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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Stars - Tray Labels
Star themed tray labels.
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Story Themed Display Banner
A story themed banner.
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Maps of America - The 13 Colonies Worksheets
A set of maps to display in the classroom when learning about the first thirteen states of America.
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Viewing Response Template
A useful template to encourage students to make careful observations and interpretations while viewing visual prompts.
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Dewey Decimal Classes Flashcards
Explore the Dewey Decimal Classes with this set of printable flashcards for the classroom or school library.
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Ancient Gold - Letter Number and Punctuation Set
Ancient gold themed letters that can be customized for personalized signs in your classroom.
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Star Page Borders
A set of three star-themed page borders.
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Sport Poster - Paralympic Athletics
An educational poster explaining paralympic athletes.
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Comprehension - Creepy Cat Club
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Dog Park Days
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Comprehension - Hansel, Gretel and Nancy
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Ancient Rome - Display Banner
Ancient Rome themed classroom banner.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Comprehension - Jesting Archaeologist
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - 45th Annual Acting Awards
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension - Science Experiment
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Class Welcome Sign - Owls
Show your students how welcome they are with this cute owl themed welcome sign.
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Class Welcome Sign - Owls (Version 2)
Show your students how welcome they are with this cute owl themed welcome sign.
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Comprehension - Mighty Maree
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Readers' Theater Script - Triple Trouble
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Owl - Border Trimmers
Theme your cork boards with these Owl Cork Board Borders.
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Comprehension - Radio Talk
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Unlock Adventure Bookmark
When you open a book, you unlock adventure. One after another, more stories to treasure.
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Comprehension - Treasure Map
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Readers' Theater Script - Solar Force Five
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Unlock a Reading Adventure — Book-Themed Classroom Poster
Library decor, ahoy! Promote the adventures you can unlock while reading with a printable poster perfect for the school library or your classroom book nook.
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South American Flags - BW
Fourteen black and white flags from South America.
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OLI (Our Learning Intention) Custom Headings
Create your own OLI (Our Learning Intention) headings to use in your classroom.
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Generic Calendar Templates
Twelve generic calendar templates to help remind you of important dates and events.
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South American Flags Worksheets - BW
Fourteen black and white worksheets with flags from South America.
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Readers' Theater Script - Foiled Robbery
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.