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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5 W's and 1 H Graphic Organizer - Portrait
A blank 5 W’s and 1 H graphic organizer to use when planning a piece of writing text.
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Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer
A blank Venn diagram graphic organizer to use in any subject area.
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Author Study Flip Book – Editable Template
An editable flip book template that covers a range of topics when studying a particular author.
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Forms of Energy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice identifying forms of energy found in everyday tasks.
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Character Profile Flip Book – Intermediate Grades
Use this flip book template with your upper elementary students when teaching about the features of literary characters.
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Know Wonder Learned - KWL Chart - Polka Dots
These KWL charts can help students gather and organize information on their research topic.
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Multiples of 11 Poster
A poster showing the multiplication facts of 11.
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Zip Zap Zoom! Active Game
A whole class active game that encourages concentration and listening skills.
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Area of 2D Shapes — Poster Set
Use this set of posters to teach how to find the area of 2D shapes.
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Persuasive Writing Planning Template
A planning template to use when writing a persuasive or opinion text.
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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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Antonyms Polygon Puzzle
Match antonym pairs with an engaging opposite words tarsia puzzle.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions Game
Use this adding and subtracting fractions game as a fun alternative to worksheets.
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Book Study Grid 2 - Upper Grades
A grid with various book study activity ideas.
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Transition Words for Narrative Writing Worksheet Pack
Teach your students how to use transition words for narrative writing with this set of 5 activity worksheets with answers.
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See, Think, Wonder - Template
A See, Think, Wonder Template is useful in encouraging students to make careful observations and interpretations.
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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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Visual Arts Elements, Subject Matter, and Composition Posters
A set of four posters examining visual arts elements, subject matter, and compositions in art class.
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States of Matter Word Wall Vocabulary
Review vocabulary related to matter with a printable illustrated States of Matter Word Wall.
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Readers' Theater Script - Creepy Cat Club
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students in 4th grade or higher.
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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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Four Types of Sentences Poster Collection - Primary and Intermediate
Display these posters highlighting the four types of sentences and teach your students to use varied sentence types in their writing.
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The Human Skeletal System Poster
A poster showing the names of bones that make up the human body.
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Visual Art Elements Activity Task Cards
A set of 28 art activities that explore each of the art elements.
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Finding Word Meaning In Context - Word Meaning Cards
A teaching resource to help teach your students how to find word meaning in context.
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Lights, Camera, Action - Theater Word Wall Vocabulary
Lights, camera, action word wall vocabulary cards to expand your students' theater vocabulary.
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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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Value Art Element Poster
A poster that explains the term 'value' as a visual art element.
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Color Art Element Poster
A poster that explains the term 'color' as a visual art element.
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Circuit Diagrams Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how to read and write circuit diagrams.
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Blank Timeline Template
A blank editable timeline template to use as a recording worksheet in history lessons.