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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Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet about the different forms of energy.
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Pattern to Picture Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
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Multiplication and Division Minute Math Booklet
Warm-up (or assess) with this 10-page booklet of multiplication and division drills.
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Argumentative Texts Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice identifying a claim and supporting evidence in an argumentative text.
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Weather Versus Climate Poster
A poster explaining the difference between weather and climate.
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Student of the Week Certificate – Upper Grades
Celebrate your Student of the Week student with this certificate for upper grade students.
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Text Features Flashcards
Teach students the definitions of text features such as headings, sidebars, captions and many more with this set of flashcards for elementary students.
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Literary Element Task Cards - Upper Elementary
Explore the wonders of children's literature with this set of 14 literature study task cards for upper elementary students.
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My Crazy Clay Critter Activity
A fun art activity to explore shape and form in a three-dimensional work.
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The Great State Of... State Research Template
A free template for students to identify important aspects of their state.
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Color Matchup – Worksheet
An activity for students to match colors with black and white settings.
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The Worry Waterfall – Anxiety Management Poster
Teach your students how to deal effectively with worrying thoughts with this classroom poster.
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Practice writing simple, compound, and complex sentences with our Roll and Write activity.
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Biography Flipbook Template
Create a flipbook that clearly illustrates the most significant aspects of a biography subject.
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Fishing to Know You
Get to know your new class at the beginning of the year with this Fishing to Know You activity.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Fakebook Worksheet
Design a social media profile for civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. in this creative writing activity.
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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5 W's and 1 H Graphic Organizer - Landscape
A blank 5 W’s and 1 H graphic organizer to use when planning a piece of writing text.
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First Week of School - Student Reflection Sheet
Reflect on the first week of a new school year with this student reflection activity.
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Olympics Word Search – Upper Grades
An Olympic-themed word search.
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Conversation Hearts - Template
Turn this set of 18 conversation heart templates into a variety of teaching resources leading up to Valentine's Day.
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Place Value Chart with Decimals
Display this place value anchor chart in your classroom to remind your students of place value from millions to millionths.
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Suffix Worksheet: -ty and -ity
Practice using the suffixes -ty and -ity with a printable suffix worksheet.
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Genius Hour Self-Reflection Template
A template for students to complete after presenting their Genius Hour projects.
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Learning Through Drama Posters
Four drama posters providing information on ways of learning through drama, drama elements, performance aspects of drama, and types of drama.
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Identifying Parts of Speech (Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs) Worksheet Pack
Practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in text with this set of worksheets.
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Colorful Chameleon Art Activity
An activity perfect for exploring the art elements of color, texture, and pattern.
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Color Art Element Poster
A poster that explains the term 'color' as a visual art element.
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Note-taking Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when taking notes.
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Texture Art Element Poster
A poster that explains the term 'texture' as an art element.
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Form Art Element Poster
A poster that explains the term 'form' as a visual art element.
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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.