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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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
Explore figurative language in context with this set of 28 sorting cards.
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Predict and Prove – Template
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
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Writing With Alliteration Worksheet
Identify and create alliteration patterns in texts.
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Moving Lines Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line.
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What's the Theme? - Graphic Organizer
Outline and determine the theme of a text with this 1-page graphic organizer worksheet.
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Mini-Mystery – Who Won the Race?
A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve a mystery.
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Basic Fact Cards
A set of 72 basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fact cards.
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Funky Alpaca Craft Template
Teach about Zentangle art patterns with a fun (an funky) printable alpaca template for teachers.
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Mini-Mystery – Which Key Opens the Door?
Use knowledge of 2-D shapes and right angles to solve the mystery in this fun, logic-based activity.
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Alice in Wonderland Page Border
An editable page border with an Alice in Wonderland theme.
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Speaking Skills for Oral Presentations Poster
A poster that explains the skills students need for a great oral presentation!
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Jack and the Beanstalk Page Border
An editable page border with a Jack and the Beanstalk theme.
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Cinderella Page Border
An editable page border with a Cinderella theme.
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Write a Biography PowerPoint
Use this age-appropriate biography PowerPoint to teach your students about the purpose, structure and features of biographical texts.
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Individual Oral Presentation Assessment Rubric
Use an individual oral presentation rubric to help your students work out their presentation plans.
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Foldable Inferencing Template
Practice making inferences with this foldable template.
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Malala Yousafzai Biography and Worksheets
Introduce young learners to an inspiring changemaker with this Malala Yousafzai biography for students with accompanying worksheets.
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What Does It Really Mean? - Hyperbole Task Cards
Identify and interpret hyperboles used in sentences.
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Biodiversity Poster
A poster to help your students explore the topic of biodiversity.
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Active Learning Guide for Grades 4-5 - Week 4
Use this weekly active learning guide to celebrate National Physical Fitness Month in your Grade 4 or Grade 5 classroom.
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Alliteration Brainstorming Template
Use this brainstorming template to practice using the sound device alliteration.
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Summer Bucket List Flipbook Template
Get your students excited about summer with this Summer Bucket List flipbook.
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Readers Theater – Play Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing their own Readers Theater script.
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Antonym Task Cards
Build vocabulary and recognition of antonyms with a set of 24 task cards.
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Active Learning Guide for Grades 4-5 - Week 3
Use this weekly active learning guide to celebrate National Physical Fitness Month in your Grade 4 or Grade 5 classroom.
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Grade 5 – Week 2 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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We Are a RAINBOW of Possibilities! — Bulletin Board Bundle
Add a rainbow themed bulletin board to your teacher toolkit with this printable bundle.
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Mind Map Template – Octopus
A printable mind map to use when planning ideas with your students.
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Fruits and Vegetables – Letters and Numbers Pennant Banner
Fruits and vegetables themed letters and numbers pennant banner to theme your classroom or create titles for displays.
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Active Learning Guide for Grades 4-5 - Week 2
Use this weekly active learning guide to celebrate National Physical Fitness Month in your Grade 4 or Grade 5 classroom.
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Mind Map Template – Brain
A printable mind map template for students to use when gathering thoughts and ideas.
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Oblivious Orchestra – Rhythm Challenge
A fun and challenging game where students try to keep a steady beat.