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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Easter Mini-Mystery – Who Stole the Easter Egg?
A fun, logic-based Easter-themed activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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New Year's Celebrations - Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the origins of New Year’s celebrations with our informational text and comprehension questions worksheet.
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Multiplication Wheel Worksheets
A set of multiplication worksheets to help students improve their recall of multiplication facts.
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Currently Reading Signs
Proudly display to everyone in the school what your class is currently reading with this set of 16 reading signs.
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All About Me - Retro Video Game Bulletin Board Display
Help your students get to know one another at the start of a new school year with this back-to-school bulletin board.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Comprehension Task
Apply a range of reading comprehension strategies to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Chinese New Year - Rat Puppet Template
A fun template for students to make their own rat puppet.
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Place Value - Pennant Banner
A display banner that can be used to practice Place Value.
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Timeline Display and Activity
Use this timeline display in a variety of ways in the classroom.
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International Women's Day – Choose to Challenge Template
A template for students to use around International Women's Day.
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A Whole LLAMA Learning Going On! - Bulletin Board Display
Make creating a fun bulletin board no prob-llama with this llama-themed bulletin board kit.
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Musical Instrument Bingo Game
A set of bingo cards using musical instruments.
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Greetings – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching common greetings in German.
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Multiplication Grid – Worksheet
Test your students' multiplication fluency with this half-page multiplication grid.
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You Have Achieved Your Home Reading Goal! - Certificate
A certificate to celebrate a home reading achievement.
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Biography Flipbook Template
Create a flipbook that clearly illustrates the most significant aspects of a biography subject.
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Reading Inspired Bookmarks
Foster a love of reading in your students with this set of 4 reading-inspired bookmarks.
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Fishing to Know You
Get to know your new class at the beginning of the year with this Fishing to Know You activity.
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Open Number Lines - Portrait
Print a pack of open number lines to use in a variety of ways in your lessons.
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Organic Shape Search Worksheet
A fun art activity to explore organic shape.
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Fruit – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for fruits.
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Fruit – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for fruits.
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Nature – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for things in nature.
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Food – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for food.
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Read Across America Bingo
Encourage your students to read different types of books with this Read Across America bingo card.
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MLK Day Crossword
Identify and write vocabulary words relating to civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. in our MLK crossword puzzle.
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Read Across America Tracker
Download a printable book-reading tracker to use for Read Across America Day or Read Across America Week.
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MLK Day Hidden Message - Upper Grades
Practice multiplication facts within 100 to uncover a meaningful quote.
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Design Your Own Book Cover Worksheet
Design a new book cover and summarise a book using this one-page, printable template.
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Colors – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for colors.
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Letters – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching basic letter phonics in German.
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Colors – German Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for colors.