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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Fairy Tales and Castles - Happy Birthday Chart
Display all of your students' birthdays on this fairy tales and castles themed classroom birthday chart.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Area Worksheets (Metric Units)
Use this set of three measurement math worksheets to help your students understand the concept of measuring area in metric units.
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Multiplication Hopscotch Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Father's Day Picture Templates
Help your students say Happy Father's Day with printable picture frame templates.
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Equation Tails Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages learning through a physical setting.
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Introduction to Readers' Theater PowerPoint
An 11 slide PowerPoint template to use when introducing Readers' Theater to your students.
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Dodging Equations Active Learning
A whole class active game that encourages practicing math facts in a physical setting.
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4x4 Bingo Board Templates - Plus Pattern
A set of 5 colorful 4x4 bingo board templates to create your own bingo games.
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Divide and Conquer Active Learning
A whole class active game that allows students to think about division and the concept of remainders.
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Endangered Animals Classification Poster
Explore endangered animal classifications with this informative classroom poster.
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3x3 Bingo Board Templates - Plus Pattern
A set of 5 colorful 3x3 bingo board templates to create your own bingo games.
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Author's Purpose - Sentence Writing Activity
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Shapes - Border Trimmers
Brighten up your cork boards with these Shape Pattern Cork Board Borders.
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Recalling Facts - Letter to the Editor Activity
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Gratitude Journal Poem
A poem that explains the purpose of a gratitude journal.
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Recalling Facts - Newspaper Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to recall facts and details when reading.
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Microorganisms - Display Banner
A microorganisms themed classroom banner.
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Simile and Metaphor Self-Portrait Worksheet
Teach students about similes and metaphors by asking them to describe... themselves!
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Blank Game Board - Space Crusade
A blank game board with a space theme.
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Social Strategies Task Cards
A teaching resource to help students strategize solutions to problems around mental health and social well being
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the about the cause and effect text structure.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Understand Sequence
A set of comprehension task cards to help students understand sequence when reading.
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Scarlet Macaw Endangered Animal Poster
A poster showing information regarding the status of scarlet macaws.
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Lights, Camera, Action - Theater Word Wall Vocabulary
Lights, camera, action word wall vocabulary cards to expand your students' theater vocabulary.
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Drama, Drama, Drama Scenario Cards
Seven cards that provide different drama scenarios.
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Make Every Day Earth Day Poster
A poster that encourages students to think about the Earth every day!
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Chill Out – Classroom Break Passes
Give your students a work break to stop behavior problems before they start with our printable Chill Out Passes.
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Comparing Pros and Cons Template
A template for comparing the pros and cons of two items.
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12-Part Color Wheel Template and Color Theory Worksheets
A set of warm/cool color wheel worksheets featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
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Online Safety Poster
A poster giving students information on how to stay safe online.
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Representing Hundredths Worksheet
Have students demonstrate their understanding of hundredths with this simple one-page worksheet.