Grade 6 Spelling Words

Here are the 6th grade spelling words that use weekly themes in the goal of making spelling more enjoyable.

You can download a printable pdf of the 36 weekly spelling lists free below. 

There is also a growing collection of printable spelling worksheets and activities that go along with the words of the week.

Spelling Lists With Weekly Themes

The grade 6 spelling words have 36 weekly themes. They are:

1. Back to School
2. Silent Consonants
3. Natural Disasters
4. Science
5. Money
6. Government
7. Time
8. Human Body
9. IE / EI Words
10. Tricky Words
11. Communication & Movies
12. Shopping
13. Animals
14. Family
15. Winter & Weather
16. Nutrition & Food
17. Jobs
18. In The Kitchen
19. Eating Out
20. Mixed Bag of Words
21. Science 2
22. Colors & Art
23. Emotions & Qualities
24. Words
25. Books
26. Mixed Bag of Words 2
27. Geometry
28. Earth Day
29. Sports
30. Law
31. Mixed Bag of Words 3
32. Space
33. House
34. Medical
35. Friendship
36. Summer

About These Grade 6 Spelling Words

There are 36 weeks of words, 16 words per week.

Of the 576 words, 96 of them are Fry words, and only 1 of them is a Dolch word.

By the end of 6th grade (having previously completed the spelling lists of grade 1 thru 5), your child will have learned the spellings of almost all 1000 Fry words and nearly all of the Dolch words, plus of course many other words.

Secular Spelling Lists

I say “nearly” and “almost” all the Fry and Dolch words because these spelling lists are completely secular. So any words that were in any way religious were not used in these spelling lists.

Since everyone has different religious beliefs, please feel free to add whichever religious words are important to your student.

The Fry words that were not included in these themed elementary spelling lists are: “God” and “church”. The Dolch nouns that were not used are “Christmas” and “Santa Claus”.

Free Printable 6th Grade Spelling Words

A pdf of the themed lists of grade 6 spelling words can be downloaded free below.

6th Grade Spelling Worksheets

Here is a growing collection of 6th grade worksheets and activities to go along with the weekly spelling lists:

Week 1 – Back to School

• word search

Week 15 – Winter & Weather

• word search
• crossword (winter words)

Week 28 – Earth Day

• word search
• fill in puzzle

Week 32 – Space

• crossword

Week 36 – Summer

• crossword

More Spelling Lists by Grade

Here are the spelling words for earlier grades:

• 1st grade spelling words
• 2nd grade themed spelling words
• 3rd grade themed spelling words
• 4th grade themed spelling words
• 5th grade themed spelling words