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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Funky Reindeer Craft Template
Download the famous Teach Starter funky reindeer template! This Christmas craft activity is perfect for practicing Zentangle patterns.
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Tessellation Christmas Tree - Printable Project
Engage your students in the weeks before Christmas with a collaborative Christmas Tree Tessellation project.
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Roll to Create a Gingerbread House
Have some Christmas fun without the mess with a Roll-to-Create Gingerbread House Art activity.
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Kids Christmas Trivia Game
Host a Kids Christmas trivia game show with an interactive advent calendar-inspired trivia game.
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Digital Christmas Escape Room for the Classroom — Elf Investigation
This exciting Christmas escape room has been created by our teacher team to engage your upper elementary students this holiday season. Help the Mayor of Elfton catch the person responsible for some mischievous events in his town.
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Hopes and Wishes Jar - Goal Planning Template
Have your students craft a hopes and wishes jar to set goals for the school year.
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Winter Logic Puzzles
Engage critical thinking skills with these winter logic puzzles that challenge students to use reasoning and deduction to solve fun, seasonal mysteries.
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Printable Snowflakes for Classroom Crafts
Use printable snowflakes to transform your classroom into a winter wonderland during the snowy season.
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Christmas Activity Mats
Use these Christmas activity mats during morning arrival on the last day before Christmas break.
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Goal Setting – Iceberg Template
Download a free goal setting template that helps students identify singular aspects that they need focus on to achieve a goal.
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If I Could Create My Own Planet Craft Template
Explore planets and let your students get creative by developing their own planet.
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Christmas in Japan - Kindness Christmas Light Template
Use a Christmas light template to create a Kindness Christmas bulb craft while learning about Christmas in Japan.
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Funky Snowman Craft Template
A fun winter craft activity for kids using a snowman template with accessories.
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Paralympic Events Teaching Slides
Teach your students about the events held during the Summer and Winter Paralympics with this informative slide deck.
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A Snowpal Like Me
A winter holiday activity for students to create a unique snowpal.
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Christmas Mad Libs Worksheets
Bring holiday cheer and plenty of giggles to your classroom with a set of Christmas Mad Libs activity sheets for kids!
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Christmas Shutter Cards - Printable Greeting Card Templates
Use a printable Christmas card template to create fun Christmas Shutter Cards with your students this holiday season.
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Save Santa's Workshop – Escape Room for Kids
A fun and festive escape room activity where students solve clues to save Santa's Workshop.
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Spring Coloring Sheets
Give your students a refreshing spring-inspired brain break with our printable Spring Coloring Sheets.
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Christmas Song Trivia Game
Bring festive fun to your classroom with this interactive Christmas song trivia game!
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Would You Rather? Christmas Edition
Engage your students in thoughtful and hilarious discussions in an engaging, interactive game of Christmas Would You Rather?
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Boston Tea Party - RACES Writing Strategy Worksheet
Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a worksheet about the Boston Tea Party using the RACES writing strategy for text evidence.
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New Year, New Fun! Activity Sheet
Keep students' minds and hands busy during your mid-school-year lull with four fun activities on one handy worksheet!
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New Year's Goals Worksheet
Use this goal-setting worksheet to get your students excited for the new year.
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12 Days of Christmas Math Activity
Try our 12 Days of Christmas Math Activity pack to get your students thinking, calculating, and solving problems related to the holiday song.
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Mindful Coloring Ornaments - Christmas Papercraft
Practice mindfulness while making ornaments with a set of elegant mindful coloring Christmas ornament templates.
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Jingle Jumble - Free Christmas Search-a-Word
Use this free holiday word search to build vocabulary and spelling skills in your classroom this Christmas season.
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Comprehension Worksheets - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Read and learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with a reading comprehension passage and worksheet pack.
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Free Planet Coloring Pages
Use these black and white planet templates as coloring pages for your students.
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Dot Day Mandala Template
Celebrate International Dot Day in style with a printable Dot Day Textured Mandala Template.
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Christmas Cut Outs - Christmas Templates
Get crafty this holiday season with a set of eight Christmas cut outs and craft templates.
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Holiday Code Cracker: Upper Years – Whole Class Holiday Game
A whole class, holiday-themed game where students work together to find a secret code.