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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Reward Tiles – Whole-Class Reward System
Encourage expected behaviors in the classroom with this reward system.
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Capacity Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains the concept of capacity and lists associated vocabulary.
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Read Across-tic America Poem Templates
Explain your love of reading using one of these 7 acrostic poem templates.
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Math Mazes – Factors
A set of math mazes that allow students to demonstrate their knowledge of factors.
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Editable Morning Meeting Slides
Start your day off right with this set of 9 editable Morning Meeting slides.
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Place Value Banner - Billions to Thousandths
A banner that displays extended place value.
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Chinese New Year – Mindful Coloring Sheet
A mindful coloring page to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
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Valentine's Day Bag Decorations
Choose from two charming craft templates for a decorative Valentine’s bag or box.
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Library Scavenger Hunt for Upper Elementary Grades
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Narrative Setting Craft Templates
A set of circular diorama templates that combine to create three scenes.
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Circulatory and Cardiovascular System Word Wall
A set of Circulatory and Cardiovascular System themed vocabulary word wall cards.
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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Library Bulletin Board Bundle
Celebrate your school library and librarian with this bulletin board display.
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Penguins – Assessment Tracker
Penguin-themed printable assessment tracker.
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Book Recommendation Template
Create a class book recommendation display with this printable template.
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Penguins – Planner Cover
Editable penguin-themed cover for a planner, binder, or class book with space to add your name or title.
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Playhouse (Two Story) – Template
A template to create a two story playhouse.
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Penguins Bulletin Board Banner
Make bulletin board creation easy with a customizable penguin-themed classroom banner.
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Playhouse (One Story) – Template
A template to create a one story playhouse.
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Penguins – Grouping Posters
A set of penguin-themed posters to use when separating your students into groups.
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Penguins – Happy Birthday Chart
Display all of your students’ birthdays on this penguin-themed classroom birthday chart.
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Penguins – Job Chart
Penguin-themed job chart to display in the classroom.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Parent Information Sheet
Gather important information from parents and guardians during an open house or meet the teacher night with this teacher template.
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Tap Light Posters – Voice Level
Create voice-level expectations in the classroom with this set of 5 posters.
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Roll to Create a New World
A printable, roll-to-create activity where students draw and name a new world.
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Astronaut Book Report Template
Use this printable book report template for students as a guide when reviewing their favorite book.
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Balloon Car Experiment – Speed Racer
Use this hands-on balloon car experiment when teaching your 5th grade students about thrust force and its effect on the speed of objects.
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Parts of Speech Word Search – Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs
Find and categorize nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs with this color by parts of speech worksheet.
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Fox Book Report Template
A fun fox book report template for your students to use when giving their opinion of a book.
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Pirate Book Report Template
Arrr!... really great pirate book report template!
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Number Talks - Integer Operations Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.