5th Grade Teaching Resources
Are you teaching 5th grade this school year? Explore fifth-grade worksheets, vocabulary words, writing prompts, printable activities, downloadable games and so much more!
The expert elementary and middle school teachers of Teach Starter have created digital activities and printable worksheets, graphic organizers and more to help your 5th graders flourish in math, science and social studies, all while significantly improving their grammar and vocabulary.
The Teach Starter teacher team has your back as you build on the foundation of 4th grade and explore pre-algebraic concepts or lead your students as they conduct research for essays. Whether 5th grade is the last (or second-to-last) year of elementary school in your district or the first year of middle school, this teaching resource collection has been built to help you help your students meet either Common Core or state-level standards — or both.
5th Grade Teaching Resources
We have math lessons and activities to help you reinforce complex concepts like exponents, decimals, operations with fractions, volume, and more.
Teach Starter's English language arts lessons will sharpen your 5th graders' reading comprehension and decoding skills to build their confidence in discussing and writing about a variety of texts they'll be exposed to. Plus, you'll find guided learning science projects and lab experiments that let your students get hands-on experience investigating the earth and space, matter, energy, and electricity to name a few.
Use the Learning Areas button below to explore more than 5,000 resources for these topics and more!
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Biography Research Graphic Organizer
Provide students with this biography research graphic organizer to help them gather key life details and take organized notes for writing a well-structured biography.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 9
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 9.
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Funky Bunny Craft - Extra Accessories
A range of additional accessories to use when creating Teach Starter's funky craft items.
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Printable Grandparents Day Gifts - Awards
Acknowledge wonderful grandmas, grandpas, and grandparents with printable Grandparents Day gifts.
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Most Awesome Aunt Award
Acknowledge awesome aunts with this certificate.
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Most Magnificent Mom Award
Acknowledge magnificent moms with this certificate.
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Complex Dot-to-dot – Skip Counting by Sevens (Wolf) – Worksheet
A complex dot-to-dot where students demonstrate skip counting by sevens.
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Complex Dot-to-dot – Prime Numbers (Gymnast) – Worksheet
A complex dot-to-dot where students demonstrate their knowledge of prime numbers.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 8
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 8.
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Complex Dot-to-Dot – Skip Counting by Threes (Castle) – Worksheet
A complex dot-to-dot where students demonstrate skip counting by threes.
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Complex Dot-to-dot – Skip Counting by Twos (Seahorses) – Worksheet
A complex dot-to-dot where students demonstrate skip counting by twos.
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Complex Dot-to-dot – Square Numbers (Skateboarder) – Worksheet
A complex dot-to-dot where students order square numbers.
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Grade 5 – Week 1 Learning from Home Activity Grids
A set of age-appropriate Grade 5 activities that parents can use to educate children remotely or that teachers can send to students working at home when schools are closed.
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Virtual Music Games
A set of 6 music games that can be played virtually.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 7
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 7.
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Halloween Word Search - Upper Grades
Stretch your upper elementary students’ vocabulary and reading skills with this devilishly-delightful Halloween word search.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 6
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 6.
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Decimal War Card Game
Get your students comparing decimals with this fun card game for two players.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 5
Use these multiplication and division worksheets to help your students become more familiar with their facts of 5.
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Persuasive Writing Bump It Up Wall – Grade 5
Help your 5th-grade students "bump up" their persuasive writing with this bulletin board display.
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Visual Daily Schedule for At-Home Learning
Help your students track their daily schedule during at-home learning with this template.
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Novel Study Worksheet Pack
Download this set of novel study worksheets that can be used with any text to support your students in exploring characters and events in literature.
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Place Value Chart - Thousandths Place
A blank place value chart to use when exploring decimal numbers.
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Place Value Chart - Hundredths Place
A blank place value chart to use when exploring decimal numbers.
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Novel Study Activity Book Cover Page
A cover page to be used for student novel study activities.
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Character Analysis: New Year's Activity
Practice inferring how a character would ring in the new year with this 7-activity booklet.
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Supplemental Aids - Learning From Home Pack
A collection of supplemental aids for parents to use with their children or teachers to send home with students during school closures.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 4
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 4.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 3
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 3.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 2
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 2.
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Inauguration Day – Comprehension Task
A comprehension task paired with a text about Inauguration Day.
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Classroom Spinner Template - Movement Activities
A classroom spinner template focusing on exercise movements - perfect for brain breaks in the classroom.