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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Bright Spots Pennant banner - Letter, Number And Punctuation Sets
Spotty letter, number and punctuation set.
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Representing Tenths Worksheet
Have students demonstrate their understanding of tenths with this simple one-page worksheet.
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Stripes - Tray Labels
Tray labels with bright stripes on them.
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Emotion Demotion - Brag Tags
Use these brag tags to encourage and celebrate positive social behavior in the classroom.
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Numbers in American Sign Language Poster — Numbers 0–10
Post the numbers in American Sign Language on your classroom wall so students have an easy reference!
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Tundra PowerPoint
An 11-slide editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about tundras.
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Winter Olympics Worksheets
A set of four Winter Olympics worksheets.
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Simple Dotted Line Name Tags
A set of ink-friendly desk name tags.
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Mindfulness Poster
A poster reminding kids to be mindful and to pay attention to what's in front of them.
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Air Conditioned Room Posters
'Air Conditioned' posters for the classroom or office.
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Movie Versus Book - Template
A template where students compare and review a movie and a book and construct a 3-D popcorn box.
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Temperate Grassland PowerPoint
An 11-slide editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about temperate grasslands.
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Hiragana Chart - Japanese Language Poster
A hiragana chart to use in the classroom when teaching Japanese.
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Clarifying the Meaning of Words Poster
A poster with 3 steps to clarify the meaning of words.
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Successful Sentences – Sentence Construction Cards
Word cards for constructing complex sentences.
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Analogy- Literary Technique Poster
A poster with a description and examples of analogy, a literary technique.
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Desert PowerPoint
An 11-slide editable PowerPoint to use in the classroom when learning about deserts.
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Data Display - Rock Climbing Bump it Up Wall
Help your students "bump up" their work with this rock climbing-themed bulletin board display.
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Punctuation Worksheets - Upper Elementary
Punctuation worksheets with examples and definitions to help your students learn.
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News Group Page Border
A News Group page border to assign students to read the daily news.
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Crayons - Display Banner
Crayon-themed classroom banner.
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Occupations and Sustainability in Technology Assessment
A four-page assessment task covering occupations and sustainability in technology.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Sentence Starters and Activities Posters
A set of six posters examining Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Colorful Bursts Display Banner
A colorful bursts-themed banner.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions Math Investigation
Immerse your students in all things fractions with this math project based around a real-world scenario.
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Math Investigation - Exploring Fractions
A mathematics investigation about fractions, embedded in a real-world context.
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Multiples 1 to 12 - Poster
Multiplication facts from 1 to 12 on one poster.
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William Shakespeare Resource Pack
5 pages of teaching resources about William Shakespeare and his plays.
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Love Hearts – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Create classroom banners and displays for Valentine’s Day with this set of letter, number, and punctuation mark heart pennants.
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Orange Circular Pattern - Letter, Number And Punctuation Sets
Circular patterned letters and numbers that can be customized for personalized signs in your classroom.
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Decorative Pennant Banner – Love Hearts
Decorate your classroom for Valentine’s Day with these shades of red and pink heart pennants.
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Problem Solving - Mixed Operations
A problem solving worksheet involving mixed operations.