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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In This Class, Mistakes Are Expected — Printable Classroom Motivational Poster
Add a printable "In This Class, Mistakes Are Expected" poster to your classroom to foster a positive classroom environment.
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Cardinal and Intermediate Directions Poster
Display this cardinal and intermediate directions poster when exploring the compass rose with your students.
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Wireless Devices Poster
A poster showing the definition and visual representations of wireless devices.
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Our Kindness Rock Garden Poster
Poster to display when creating a classroom kindness rock garden.
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Winter Olympics - Border Trimmers
Theme your cork boards with these Winter Olympics Cork Board Borders.
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Winter Olympic Sports Posters - No Text
Posters of some of the sports featured at the Winter Olympic Games.
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Technologies Poster
A poster showing the definition and visual representations of technologies.
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Coping With Change - Social Story Mini Book
A social story to develop coping skills for when there is a change in the routine.
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Winter Olympics Page Borders
4 Winter Olympic themed page borders to use in the classroom.
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Pirate Ship - Writing Template
A printable pirate themed writing template to use in the classroom.
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Genius Hour Self-Reflection Template
A template for students to complete after presenting their Genius Hour projects.
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Subject Learning Intention Posters
Posters to display the learning intentions for each subject.
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If You Expect It, Teach It Poster
If you expect it, teach it!
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Pirate-Themed Mini Storybook Template
Students use this template to create their own pirate-themed mini storybook.
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Genius Hour Presentation Ideas Poster
A poster showing examples of presentation methods for Genius Hour projects.
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Pirate Ship Model Building Activity and Ship Template
Make indoor recess fun with a pirate ship model building activity and pirate history project idea.
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When it Rains... - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Owl Page Border - Portrait
Owl themed page border to be used as a decorative poster in your classroom or for a unit about owls.
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Genius Hour Class Progress Tracker
A whole class tracker for teachers to use throughout the Genius Hour process.
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Binary 'The On/Off' Code - Information Sheet
A poster showing the definition and an example of binary codes.
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Algorithm Poster
A poster showing the definition and example of an algorithm.
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Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Bookmarks
A bookmark highlighting the different strategies involved with the QAR comprehension strategy.
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Genius Hour Inquiry Proposal Template
A template for the students to develop a proposal in the Teach Starter Genius Hour process.
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I Walk Slowly but I Never Walk Backward – Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Identifying a Genius Hour Problem Flowchart Poster
A flowchart that helps students progress from a broad topic to an identifiable problem during a Genius Hour project.
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Report Card Comments
Sample report card comments for General, English and Mathematics.
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Data Match-Up Cards (Set 4)
A match-up activity for students to use when exploring data.
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Introduction to Genius Hour PowerPoint Presentation
A PowerPoint Presentation for the students describing the Teach Starter Genius Hour process.
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Animal Movement Cards - Ocean Animals
Get your students up and moving with this set of 12 ocean-themed animal movement cards.
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Genius Hour Parent Information Letter - Editable Template
Introduce Genious Hour to the parents/guardians in your classroom with this editable parent information letter.
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Desk Name Tags - Puzzle
Puzzle themed desk name tags for your students' desks.
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Reading – PowerPoint Template
A reading themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.