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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Area of 2D Shapes — Poster Set
Use this set of posters to teach how to find the area of 2D shapes.
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5 Expository Writing Prompts
Use this set of 5 writing prompts to assess your students’ expository writing skills.
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Set of 6 Circus Posters
Print and display this set of six posters around your classroom to give it a unique and vibrant circus theme.
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Science Inspired Photo Booth Props
Set up a science inspired photo booth in your classroom with a printable set of photo booth props.
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Informative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
Teach your students about informational text paragraph structure with this hands-on sequencing activity.
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Recount Writing Word Wall
A set of 30 vocabulary words related to recount writing.
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Desert Page Border
A page border with a desert theme.
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Grouping Posters - Fruits
Group your students according to fruits using these Grouping Posters.
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WOW Chart
A chart to celebrate your those WOW moments.
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Numbers 0-20 - Japanese Language Poster with Hiragana
A numbers poster to use in the classroom when teaching Japanese.
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Desk Name Tags - Flowers
Flower themed desk name tags for your students' desks.
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Information Text Structure Worksheet – The Apple iPad
Teach your students about informational text structure with this cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet.
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Only Those Who Kick for Goal... - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Identifying Informative Language Worksheets
Explore the types of language found in expository writing using this set of three reports on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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Feelings Endless Card Template
An endless card template for students to create and use to communicate how they are feeling.
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Rainforest Layers - Poster
A poster that explains the layers of a rainforest.
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Hygiene Poster - How to Wash Your Hands
Display this poster to show your students how to wash their hands.
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Hygiene Poster - Germs Are Not for Sharing
Display this poster when discussing personal hygiene with your students.
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Analyzing Poetry Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to analyze poetry using the SMILE technique with this comprehensive and age-appropriate slide deck.
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Hygiene Poster - Sneezing and Coughing
A poster to visually remind students to cough and sneeze into their elbows.
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Daily News Chart
A chart to keep track of who is presenting news on any particular day.
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Perfect Punctuation Worksheet
Sort each punctuation concept using the definitions and examples.
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Monster Madness - Tray Labels
Printable monster madness themed tray labels to use in your classroom.
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Roll to Create Activity - Editable Version
An editable template for you and your students to create your own 'Roll to Create' activities.
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What is an X-ray? - Poster
A poster to display in the classroom when learning about x-rays.
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Thermometer Poster (with Description)
A poster to display in the classroom when learning about the thermometer.
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Pulse Rate Observation and Journal
2 worksheets for children to measure their pulse rate at different times of the day.
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Diwali Page Border
A page border with a Diwali theme.
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TEEL Paragraph Structure - Poster and Worksheets
A PEEL paragraph technique poster, explanatory worksheet and graphic organizer.
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Printable Motivational Poster for the Classroom — Believe in Yourself
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Healthy Lifestyle - Advertising Challenge
A fun advertising challenge to use in the classroom for students to persuade others to live a healthy lifestyle.
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The More You Read... Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.