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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African Flags - Color
Eight colored flags from Africa.
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African Flags Worksheets - BW
Eight black and white worksheets with flags from Africa.
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Sports - Word Wall Template
A set of sport-themed vocabulary word wall cards.
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Describe That Decimal Worksheet
Explore the place value of decimals with this versatile one-page printable worksheet.
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Celebrations Around The World - Fact Sheet Pack
A pack of 6 fact sheets detailing different celebrations around the world.
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Readers' Theater Script - Treasure Map
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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St Patrick's Day Fact Sheet
A fact sheet covering important facts and traditions of St Patrick's Day in Ireland.
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Blue Stripes Themed Display Banner
A blue stripe themed banner.
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Readers' Theater Script - Pet Rescue
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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5 Interesting Facts About the Declaration of Independence
A fact sheet covering five interesting facts about the Declaration of Independence.
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Monsters Page Borders
A set of four monster themed page borders.
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Blank Puzzle Pieces - Portrait and Landscape
A portrait and landscape blank puzzle template.
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Monsters - Border Trimmers
Theme your cork boards with these Monster Cork Board Borders.
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Monster Madness - Class Welcome Sign - V2
Show your students how welcome they are with this cute monster themed welcome sign.
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Readers' Theater Script - Radio Talk
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Flowers Page Border
A page border with flowers.
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Compare and Order Decimals – 5th Grade Math Worksheet
Build decimal place value understanding with a printable worksheet for comparing and ordering decimals.
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Class Welcome Sign - Flowers
Show your students how welcome they are with this flower themed welcome sign.
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Flower - Border Trimmers
Theme your cork boards with these Flower Cork Board Borders.
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The Natural Environment of South America PowerPoint
A 17-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when introducing students to the climate, vegetation, and animals of South America.
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Look at Our Fan-CACTUS Work! - Bulletin Board Display
Make a POINT of showing off your students' work with this cactus-themed bulletin board display!
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Flower - Tray Labels
Flower themed tray labels.
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Team Uniform - Activity
A printable template for students to design their own team uniform.
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Subject Success Criteria Posters
Posters to display your success criteria for each subject.
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Team Mascot - Activity
A printable template for students to design their own team mascot.
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Metric Conversion Dominoes
A domino activity to practice metric conversions.
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Tropical Paradise - Binder Cover Page, Spines, and Tabs
A set of tropical paradise-themed printable binder labels to use when organizing your teacher planner.
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Book Study Grid 2 - Upper Grades
A grid with various book study activity ideas.
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Using Linking Devices in Narrative Paragraphs Worksheets
3 worksheets teaching students how to link ideas when writing narrative paragraphs.
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World Map - Letter, Number and Punctuation Set
World Map themed letters and numbers.
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North American Flags Worksheets - BW
Seventeen black and white worksheets with flags from North America.
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Asian Flags Worksheets - BW
Thirty-seven black and white worksheets with a selection of flags from Asia.