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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Pattern Coloring (Version 3)
Use colors to create a pattern using this sheet.
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Page Borders - Spots
A collection of 14 spotted page borders.
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Pattern Coloring (Version 4)
Use colors to create a pattern using this sheet.
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The Symphony Orchestra Poster
A poster which shows the placement of instruments in the symphony orchestra.
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Blush Blooms Printable Teacher Planner - Technology Passwords Page (Class)
A blush blooms-themed technology passwords page for your printable teacher planner.
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Readers' Theater Script - Jesting Archaeologist
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Gratitude Journal Book Cover
A printable book cover for a gratitude journal.
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Blush Blooms Printable Teacher Planner - Technology Passwords Page (Teacher)
A blush blooms-themed technology passwords page for your printable teacher planner.
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Blank Alphabet/Number Flags
Use these blank flags to decorate and display numbers or letters in your classroom.
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Nature-Inspired Gratitude Writing Prompt Sheets
A set of 5 nature-inspired gratitude prompt sheets.
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Blush Blooms Printable Teacher Planner - Important Information Page
A blush blooms-themed information page for your printable teacher planner.
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Gratitude Turns What We Have Into Enough - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Start Each Day With a Grateful Heart - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Readers' Theater Script - Hansel, Gretel and Nancy
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Book Wish List
Nurture your students' interest in books and reading with this book wish list.
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Gratitude Jar Cut and Assemble Kit
Printable labels, writing slips, and gratitude mini-posters to set up a class gratitude jar.
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Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Posters - Individual
Four posters highlighting the different strategies involved with the QAR comprehension strategy.
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Paragraphs in Narrative Writing Poster
A poster explaining how to write paragraphs in narrative texts.
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Our Class is Reading Template
A poster template showing others in the school what book your class is currently reading.
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Readers' Theater Script - Dog Park Days
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Narrative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
6 jumbled narrative paragraphs for students to sequence in the correct order.
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Fairy Tales and Castles - Tray Labels
Fairy tale castle themed classroom tray labels for your students.
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Grammar and Punctuation Checklist Bookmarks
Use these grammar and punctuation checklist bookmarks to support your students in editing their writing.
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States of Matter Word Wall Vocabulary
Review vocabulary related to matter with a printable illustrated States of Matter Word Wall.
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Fairy Tales and Castles - Border Trimmers
Fairy tale themed cork board borders.
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Identifying Parts of Speech (Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs) Worksheet Pack
Practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in text with this set of worksheets.
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Khepri Amulet - A Creator God Poster
A poster showing an amulet depicting Khepri.
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Readers' Theater Script - Creepy Cat Club
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students in 4th grade or higher.
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Giraffes - Title Poster
A poster to use to brighten up your classroom.
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William Shakespeare Word Search
A fun word search to use in the classroom on Shakespeare Day.
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William Shakespeare Play Writing Planning Template
A planning template to use in the classroom when writing a play.
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William Shakespeare Research Worksheet
A worksheet to use in the classroom on Shakespeare Day and when researching William Shakespeare and his plays.