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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Light Display Banner Version 2
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Blank Game Board - Purple - V3
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Blank Game Board - Purple - V2
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Guided Writing Folder - Cover and Dividers
Use this collection of templates to organize your guided writing folder.
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Let's Cooperate Code Cracker - Upper Intermediate
A whole class game including a collection of 6 activities that students need to solve to reveal numbers for a lock combination.
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Perspective Changes Everything - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Daydreaming is... - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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English/Literacy Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'English/Literacy' display board.
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Share the Love - Gratitude Love Heart Template
Create a classroom display of gratitude and appreciation with this writing exercise.
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Tropical – Letter, Number And Punctuation Set
A tropical theme letter, number and punctuation set.
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Behavior Learning Ladder - Vertical Chart
Track your students behavior in the classroom with this set of 7 posters.
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Blank Game Board - Yellow - V3
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Children Page Border
A page border featuring four children, to use in Microsoft Word or to print and display in your classroom.
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Blank Game Board - Yellow - V2
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Pirates - Display Banner
A pirates themed classroom banner.
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Animal Adaptations Page Borders
A set of 12 page borders to use when discussing animal adaptations.
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Blank Game Board - Yellow - V1
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Comprehension Keys Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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Blank Game Board - Green - V3
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Blank Game Board - Green - V2
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Why We Love The Library Heart Template
Students describe why they love the school library with this template.
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Blank Game Board - Green - V1
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Blank Game Board - Blue - V3
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Music Note Flashcards and Matching Activity
Match up the music symbols with the related word with a set of music note flashcards.
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Blank Game Board - Blue - V2
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Music Symbols PowerPoint
A Microsoft PowerPoint presentation covering 15 common musical symbols.
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Blank Game Board - Blue - V1
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Reading Worksheets - The Business of Bees (5th Grade)
Read and learn about bees, pollination and honey production with a reading comprehension passage and worksheet pack.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Yuna Kim – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Yuna Kim.
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Using a PC Keyboard Poster
A set of 4 posters to remind students of the correct shortcuts for a PC keyboard.
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Group Work Role Cards for the Science Classroom
Assign roles for group work in the science classroom with this set of 6 desk cards.
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King Tutankhamun - Comprehension Task
A comprehension activity about King Tutankhamun.