Fifth and Sixth Grade Vocabulary Pages with Definitions and Sentences 5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages
5th and 6th Grade Vocabulary Pages Index
Vocabulary/Spelling Words 05/25/05
1. Time - Measurable periods during which events takes place
Theres no time to stop and rest.
2. Happened Took place, occurred
It must have happened yesterday.
3. Events Occurrences, happenings
Please try to recall yesterdays events.
4. Period A length of time, a dot ending a sentence
The American Revolution was a dangerous and turbulent period.
5. History A record of events
The history of our country includes many wars.
6. Drills Repeated exercises
Mr. Neely drills us on the same kind of math problems everyday.
7. Content What a thing holds or is filled with
Our sentences are full of content so we learn while we write.
8. Trivia Small details and often forgotten facts
We should be tested on important facts and not on trivia.
9. Facts Information most people believe to be true or real
He says he is innocent but the facts prove otherwise.
10. Questions Requests for information or knowledge
You may ask each person only four questions.
11. Maps Drawings that show where things are located.
Mr. York likes his students to use story maps to plan their writing.
12. Past Events that have taken place
Dont let the past keep you from doing well today.
13. Present The here and now, this moment
Live in the present and prepare for the future.
14. Future The time after this moment, things that will take place
If you use drugs you will have a terrible future.
15. Eyewitness A person who was there and saw what happened
Mr. Jackson was an eyewitness to some of the events in Iraq.
16. Evaluate To look at, examine, and make a decision
Mr. Horn is required to evaluate the teachers at El Dorado.
17. Investigation Search for and examine facts
The investigation showed that smoking causes lung cancer and death.
18. Subject Information and knowledge that we study
Mathematics is my favorite subject in school.
19. Address A speech, a location or place
President Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
20. Search To look for, to seek out
We all search for the truth.
21. Slavery Owning or possessing a human being as an object or property
Slavery is a condition we must never allow to exist.
22. Armada A large force of armed ships
England defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
23. America The New World believed discovered by Amerigo Vespucci in 1499
The Vikings visited what is now called America in the year 1000.
24. Indians Indigenous or native inhabitants
The Europeans drove the Indians out of their home lands.
25. Magnum Larger or more important than normal
An opus is a work or creation and a magnum opus is a great work or book.