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!
- Plus Plan
Masked in Mystery Activity
A fun art activity to explore shape through the creation of a mask.
- Plus Plan
Holiday Mini-Mystery – Whose Present Is the One with Plain Brown Paper?
A fun, logic-based holiday activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
- Plus Plan
Drinks – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the German terms for drinks.
- Plus Plan
Food – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for foods.
- Plus Plan
Motivational Poster Pack
Motivate your students and colleagues with this set of 4 posters and postcards.
- Plus Plan
School – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the German terms for features in a school.
- Plus Plan
Printable Attendance Sheets
Stay organized and keep track of your students’ progress with ease using our printable attendance sheets!
- Plus Plan
A Fistful of Flavors Alliteration Activity
Make alliteration fun with a printable worksheet that challenges students to create flavors of ice cream.
- Plus Plan
Vegetables – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for vegetables.
- Plus Plan
Positive Self-Talk Bookmark
A bookmark with positive self-talk affirmations.
- Plus Plan
Latitude and Longitude Banners
Latitude and longitude banners to display in the classroom when studying geography.
- Plus Plan
Nature – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for nature.
- Plus Plan
Plumping It Up Activity
A fun art activity to explore form in a two-dimensional work.
- Plus Plan
Family – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for family in German.
- Plus Plan
Drama Vocabulary Flash Cards
A set of 16 flash cards to practice defining the different elements of a drama.
- Plus Plan
Transportation – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the German terms for types of transportation.
- Plus Plan
Family – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for family in German.
- Plus Plan
Town – German Language Flaschcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching the German terms for features in a town or city.
- Plus Plan
Numbers – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for numbers in German.
- Plus Plan
Numbers – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the terms for numbers in German.
- Plus Plan
Town – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the German terms for features in a town or city.
- Plus Plan
My Home Reading Records - Home Reading Progress Tracker
Help monitor and record good home reading habits with this printable reading log.
- Plus Plan
Number of Pages I Want to Read at Home Today - Home Reading Progress Tracker
Monitor and record good home reading habits with this goal tracker.
- Plus Plan
Technology Routines Poster
Display this set of classroom technology routines and expectations near your electronic devices for smoother usage sessions.
- Plus Plan
Number of Pages I Read at Home - Home Reading Progress Tracker
Monitor and record good home reading habits with this goal setting tracker
- Plus Plan
Greetings – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching common greetings in German.
- Plus Plan
Number of Days in a Row That I Have Read at Home! - Home Reading Progress Tracker
Monitor and record good home reading habits with this goal tracker sheet.
- Plus Plan
Easter Basket Agamograph Art Activity
An Easter-inspired agamograph art activity.
- Plus Plan
Home Investigators Inquiry Tasks - Grade 5
A home learning program designed to inspire learning through student interest.
- Plus Plan
Literary Genres Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying the characteristics found in different literary genres.
- Plus Plan
All About Me Lantern
A 3-D lantern template to use with students at the beginning of the year.
- Plus Plan
Backyard Bingo
A set of 6 bingo cards for kids to use when outside in nature.