Vocabulary List for Fifth Grade

Source for List:  GPS/CRCT Reading

 

This word list was compiled from the implemented Georgia Performance Standards and the CRCT Content Domain Descriptors at fifth grade level.

Reading

diagrams

informational

adjective

dialogue

interjection

adverb

dictionary

interrogative

alliteration

differences

judgments

almanac

effect

Latin roots

antonym

electronic information (media)

logical order

apostrophe

encyclopedia

main idea

appendix

end notes

maps

appositives

evaluate

metaphor

atlas

example

meter

audience

exclamatory

narrative

bibliographic references

expectation

nonfiction

bibliography

explicit

noun

captions

extraneous

onomatopoeia

cause

fiction

palindromes

cause and effect

figurative language

paragraph

character

flashback

personification

characterization

flow

perspective

charts

folktales

persuasive

chronological order

footnotes

plot

citation

foreshadow

poetry

classification

fragments

point of view

classification schemes

genres

position

clincher sentences

glossary

prediction

closure

graphics

prefixes

comma

Greek roots

preposition

complex

guide words

pronoun

compound

homophone

pronunciation

conflict

hyperbole

punctuation

conjunctions

idioms

puns

consumer

illustrations

purpose

context clues

imagery

quotation marks

definition

imperative

refrain

description

implied

relevant

descriptive narrative

inferences

restatement


 

 

rhyme scheme

Science

steady

rhythm

apply

substance

root words

bar magnet

vapor

run-ons

beneficial

volcanoes

semicolon

categorize

weathering

setting

chloroplasts

 

similarities

circuit

 

simile

conductors

 

stanzas

constructive

 

suffixes

cytoplasm

 

supporting details

databases

 

supporting idea

deposition

 

suspense

destructive

 

synonym

earthquakes

 

tension

electro magnet

 

theme

erosion

 

thesaurus

exhibit

 

topic sentence

faults

 

transitions

gene

 

verb

harmful

 

workplace

inherited traits

 

Math

insulators

 

analyze

intervention

 

capacity

invertebrate

 

classify

irregular

 

compute

levees

 

cubic

magnet

 

divisibility

magnification

 

equivalent

magnifiers

 

evaluate

manipulating

 

factors

mechanical

 

fluid

membrane

 

formula

micro-organisms

 

geometric

nucleus

 

improper (fraction)

observation

 

interchangeably

organisms

 

justify

reclamation

 

multiples

reference books

 

plane

repetitive

 

prism

seismological

 

proper (fraction)

skepticism

 

similarities

static electricity