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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Circus - Desk Name Tags
Circus themed desk name tags for your students' desks.
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Ocean-Themed Collective Noun Dominoes
A set of ocean-themed collective noun dominoes.
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Genius Hour Project Half Size Notebook Template
A title page, inspiration page and checklist for students to use when setting up a Genius Hour project notebook.
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Identifying Persuasive Language Worksheets
Explore persuasive language with your students using this set of five persuasive texts on a variety of age-appropriate topics.
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Classroom – PowerPoint Template
A classroom themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Circus - Class Welcome Sign
Show your students how welcome they are with this circus themed welcome sign.
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Desert – PowerPoint Template
A desert themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Shark – PowerPoint Template
A shark themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Marvin Measurement's Treasure Box - Whole Class Game
A whole class game that consolidates your students' knowledge of measurement concepts - in a fun way!
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Winter – PowerPoint Template
A winter themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Circus - Border Trimmers
Theme your cork boards with these Circus Cork Board Borders.
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Visual Brainteaser Task Cards
A set of 20 visual brainteaser task cards for kids.
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Active Voice and Passive Voice Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning about active voice and passive voice.
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Readers' Theater Script - What's My Pet?
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 6 years and over.
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Number Operations – PowerPoint Template
A number operations themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Chevron Printable Teacher Diary - Binder Cover Page, Spines and Tabs
A set of chevron-themed printable binder labels to use when organizing your resources.
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Farm Yard – PowerPoint Template
A farm yard themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Angles Printable Teacher Diary - Binder Cover Page, Spines and Tabs
A set of angles-themed printable binder labels to use when organizing your resources.
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Alphabet – PowerPoint Template
An alphabet themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Chalkboard-Themed Printable Teacher Binder - Cover Page, Spines, and Tabs
A set of chalkboard-themed printable binder labels to use when organizing your resources.
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Celebrations – PowerPoint Template
A celebrations themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Number – PowerPoint Template
A number themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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International Women's Day - PowerPoint Presentation
An 11-slide PowerPoint presentation that provides an overview of International Women’s Day.
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Literature – PowerPoint Template
A literature themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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'I Can' Statements - Literacy (Upper Elementary)
A set of 63 'I can' statement cards focusing on literacy for upper elementary.
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Roll to Create a Treasure Map
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a treasure map, and then use it to write a procedural text.
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Rainbow Borders – PowerPoint Template
A rainbow border themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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Break It Down Poster
A poster explaining how to break larger tasks down into smaller steps.
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The Four Seasons in Spanish and English Poster
Teach the seasons in English and Spanish with this anchor chart.
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Mathematics – PowerPoint Template
A mathematics themed PowerPoint Template to add some creativity to your classroom PowerPoint presentations.
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How to Write an Inquiry Question Poster
A poster demonstrating the steps involved in formulating a question for inquiry-based learning.
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Storyboard Template
A template for use when planning a narrative text.