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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What I Love: Brainstorming Map
A template to use with your students when brainstorming for a narrative text.
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Rhetorical Devices Teaching Slides
Explore types of rhetorical devices with your students using this detailed and age-appropriate slideshow perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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How to Make a Tessellation Artwork
An article instructing students on how to make a tessellation artwork.
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Operations with Decimals Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to add, subtract, multiply and divide using decimal numbers with this comprehensive teaching presentation perfect for upper elementary math lessons.
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Pen Licenses
They've done it! They have achieved the all important goal of being allowed to write with a pen. This moment deserves something special.
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While You Were Away Sign by Name
Students who were away will never miss out on any work again.
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While You Were Away Sign by Day
Students who were away will never miss out on any work again... They'll love it!!
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English, Math and Science Definition Dictionaries
In order to assist with developing content comprehension and vocabulary, your students can become experts in a particular field and then publish their own definition in a class dictionary.
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Math Definition Dictionary
A template for students to create a dictionary full of math vocabulary.
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Fraction, Percentage and Decimal Circles
A set of fraction, decimal, and percentage circles to use with your students when teaching equivalency.
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Book Page Borders
Book Page Borders.
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Book Page Border
Book Page Border
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Letter Cork Board Borders
Brighten up your cork boards with these Letter Cork Board Borders.
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3-D Figures Cork Border Trimmers
Brighten up your cork boards with these 3-D figures border trimmers.
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Bubble Cork Board Borders
Brighten up your cork boards with these Bubble Cork Board Borders.
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Brain Break Activities with Instructions
Signs and posters with games to play with your class when they need a quick brain break!
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Star Cork Board Borders
Brighten up your cork boards with these Star Cork Board Borders.
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Brain Break Activity Cards
Give your students a quick brain break with this set of 19 whole-class brain break activity cards.
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Healthy Food Cork Borders
Brighten up your cork boards with this Healthy Food Cork Board Border.
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Groups Organizer Chart - BW
Use this groups organizer to split up your class into groups for rotational activities.
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Groups Organizer Chart - Watercolor
Use this groups organizer to split up your class into groups for rotational activities.
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Groups Organizer Chart - Orange Starburst
Use this groups organizer to split up your class into groups for rotational activities.
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Labeled Map of the United States
Teach your students about the geography of the United States of America with this detailed map.
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Antarctic Wildlife Poster
A poster highlighting some of the main wildlife found in Antarctica.
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Class Welcome Sign - Ice Creams
Show your students how welcome they are with this Ice Cream Welcome Sign.
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Something Wonderful Poster
Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.
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8-bit Decoding Puzzle
A puzzle for students to solve when consolidating their understanding of coding.
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iPad Organization Signs
Organize your iPad learning areas with these iPad signs.
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Bag Rack Posters
Posters to help your students identify where they should put their bags.
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Frog in a Pond - Colored Picture
A cute colored picture of a frog in a pond.
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Class Welcome Sign - Balloons
Show your students how welcome they are with these Balloon Welcome Signs.
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Write a Short Story – Overcoming Obstacles
Get your students analysing and writing overcoming obstacles short stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.