Grade 5 · Vocabulary

Grade 5 Vocabulary

36 weekly lessons connected to an illustrated, printable digital textbook.

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Use the 36-week lesson sequence alongside the digital textbook. The book provides lesson explanations, worked examples, practice, instructional illustrations, and a parent answer guide. Reading alone does not record scores or change assignments.

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All 36 weekly vocabulary lessons

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  1. Week 1

    Greek and Latin roots

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in greek and latin roots and support my explanation with a clear example.

  2. Week 2

    Greek and Latin roots — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in greek and latin roots and support my explanation with a clear example.

  3. Week 3

    Greek and Latin roots — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in greek and latin roots and support my explanation with a clear example.

  4. Week 4

    Greek and Latin roots — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in greek and latin roots and support my explanation with a clear example.

  5. Week 5

    Prefixes with several meanings

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in prefixes with several meanings and support my explanation with a clear example.

  6. Week 6

    Prefixes with several meanings — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in prefixes with several meanings and support my explanation with a clear example.

  7. Week 7

    Prefixes with several meanings — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in prefixes with several meanings and support my explanation with a clear example.

  8. Week 8

    Prefixes with several meanings — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in prefixes with several meanings and support my explanation with a clear example.

  9. Week 9

    Suffixes and grammatical change

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in suffixes and grammatical change and support my explanation with a clear example.

  10. Week 10

    Suffixes and grammatical change — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in suffixes and grammatical change and support my explanation with a clear example.

  11. Week 11

    Suffixes and grammatical change — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in suffixes and grammatical change and support my explanation with a clear example.

  12. Week 12

    Suffixes and grammatical change — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in suffixes and grammatical change and support my explanation with a clear example.

  13. Week 13

    Context clues in nonfiction

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in context clues in nonfiction and support my explanation with a clear example.

  14. Week 14

    Context clues in nonfiction — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in context clues in nonfiction and support my explanation with a clear example.

  15. Week 15

    Context clues in nonfiction — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in context clues in nonfiction and support my explanation with a clear example.

  16. Week 16

    Context clues in nonfiction — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in context clues in nonfiction and support my explanation with a clear example.

  17. Week 17

    Analogies and relationships

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in analogies and relationships and support my explanation with a clear example.

  18. Week 18

    Analogies and relationships — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in analogies and relationships and support my explanation with a clear example.

  19. Week 19

    Analogies and relationships — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in analogies and relationships and support my explanation with a clear example.

  20. Week 20

    Analogies and relationships — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in analogies and relationships and support my explanation with a clear example.

  21. Week 21

    Precision and connotation

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in precision and connotation and support my explanation with a clear example.

  22. Week 22

    Precision and connotation — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in precision and connotation and support my explanation with a clear example.

  23. Week 23

    Precision and connotation — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in precision and connotation and support my explanation with a clear example.

  24. Week 24

    Precision and connotation — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in precision and connotation and support my explanation with a clear example.

  25. Week 25

    Subject-area vocabulary

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in subject-area vocabulary and support my explanation with a clear example.

  26. Week 26

    Subject-area vocabulary — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in subject-area vocabulary and support my explanation with a clear example.

  27. Week 27

    Subject-area vocabulary — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in subject-area vocabulary and support my explanation with a clear example.

  28. Week 28

    Subject-area vocabulary — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in subject-area vocabulary and support my explanation with a clear example.

  29. Week 29

    Idioms and figurative phrases

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in idioms and figurative phrases and support my explanation with a clear example.

  30. Week 30

    Idioms and figurative phrases — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in idioms and figurative phrases and support my explanation with a clear example.

  31. Week 31

    Idioms and figurative phrases — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in idioms and figurative phrases and support my explanation with a clear example.

  32. Week 32

    Idioms and figurative phrases — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in idioms and figurative phrases and support my explanation with a clear example.

  33. Week 33

    Use new words in formal writing

    I can define and explain the essential ideas in use new words in formal writing and support my explanation with a clear example.

  34. Week 34

    Use new words in formal writing — Analyze an example

    I can model and annotate the essential ideas in use new words in formal writing and support my explanation with a clear example.

  35. Week 35

    Use new words in formal writing — Apply with evidence

    I can compare and justify the essential ideas in use new words in formal writing and support my explanation with a clear example.

  36. Week 36

    Use new words in formal writing — Demonstrate understanding

    I can create and reflect the essential ideas in use new words in formal writing and support my explanation with a clear example.

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