DIRECTIONS TO FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS

The minimum lessons for this grade are numbered from 1 to 32, and contain 620 new words of the minimum list. The lessons marked R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, are made up of words from the fourth grade lessons which are most frequently misspelled by fifth grade children. In addition to these eighty review words, there is one review lesson containing homonyms. There are also two supplementary lessons made up of words which are new but which are not so commonly used as those in the minimum list. As in preceding grades, these supplementary lessons are introduced in order to afford additional work for classes which finish the regular lessons before the end of the year. There are also two lessons containing names of the months, days of the week, and certain abbreviations.

Directions for Teaching.—Read carefully the suggestions on pages [vii] to [xvi]. Read also the suggestions to teachers of the first four grades. See to it that your pupils attack their lessons in an aggressive manner. The pupils in grade five do considerable work in written composition, so it will be well to watch very closely the errors made in such work. Have the pupils learn all words misspelled in their written work, using the same method as in their regular spelling lessons.

Remember that the lessons are arranged by weeks rather than by days. The work for each week consists of one advance column and one review column. The review column in each case is the fourth column preceding the advance work. That is, it is made up of a week's work one month old. For example, column 5 contains 20 new words to be learned in one week. During the same week, column 1 should be reviewed. The lesson for the first week consists of column 1, which is the advance lesson, and of column R 1, which is the review.

R-1	R-2	R-3	R-4
running	joined	wrong	broad
legal	tax	anyway	cleaned
mental	chapter	greater	eighty
process	dread	hurt	everybody
booster	farther	junk	froze
rural	fully	o'clock	fruit
manual	idea	ordering	granted
straight	inspect	anyhow	kindest
enroll	jar	blew	lamb
mamma	kitchen	chain	leaf
rainy	knowing	enclosed	liberty
owe	dealing	circus	living
French	expert	gallon	Mrs.
largely	frozen	greeting	neat
cedar	guess	opening	ocean
together	moment	noisy	officer
term	reached	retail	pencil
busy	remind	worm	pretty
gain	serve	afterward	program
intend	valued	among	provided

IV. 13	IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 7
V. 8	V. 4	V. 4	V. 3
VI. 5	VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2

1	2	3	4
acting	charming	copy	shed
Bible	chum	wait	birth
closer	clever	edge	speed
crib	colt	won	odd
depending	drilling	brace	mass
glasses	earning	beef	youth
grandfather	flesh	enjoy	fuel
maple	formed	joke	worse
overlooked	globe	favor	hare
painted	hardware	until	loud
pending	joyful	peace	jaw
planted	lighting	reply	main
posted	likewise	frame	wage
printer	loaded	rough	tread
renting	lucky	family	score
stranger	painter	slipper	scale
tested	reaching	wishes	cure
trained	respond	united	rye
whereby	red	nerve	graze
candle	sash	caused	creep

IV. 5	IV. 7	IV. 7	IV. 8
V. 2	V. 3	V. 3	V. 4
VI. 1	VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2

5	6	7	8
scare	sore	diner	sewing
fifth	gas	burst	steady
hers	says	listen	dirty
ease	whom	powder	ivory
scrap	union	pitcher	turned
dose	women	voice	eager
throw	stuff	linen	bridge
tried	crazy	built	freeze
checks	tired	fixed	narrow
hasten	force	penny	refuse
chore	habit	liked	strike
notes	piano	taught	insist
scrub	cough	rapid	seemed
seems	nurse	finest	caught
Ave.	raise	dairy	valley
finds	ought	loyal	comply
bulbs	extra	devil	weary
grit	appear	organ	reduce
dodge	fourth	await	showed
weekly	button	blessed	angry

IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8
V. 4	V. 4	V. 4	V. 4
VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2

9	10	11	12
admire	needed	placing	eighteen
bundle	bottom	reaches	northern
runner	figured	somebody	thirteen
sentence	comfort	movement	amounting
shadow	throat	informed	withdraw
insure	stating	handsome	including
friendly	surface	inviting	industry
papered	foolish	contained	breaking
circle	carried	English	post-office
gaining	message	helpful	homestead
cooler	central	improved	workmanship
Easter	helped	changing	housekeeping
boiler	active	checking	handled
elbow	shoulder	intended	inclosing
enlarge	closing	visited	returning
formal	opened	dealings	settlement
regain	played	stamped	nevertheless
bracelet	covered	watching	language
amounts	damage	anybody	hereafter
charged	quickly	pavement	production

IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8
V. 4	V. 4	V. 4	V. 4
VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2

13	14	15	16
picnic	directed	detail	perfect
taxes	fitting	action	capital
raising	flavor	ladies	misplaced
repeat	products	latter	writing
cheaper	disposed	manage	subject
decline	recovered	parlor	furnish
lowest	discovered	degree	instead
cutting	checked	useful	advance
stopped	needle	reason	handling
proven	cheerful	season	daughter
latest	eleventh	writer	chairman
setting	deeply	second	requested
conduct	feeder	record	mountain
dancing	German	notice	potatoes
devoted	prevented	direct	answered
studies	suffering	cousin	contract
hence	crowded	enjoyed	treatment
skating	coasting	explain	delightful
drafts	divide	married	delivered
clearly	shower	highest	answering

IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8
V. 4	V. 4	V. 4	V. 4
VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2

17	18	19	20
sew	ordered	though	import
deer	factory	during	changes
join	middle	enclose	builder
daily	lonesome	address	mistake
prize	placed	perhaps	baseball
began	breakfast	providing	suitable
public	postal	ashamed	relations
color	beaten	cottage	appoint
field	extend	already	department
cheap	awaiting	express	nearer
prove	package	Saturday	months
chest	history	greatest	expect
waist	obtain	delighted	preach
kept	square	shipment	proved
known	finished	painting	cheese
judge	fifteen	pleasure	sleepy
settle	waiting	trouble	frankly
woman	invite	several	prices
dealer	orange	training	poultry
health	require	slippery	writer's

IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 8	IV. 10
V. 4	V. 4	V. 4	V. 5
VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 2	VI. 3

21	22	23	24
buyer	begun	length	ribbon
proof	buggy	normal	adjust
spare	sleet	barrel	notion
apply	topic	begged	quoted
bluff	chose	submit	unpaid
waste	admit	borrow	employ
coach	slept	barley	winner
honor	upper	weight	famous
claim	credit	bigger	gained
ample	attend	collar	recess
lodge	supply	gotten	served
blaze	result	object	namely
level	secure	sleeve	sorrow
aware	couple	debate	misses
filing	advice	animal	voting
shock	dainty	cities	agreed
owned	profit	beauty	offers
actor	regret	lonely	artist
worst	permit	beyond	factor
acted	buying	loving	recite

IV. 10	IV. 10	IV. 10	IV. 10
V. 5	V. 5	V. 5	V. 5
VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 3

25	26	27	28
points	truly	bond	lbs.
roast	account	sign	bulk
soak	feel	fee	Tues.
thumb	quite	quit	germ
warn	regard	view	solo
bathe	suppose	aid	local
blouse	advise	loss	skirt
cloud	to-morrow	diet	worry
friends	desire	fund	pupil
gorge	further	text	quiet
plait	enclosing	aim	break
stew	question	base	owner
strain	acre	grip	fever
stroll	balance	duet	owing
wealth	else	film	shown
guard	hoping	gravy	crowd
juice	except	limb	model
kegs	statement	lazy	touch
lease	minute	bowl	weigh
stitch	oblige	knot	clerk

IV. 9	IV. 10	IV. 10	IV. 10
V. 5	V. 5	V. 5	V. 5
VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 3

29	30	31	32
saddle	husband	deserve	Sunday
fitted	parties	illness	Monday
insert	putting	neglect	Tuesday
backed	invoice	reduced	Wednesday
baking	obliged	sitting	Thursday
struck	evident	stories	Friday
forward	product	excited	Saturday
against	matters	letting	January
written	climate	breathe	February
machine	primary	needing	March
careful	delayed	offices	April
student	fashion	captain	May
greatly	rapidly	percent	June
quarter	noticed	blossom	July
correct	plainly	fullest	August
lecture	elected	renewed	September
holiday	butcher	serving	October
include	example	silence	November
pattern	reserve	uniform	December
measure	soldier	although	Christmas

IV. 10	IV. 10	IV. 10	IV. 5
V. 5	V. 5	V. 5	V. 2
VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 1

33	34	S-1	S-2
Sun.	feet	fireman	acres
Mon.	needed	solve	argue
Tues.	main	stable	border
Wed.	weigh	starve	mason
Thurs.	weight	stiff	acid
Fri.	freeze	stingy	China
Sat.	grip	switch	civil
Jan.	birth	tablet	harm
Feb.	won	undo	false
Aug.	sewing	unpack	acute
Sept.	base	verse	deny
Oct.	break	grocer	shove
Nov.	prize	whisper	envy
Dec.	peace	clothes	feat
Co.	waste	drawing	tool
Dr.	shown	happens	attic
Mr.	waist	pretend	voted
Mrs.	fourth	groom	muddy
St.	capital	olive	shave
Ave.	wait	launch	veal

IV. 5	IV. 9	IV. 9	IV. 9
V. 2	V. 6	V. 6	V. 6
VI. 1	VI. 3	VI. 3	VI. 3