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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Back to School Coloring Pages
Use these back-to-school coloring pages as a first day of school activity with your students.
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Thirteen Colonies Brochure Project
Provide your students a 13 colonies project to end your unit on American colonization.
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Westward Expansion Word Search
Increase academic vocabulary with a Westward Expansion word search.
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Major U.S. Land Features Worksheets
Discover and identify the major rivers, mountains, and landforms in the United States with an easy-to-use set of worksheets.
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Major U.S. Landforms Google Interactive
Practice identification of the major rivers, mountains, and land features in the United States with a Google Interactive activity.
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Urbanization Constructed Response Worksheet
Use this nonfiction constructed response worksheet to teach your students about urbanization.
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U.S. Mountain and River Exit Tickets
Assess your students’ knowledge of the major rivers and mountains in the United States with a set of exit tickets.
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Editable Back-to-School Pamphlet
Share important information with parents and guardians with this back to school printable pamphlet.
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Back to School - Get to Know You Dice Game
Play a Get to Know You dice game for students to get to know their classmates.
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Lewis and Clark Expedition - Cloze Worksheet
Practice and review concepts associated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition using a cloze passage.
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Adverbs Scoot
Build vocabulary and grammar skills with a game of Comparative and Superlative Adverbs SCOOT!
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Lewis and Clark Expedition - Crossword Puzzle
Practice and review vocabulary associated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition using a crossword puzzle.
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Color-by-Code Grammar- Back to School Coloring Sheet
Use this color by code grammar worksheet as a back to school parts of speech review activity with your students.
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3-2-1 Exit Ticket Template
Test your students' knowledge at the end of class with this 3-2-1 exit ticket template.
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U.S. Geographic Features - Bodies of Water Worksheet
With this worksheet, students will understand reflexive pronouns and how they are used in sentences.
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Me on the Map - Map Elements Presentation
Teach the components of a map with a map elements teaching presentation.
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Editable Classroom Newsletter
Give important information to your students’ parents and guardians by using this editable classroom newsletter.
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Back to School - Desk Nameplate Craftivity Project
Celebrate the first day of school, get to know your students, and learn everyone’s names with a first day name plate craftivity project.
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Great Depression Constructed Response Worksheet
Use this nonfiction constructed response worksheet to teach your students about the Great Depression.
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Jane Addams Biography - Worksheet
Use this biographical constructed response worksheet to teach your students about Jane Addams.
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Writing Process Anchor Chart-Classroom Posters
Create a beautiful visual word wall in your classroom to support your students in the mastery of the writing process!
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Susan B. Anthony Constructed Response Worksheet
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a constructed response worksheet about Susan B. Anthony and the women’s rights movement.
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Daniel Boone Constructed Response Worksheet
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a constructed response worksheet about Daniel Boone and American Westward Expansion.
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Teacher Tools - Editable Teacher Planner
Start the school year with a customized set of organizational teacher tools with a handy teacher planner template.
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Rounding Decimals – Worksheet for 5th Grade
Practice rounding decimals to the nearest tenths and hundredths place with this worksheet.
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Decimal Notation Puzzles
Practice expanded notation, word form and standard form using decimals with this set of 13 three-piece puzzles.
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Positive and Negative Coping Skills Worksheet
Identify positive and negative coping skills with this real-life scenarios worksheet.
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Positive and Negative Coping Skills - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Explore the difference between positive and negative coping skills with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Math Center Rotation Board
Set up a math stations rotation chart for your students to reference with this display kit.
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Prefixes Interactive Teaching Presentation
Teach your students to correctly identify, define, and spell words that include common prefixes with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Sub Folder - Sub Plans Template Pack
Prepare for sick days ahead of time with a customizable and printable substitute teacher binder template.
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Understanding and Managing Anger Teaching Presentation
Teach your students about angry feelings with this comprehensive guide to understanding and managing anger.