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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Ordering Steps in a Scientific Process Worksheet Pack
Help your 3rd-5th-grade students strengthen their understanding of the science investigation process with this set of cut-and-paste sequencing worksheets.
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Printable Spring Bookmarks
Inspire students to read this Spring season with a set of fun (and free) printable Spring Bookmarks.
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Roll and Draw - Easter Dice Game
Use a fun Easter Dice Game to roll and design your own artistic easter egg creations.
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Summer Santa – Christmas Story Writing Pack
Bring creativity to your classroom with Christmas story writing activities that inspire students to craft hilarious holiday narratives about Santa’s summer adventures.
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Christmas Spelling Lists and Activity Sheets
Bring festive fun to your literacy lessons with these Christmas spelling lists and related activities, perfect to use in the lead-up to winter break.
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Thanksgiving Placemats Printable
Have fun solving puzzles and playing games with our Thanksgiving Placemats Printable Activity Sheets.
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Derivational Suffix Worksheet Pack
Support vocabulary instruction with this derivational suffix worksheet set that helps students understand how adding suffixes can change word forms and meanings.
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Football Word Search - Printable
Get ready for the big game with a differentiated Football word search for kids.
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Thanksgiving Day Coloring Pages
Use Thanksgiving Day Coloring pages to bring a bit of creative calm into the classroom this holiday season.
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Printable Halloween Bookmarks
Download printable Halloween bookmarks for kids to hand out in the school library or classroom!
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Types of Point of View in Literature Poster
Teach the types of point of view in literature with this classroom poster that explains first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient narration.
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Funky Bat Halloween Craft
Create a classroom colony of adorable Funky Bats with a Halloween craft for kids!
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Hard to Spell Words – Digital Quiz
Explore difficult spelling words with this interactive digital quiz, where students identify the correct spelling word to match the definition.
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Life’s a Puzzle - Pledge to Be Drug Free Activity Template
Promote drug-free habits with a printable Life is a Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free Pledge Activity Template.
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Dot Day Collaborative Art - Coloring Mural
Create a spectacular “Make Your Mark” bulletin board with Dot Day Collaborative Art Coloring Mural.
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Grandparents’ Day Invitation Template Pack
Download and send a customized Grandparents’ Day Invitation with a printable Grandparents’ Day Invitation Template Pack.
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Roll an Adventure Story - Storytelling Dice Game
Roll and write an adventure story using our Roll An Adventure Storytelling Dice Game.
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Fall Google Slides Template
Set the tone for a productive and festive season with this Fall Google Slides Template, perfect for morning announcements, daily schedules, and weekly agendas!
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Back to School Night Sign In Sheet Templates
Use our back-to-school night sign-in sheet templates to track parent contacts, note student transportation, and parent volunteers.
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Divisibility Rules Worksheet Set
Use this divisibility rules worksheet set to give your students varied practice finding the factors of given numbers.
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Comma After Introductory Phrase Worksheets
Support students to master the comma after introductory phrase rule with this set of engaging worksheets, perfect for punctuation lessons.
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Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption Worksheet
Use a Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption worksheet to ensure students understand light energy.
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Cohesive Devices List
Download this cohesive devices list for your students to refer to when writing a variety of text types.
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Reading Response Journal for Literature
Help students think critically about key story elements such as character, plot and theme with this 22-page reading response journal set.
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Strip Diagrams (Bar Model) Poster Pack
Help your students solve problems using the four operations with a pack of printable strip diagrams anchor charts.
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Reading Comprehension Question Stems - Anchor Charts
Enhance instruction on the six reading comprehension strategies with our printable Reading Comprehension Question Stems Chart Pack.
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Listening-Drawing Activity Pack
Grab a Listening-Drawing Activity pack to fill in classroom downtime and help your students boost their listening skills.
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Complex vs Compound Sentences Worksheets (5-6)
Download a set of Complex vs Compound Sentences worksheets to help your upper elementary students practice writing, identifying and comparing sentence types.
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Volume With Unit Cubes Worksheet Set
Share this volume with unit cubes worksheet set with your students to give them practice finding volume by counting unit cubes.
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Complex Sentence Worksheet Pack
Help your students practice writing complex sentences with our printable Complex Sentence Worksheet Pack for upper elementary.
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Author’s Purpose to Persuade Flipbook
Help students explore the Author’s Purpose to Persuade with this engaging and interactive flipbook.
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Input Output Tables Worksheet Set
Provide this input output tables worksheet set to your students to give them practice identifying and extending number patterns using all four operations.