practice-daily
Take a spellingcity.com pretest & write the misspelled words (10x)
Highlight Greek Roots “graph” “photo” and “meter”
Make a list of 5 new words with each Greek root “graph” “photo”
and “meter”
5. Choose 10 words and use them in a sentence. Sentences should
contain 10 words or more (context clues). Underline the spelling
word & circle the context clues.
6. Complete Which Word
7. Ask parent/adult to give you a practice test or go to spellingcity.com
All completed assignments should be stabled in order and turned in by
Friday