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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2D and 3D Shape Flashcards
Explore 2D shapes and 3D objects with this set of 20 full-page flashcards.
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Back-to-School Checklists - Teacher Tools
Keep up with all of those beginning of the school year tasks with printable teacher checklists.
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Valentines Around the World – Comprehension Worksheet
Explore five global Valentine’s Day traditions with this informational text and comprehension questions activity.
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Year of the Ox – String Puppet Craft Template
A Lunar New Year-themed ‘Year of the Ox’ string puppet template.
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Mass Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains the concept of mass and lists associated vocabulary.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Jessica Watson – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Jessica Watson.
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Year of the Ox – Paper Lantern Craft
A Year of the Ox craft activity to help celebrate Lunar New Year!
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Frayer Model for Building Vocabulary Activity
Work on your students' vocabulary development with this Frayer Model template.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Brooke Boney – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Brooke Boney.
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There's No Better Day... - Bulletin Board Display
Practice social-emotional skills in the classroom and beyond with this interactive bulletin board display.
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How to Make a Twirling Spinner – Craft Activity
A procedure article showing how to make a twirling spinner.
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First Week of School - Student Reflection Sheet
Reflect on the first week of a new school year with this student reflection activity.
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Visual Daily Schedule - Spanish/English
Over one hundred general activity cards to use as a visual schedule in your dual language classroom.
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Developing Narrative Features PowerPoint - Grade 5 and Grade 6
A 26-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the characteristics and craft of composing a narrative text.
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Getting to Know My Classmates – QR Code Template
Use QR codes to get to know your new classmates at the start of a new school year.
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Penguins – Letter and Number Pennant Banners
Penguin-themed letter and number pennant banners to create banners or display titles.
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Editing Checklist for Students
Help your students with the editing process with this editing checklist.
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Penguins – Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
Penguin-themed set of printable letters, numbers, and punctuation to create banners or display titles.
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Penguins – Monthly Overview
Penguin-themed printable monthly overview for your teacher planner or to use as parent communication.
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Visual Daily Schedule - English/Spanish
Over one hundred general classroom activity cards to use as a visual schedule for your English Language Learners.
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'Choose It' – Book Selection Poster
Help students make choices about which books to read with this handy classroom poster.
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Factor Trees Worksheet Set
Print a free factor trees worksheet set for 5th or 6th graders to practice prime factorization.
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Olympics Word Search – Upper Grades
An Olympic-themed word search.
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Penguins – Portrait Page Border
Penguin-themed editable page border to use in the classroom.
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Penguins – PowerPoint Template
Penguin-themed PowerPoint template to add some excitement to your classroom and professional PowerPoint presentations.
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Conversation Hearts - Template
Turn this set of 18 conversation heart templates into a variety of teaching resources leading up to Valentine's Day.
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Developing a Growth Mindset Worksheets
Help your students develop a growth mindset and set achievable goals with a printable pack of growth mindset worksheets.
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Technology Maze
A fun, technology-themed maze for students to complete.
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Informative Text Research Template
A research template for students to use when writing an informative text.
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Prefix Bingo
Match prefix words to their definition by identifying the meaning of the prefix and the root word with a fun game of BINGO.
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Introduction to Brainstorming PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when introducing brainstorming to your students.
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Add a Little Sunshine to Someone's Day - Bulletin Board Display
Brighten your classroom (and someone's day) with this sunflower-themed bulletin board set.