1. A Book of Words all 5th Grade Students Should Know
A is for Aptitude
A Book of Words all 5th Grade Students Should Know
By Gretchen A. Heegeman

2. A is for aptitude, to show you know your vocabulary.

3. B is for barricade
B is for barricade, because something needs to stand in between us and them.

4. C is for concoction
C is for concoction, because who doesn’t love a concoction of different ice creams in a sundae?

5. D is for deft
D is for deft, because all your life any will have to be skillful with your hands.

6. E is for exasperation
E is for exasperation, because by June 10th we’re all annoyed with school.

7. F is for furtive, because everyone has their secrets.

8. G is for grueling, because we all need a nap.

9. H is for hasten
H is for hasten, because we all wish we could make the last day of school come faster.

10. I is for illuminate
I is for illuminate, not to lighten the night, but to lighten your stress.

11. J is for jargon
J is for jargon so you know what your science teacher is talking about.

12. K is for kindle
K is for kindle, not the Amazon device, but the start of a feeling or emotion.

13. L is for luminous
L is for luminous, so you can feel the moon’s soft, radiant light fall upon you as you sleep under the stars.

14. M is for meander. So is it wrong to wander?

15. N is for narrate
N is for narrate, because if it didn’t, you wouldn’t know what was going on in Hamlet.

16. O is for ominous, because all bad things happen in three’s.

17. P is for plenteous, because without it we would have no food.

18. Q is for quell, because we can all overcome our fears.

19. R is for recuperate
R is for recuperate, because physicians are the best at it… except maybe this physician.

20. S is for swagger, because we’re all too arrogant to not have it.

21. T is for terse
T is for terse, because we don’t want to listen to the teacher talk for hours on end.

22. U is for uncanny, because nobody is normal.

23. V is for vigilant, because if we weren’t, we’d trip over that rock.

24. W is for waft, like the leaves that fly in the wind.

25. X is for xylophone, the only word that seems to start with x.

26. Y is for yearn, because we all want that iPhone.

27. Z is for zeal, because we can’t wait to finish this book.

28. And every 5th grader should know these words
Because if they don’t, they’ll be rooked.
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