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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5th Grade Revising and Editing Passages
Use this set of 5th grade revising and editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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Year of the Ox – Paper Lantern Craft
A Year of the Ox craft activity to help celebrate Lunar New Year!
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American Sign Language - Pennant Banners
American sign language pennant banners that include letters, numbers, and punctuation that can be customized for personalized bulletin boards and signs in your classroom.
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Literary Plot Elements - Graphic Organizer
Familiarize students with finding the 5 elements of plot in a literary text.
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Stegosaurus Mindful Coloring Sheet
A stegosaurus mindful coloring sheet.
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Fraction, Percentage and Decimal Circles
A set of fraction, decimal, and percentage circles to use with your students when teaching equivalency.
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Brain Break Activity Cards
Give your students a quick brain break with this set of 19 whole-class brain break activity cards.
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Math Brain Teaser Task Cards
Spark critical thinking with math brain teasers embedded in real-world scenarios to engage and challenge your upper elementary students.
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Desk Name Tags Apples
Desk name tags featuring apples.
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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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Picture Exchange Communication Cards
Enhance communication with a set of basic Picture Exchange Communication (PEC) cards for children with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities.
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Present and Past Tense Irregular Verbs Matchup Cards
Practice matching present tense and past tense of irregular verbs with this matching activity.
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24 Fitness Exercise Cards
Display these fitness exercise cards in your classroom to encourage your students to stay healthy and active.
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Everyday Grammar Parts of Speech Warm-Ups – Grades 5 and 6
A 39-slide editable PowerPoint to use when reviewing parts of speech with your students.
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Report Writing Paragraph Structure – Poster and Planning Template
Explore the structure of a paragraph with this classroom poster and paragraph planning scaffold.
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Parts of a Number Sentence - Multiplication and Division
A set of 4 posters explaining the numbers involved a multiplication and division number sentence.
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Subject Learning Intention Posters
Posters to display the learning intentions for each subject.
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Opinion Prompt Cards – Set 2
Practice writing opinion or persuasive text with this set of 20 topic cards.
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Research Notes Template
A template for students to use when recording research notes.
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Antonyms Polygon Puzzle
Match antonym pairs with an engaging opposite words tarsia puzzle.
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Word of the Week (or Day) – Graphic Organizer
Boost your students' vocabulary with this engaging Word of the Week/Word of the Day graphic organizer!
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Five Finger Summary - Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use to summarize a fiction text.
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Paragraphs in Narrative Writing Poster
A poster explaining how to write paragraphs in narrative texts.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Christmas Readers Theater Scripts
Download these Christmas readers theater scripts to help students practice reading fluency, expression and teamwork through fun holiday stories about Santa.
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Before, During, and After Reading Nonfiction – Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.
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Attendance Record Chart BW
A chart to track the attendance of your students.
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Summit of Success Goal Mountain – Class Progress Tracker
Track student progress in your classroom with this mountain-themed bulletin board or wall display.
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colorful reading detective name tags to assign students during book club sessions.
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Group Work Role Cards
Review and reinforce eight possible roles for group work with this set of 2-in-1 reusable posters and desk cards.
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Reading Detectives Resource Pack
A 16-page resource pack including 8 detective roles to assign to students during book clubs or reading group sessions.