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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Digital Learning Background – Holiday Lights
A special virtual background teachers and students can use around the winter holidays.
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Collective Nouns Worksheet
Use this worksheet to review collective nouns with 8 fill-in-the-blank sentences and an accompanying word bank.
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The – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching 'the' in German.
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Number Talks - Three-Digit Addition Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Number Talks - Number Pairs Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 26 task cards.
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The – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching 'the' in German.
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Persuasive Planning Template – Castle
Plan a persuasive text with this castle planning template.
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Descriptive Words – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for descriptive language.
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Number Talks - Multiplication Facts Task Cards
Build multiplication fact fluency with this set of 24 task cards.
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Behavior Reflection Sheet – Upper Grades
Get your students to reflect on their behaviors with this reflection worksheet.
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Crazy Boxes – Multiplication Facts of 4
Create a color pattern using multiplication facts of 4 with this color by number worksheet.
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Mindfulness Pattern – Letter, Number, and Punctuation Set
A mindfulness pattern set of printable letters, numbers, and punctuation to create banners or titles for displays.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Weekly Timetable
Printable Sorcerer Supplies themed weekly schedule to use in a teacher planner or on a wall in your classroom.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Weekly Task Chart
Printable Sorcerer Supplies themed weekly task chart to use in a teacher planner or on a wall in your classroom.
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Social-Emotional Learning Paper Fortune Teller
A paper fortune teller template for students to use during social-emotional learning.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Planner Cover
Sorcerer Supplies teacher planner cover or class book cover with space to add your name or title.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Sorcerer Supplies themed letters, numbers, and punctuation that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Border Trimmers
A set of Sorcerer Supplies themed border trimmers to decorate your whiteboard, bulletin board, or classroom windows.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Happy Birthday Chart
Display all of your students’ birthdays on this Sorcerer Supplies themed classroom birthday chart.
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Balancing Act Activity
A fun art activity to explore positive and negative space.
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Places – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for places in German.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Display Banner
Customizable Sorcerer Supplies themed classroom banner.
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Number Talks – Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Task Cards
Explore addition and subtraction of fractions with your students using this set of 24 number talk task cards.
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Visual Arts Elements Space PowerPoint - Upper Years
A 28-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating space in Visual Art.
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Be Kind to the Planet Template
A template for students to write ways they can be eco-friendly.
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Visual Arts Elements Texture PowerPoint - Upper Years
A 26-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating texture in Visual Art.
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Virtual Meeting Icons
A set of flashcards and stickers to use when teaching virtual skills to students.
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Designing for Depth Drawing Templates
A fun art activity to explore the creation of depth in two-dimensional work.
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Grade 5 School Closure – Learning From Home Pack
A collection of age-appropriate, grade 5 teaching resources and activities for parents to use with their children or teachers to send home with students during school closures.
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IMPRESSive Imprints Activity
A fun art activity to explore texture.
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Literary Genre Flash Cards
Practice identifying the different literary genres and their matching definitions with this set of 16 flash cards.
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My Crazy Clay Critter Activity
A fun art activity to explore shape and form in a three-dimensional work.