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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Flexible Seating Infographic
Learn more about flexible seating with this 4-page infographic.
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Grouping Tray Labels - Endangered Animals
A set of eleven Endangered Animal themed Grouping Tray Labels.
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Monster Pattern - Display Banner
A monster pattern themed banner.
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Mathematics Pattern - Display Banner
A mathematics pattern themed banner.
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Pastel Dots - Display Banner
A pastel dots themed banner.
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Green Tartan - Themed Display Banner
A green tartan themed banner.
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Light and Shadow - Design an Experiment Worksheet
A worksheet that explores light and shadow and the principles of a fair test.
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Calculator Pattern - Display Banner
A calculator themed banner.
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Pencils - Display Banner
A pencil themed banner.
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Squiggle Pattern Themed Display Banner
A squiggle pattern themed banner.
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Farm Yard - Happy Birthday Chart
Display all of your students' birthdays on this farm yard themed classroom birthday chart.
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Teal Chevron - Display Banner
A teal chevron themed banner.
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Pastel Flag - Display Banner
A pastel flag themed banner.
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Bright Chevron Themed Display Banner
A bright chevron themed banner.
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Champions - Display Banner
A champions themed banner.
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Fairy Tales and Castles - Display Banner - Version 2
A fairy tales and castles themed banner.
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Retro - Display Banner
A retro themed banner.
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Colorful Spots - Border Trimmers
A set of six different colored spotted cork board/whiteboard borders.
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Play Dough Themed Display Banner
A Play Dough themed banner.
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Robots - Title Poster
A poster to use to brighten up your classroom.
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Hollywood - Display Banner
A Hollywood themed banner.
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Robots - Happy Birthday Chart
Display all of your students' birthdays on this robot themed classroom birthday chart.
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Using Adjectives to Describe - Pass Around Activity
A set of 32 food sheets to use in a pass around-style adjective activity.
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Growth and Fixed Mindset Poster
Help your students decide which type of mindset they currently have with this poster.
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Learning: The Ultimate Game – Motivational Poster
A poster to display in the classroom to provide motivation for learning.
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Self-Portrait Template
Use a printable self portrait template to get to know your students.
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Respecting Other Cultures - Worksheet
A writing prompt worksheet about respecting other cultures.
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Good Values Poster
A bright poster to display in the classroom when teaching good values.
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Fairy Tales and Castles - Title Poster
A poster to use to brighten up your classroom.
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Blank Game Board - Jurassic Fantastic
A blank game board with a dinosaur theme.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Meaning Cards
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.