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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Time/Tempo - Italian Language Poster
A time poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Gender Inequality in Education Infographic Poster
An infographic displaying important facts and statistics about gender inequality in education.
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House/Casa - Italian Language Poster
A house poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Touch Typing Poster
A poster to remind students of correct fingers when touch typing.
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Greetings/Saluti - Italian Language Poster
A greetings poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Challenging Female Gender Stereotypes Inquiry Task
An inquiry task to use in the classroom when learning about inspirational contemporary women.
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Class Welcome Sign - Giraffes
Brighten up the entrance to your classroom and welcome your students with this giraffe themed sign.
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Adventures Are the Best Way to Learn - Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Vegetables/Verdure - Italian Language Poster
A vegetables poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Female Gender Stereotypes Fact Sheet
A fact sheet providing an overview about female gender stereotypes.
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Months and Seasons/Mesi E Stagioni - Italian Language Poster
A months and seasons poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Blurt Buttons - Classroom Management Strategy
Curb calling out in your classroom with the Blurt Button Classroom Management Strategy.
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Rio Writing Prompts
Ten Rio themed writing prompts for the middle and upper elementary.
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The Elements of Drama - Information Cards
A set of 16 information cards providing definitions of the elements of drama.
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Monster Madness - Title Poster
A poster to use to brighten up your classroom.
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Taste/Gusto - Italian Language Poster
A taste poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Fairy Tales and Castles - Welcome Sign and Name Tags
A fairy tale castle themed welcome sign and accompanying name tags to display on the front door of your classroom.
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School/Scuola - Italian Language Poster
A school poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Kitchen/Cucina - Italian Language Poster
A kitchen poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Fruit/Frutta - Italian Language Poster
A fruits poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Procedural Recount Text Structure Anchor Chart - With Annotations
A poster about the procedural recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Directions/Direzioni - Italian Language Poster
A directions poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Rio Carnival - Inquiry Research Task
An inquiry task where students research the history of Rio Carnival.
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Number/Numeri - Italian Language Poster
A numbers name and digit poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Parts of the Body/Parti Del Corpo - Italian Language Poster
A parts of the body poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian.
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board – Superheroes
Use this back-to-school bulletin board to get students excited to learn. The teacher-created resource pack includes everything you need to create the superhero-themed bulletin board.
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Days of the Week/Giorni Della Settimana - Italian Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching the Italian days of the week to students.
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Rio de Janeiro - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of comprehension skills when finding out interesting fun facts about Rio.
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Pronunciation/Pronuncia - Italian Language Poster
A pronunciation poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian to students.
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Spinning Circles Classroom Welcome Sign
A Spinning Circles themed welcome sign and accompanying name tags to display on the front door of your classroom.
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The Seasons Around the World Posters and Worksheet
A diagram showing the Earth's rotation around the sun and the corresponding seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
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Electricity: From Plant to Place - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how electricity is generated and distributed.