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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Interactive Multiple Choice PowerPoint Template - Literacy
Create an interactive literacy warm-up, review or assessment activity with this 11-slide PowerPoint template.
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Wow Work Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Wow Work' display board.
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Compare and Contrast - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Reading Detectives Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Reading' display board.
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Digital Systems Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a digital system.
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Inference Car Classifieds - Worksheet
A series of car classifieds worksheets to use when teaching your students how to to make inferences when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Coding Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of coding.
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Inventions Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Inventions' display board.
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Success Criteria Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Success Criteria' display board.
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Helpful Words for Report Cards
Make report card writing a bit simpler with this printable word bank.
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Interpreting Figurative Language - Worksheets
Explore figurative language in poetry with this age-appropriate poem and accompanying vocabulary questions.
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Basic Functions Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of basic functions.
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Math Early Finishers – 5th Grade
Extend your students’ thinking with this set of 24 math fast finishers specifically designed for 5th grade students.
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Central Processing Unit Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a central processing unit.
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Augmented Reality Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of an augmented reality.
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Gemstones Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an expository text about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Commonwealth Games Medal Count Poster
A poster to display in the classroom as a record of the medal count during the Commonwealth Games
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Light Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Word Twist - Word Building Game
Encourage word building in your classroom with this fun Boggle-style game!
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Commonwealth Games Countdown Poster
A fun Commonwealth Games countdown poster to display in the classroom to get the children excited and prepared for The Games!
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How to Present My Book Poster
Now there are no excuses for not having a neat and tidy book.
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Living and Non-Living Things Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Living and Non-Living Things' display board.
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Byte Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of a byte.
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Cloud Computing Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of cloud computing.
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Cars Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an expository text about cars with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Health Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Health' display board.
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Sticky Note Printing Template
Print on sticky notes with this editable template.
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ASCII Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of ASCII.
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Nutrition Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Nutrition' display board.
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Binary Data Poster
A poster showing the definition and an example of binary data.
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Narratives Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Narratives' display board.