Year 5 Spelling Words
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Year 5 Spelling Words
📚 Part 1: Core Spelling Words (1-50)
1. accommodation 2. achieve 3. aggressive 4. amateur 5. ancient
6. apparent 7. appreciate 8. argument 9. available 10. awkward
11. bargain 12. bruise 13. category 14. cemetery 15. committee
16. communicate 17. conscience 18. conscious 19. controversy 20. correspond
21. curiosity 22. definite 23. desperate 24. develop 25. dictionary
26. disappear 27. disappoint 28. embarrass 29. environment 30. especially
31. exaggerate 32. excellent 33. existence 34. explanation 35. familiar
36. favourite 37. foreign 38. frequently 39. government 40. guarantee
41. harass 42. immediate 43. independent 44. interrupt 45. knowledge
46. language 47. library 48. lightning 49. maintenance 50. mischievous
✏️ Part 2: Advanced Spelling Words (51-100)
51. necessary 52. neighbour 53. nuisance 54. occasion 55. occurred
56. parliament 57. particular 58. permanent 59. personnel 60. persuade
61. possession 62. privilege 63. probably 64. pronunciation 65. psychology
66. queue 67. receive 68. recognise 69. recommend 70. restaurant
71. rhythm 72. schedule 73. secretary 74. separate 75. sergeant
76. shoulder 77. sincerely 78. soldier 79. stomach 80. strength
81. sufficient 82. surprise 83. suspicious 84. temperature 85. thorough
86. tomorrow 87. twelfth 88. unconscious 89. unfortunately 90. until
91. vacuum 92. vehicle 93. Wednesday 94. weird 95. whether
96. whistle 97. yacht 98. yield 99. young 100. zealous
🎯 Success Criteria & Extension Activities
• I can spell 80% of words correctly in a test
• I can identify common spelling patterns
• I can use these words correctly in my writing
• I can break words into syllables to help spelling
🟢 Support: Focus on words 1-25, use phonetic breakdown, visual memory aids
🟡 Core: Master words 1-75, practice weekly spelling tests, word families
🔴 Challenge: Learn all 100 words, create sentences, find etymology
1. Create a story using 10 words from the list
2. Research the origin of 5 challenging words
3. Make word family groups (e.g., words ending in -tion)
4. Design a spelling game for younger pupils
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