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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Drinks – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use when teaching the German terms for various drinks.
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MLK Day Task Cards
Challenge students to think about the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this set of 13 writing task cards.
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COVID-19 Student Experience Template
A reflective template for students to fill out about their experiences with COVID-19 and the isolation restrictions.
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If I Met MLK
Describe your ideal meeting with civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in this reflective MLK writing activity.
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Around in Circles Active Game
An active game to use when reviewing any type of content with your students.
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Fill the Grid Active Game
An active game that allows students to practice their multiplication facts.
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Flood Vocabulary Worksheet
A vocabulary task for students to use when learning about floods.
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Grammar Toss Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their knowledge of words and parts of speech.
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Hopping Through Hoops Active Game
An active game that allows students to review vocabulary words for any content area.
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Last One Standing Active Game
An active game that allows students to build their vocabulary knowledge.
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Find Someone Who Icebreaker
Build a classroom community and help your students get to know each other with a fun getting to know you activity.
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Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.
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The Worry Waterfall – Anxiety Management Poster
Teach your students how to deal effectively with worrying thoughts with this classroom poster.
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Splat! Active Game
An active game that allows students to test and build their vocabulary knowledge.
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Growth Mindset-Themed Yet vs Nope Classroom Poster
Print a growth mindset-themed set of posters for your classroom that compare positive and negative learning attitudes.
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MLK Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Use our graphic organizer with your students when studying Martin Luther King, Jr.’s notable mental and moral qualities.
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Descriptive Words – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching descriptive language in German.
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Reading Response Templates - Complete Journal
A reading response journal for students to use to engage with text in meaningful and purposeful ways.
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Connecting Volume and Capacity in the Metric System - Posters
A set of posters connecting volume and capacity in the metric system.
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Clothes – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for common articles of clothing.
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Clothes – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for common articles of clothing.
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Captain Yet – Values Poster
A Captain Yet poster to help students focus on positive learning habits.
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Easter Egg Cut Out – Mosaic Art Activity
Bring the joy of Easter into your classroom with this Easter Egg Cut Out craft—perfect for individual creativity and school-wide celebrations!
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Neighborhood Bingo
A set of 6 bingo cards for kids to use when outside in their neighborhood.
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Days of the Week – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for the days of the week.
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Days of the Week – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the German terms for the days of the week.
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Tooth Anatomy Posters
A set of posters showing the tooth anatomy and the different types of teeth found in humans.
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Holiday Mini-Mystery – Who Broke the Candy Cane?
A fun, logic-based holiday activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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Months – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for months.
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Practice writing simple, compound, and complex sentences with our Roll and Write activity.
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Months – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for months in German.
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Captain Yet: Pirate Nope's Odyssey It's Not Over Yet – Poster
A Pirate Nope poster to help students learn more resourcefully and independently in the classroom.