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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Brainstorming: Brain Dump Activity
An activity to use when brainstorming.
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Writing Informative Texts – Teaching Presentation
A 33-slide, editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about informative writing.
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Female Gender Stereotypes in Media – Worksheet
A worksheet asking students to identify potential female gender stereotypes in popular movies and texts.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Greta Thunberg – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Greta Thunberg.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Obiageli Ezekwesili – Comprehension Worksheet
Review our profile on Nigerian social pioneer Obiageli Ezekwesili and answer questions to reinforce understanding.
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Six Seconds of Brainstorming Activity
A fast-paced brainstorming activity that will leave your students begging for more!
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Home Reading Challenge #2 – Grades 3-6
A set of reading activities that parents can use to educate children remotely or that teachers can send to students working at home when schools are closed.
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Brainstorming Techniques PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching various brainstorming techniques.
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Grade 5 – Week 4 Learning from Home Activity Grids
A set of age-appropriate Grade 5 activities that parents can use to educate children remotely or that teachers can send to students working at home when schools are closed.
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All About My Dad Template – Upper Grades
Describe the love for dad/brother/uncle/grandpa with this fill-in-the-boxes worksheet for older students.
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Fox Mindful Coloring Sheet
A fox mindful coloring sheet.
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Koala Mindful Coloring Sheet
A koala mindful coloring sheet.
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Octopus Mindful Coloring Sheet
An octopus mindful coloring sheet.
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Elapsed Time With Clocks – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice calculating elapsed time.
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Penguin Mindful Coloring Page for Winter
A penguin mindful coloring sheet.
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Classroom Expectations Posters
Display three of the most important classroom expectations with this set of posters.
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Reading Corner Poster – Wild About Reading
A beautifully designed poster to display in your classroom reading corner.
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Blank Map of West Virginia Template
A blank map of West Virginia to use during Geography lessons.
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Blank Map of Wyoming Template
Download a blank Wyoming map for your lesson plans, student research projects and more!
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Map of Wisconsin Template
A blank map of Wisconsin to use during Geography lessons.
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Blank Map of Virginia Template
A blank map of Virginia to use during Geography lessons.
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Map of Tennessee Template
A blank map of Tennessee to use during Geography lessons.
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Map of Utah Template
A blank map of Utah to use during Geography lessons.
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Quick Thinker Game for Kids Worksheet
A game where students list items for every letter of the alphabet.
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Map of Vermont Template
A blank map of Vermont to use during Geography lessons.
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Map of Pennsylvania Template
A blank map of Pennsylvania to use during Geography lessons.
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Map of Rhode Island Template
Download a printable blank map of Rhode Island to use during geography and Ocean State history lessons.
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Blank Map of South Carolina Template
Use this printable blank map of South Carolina to during geography and Palmetto State history lessons.
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Blank Map of South Dakota Template
A blank map of South Dakota to use during Geography lessons.
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Map of North Dakota Template
A blank map of North Dakota to use during Geography lessons.
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Curiosity and Imagination Bookmarks
Spark a love of reading in your students with this set of 4 printable bookmarks.
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Map of Ohio Template
A blank map of Ohio to use during Geography lessons.