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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Writing Conference Form - Student Record
Use this writing conference form when discussing and observing students writing.
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Guided Writing Lesson Plan Template
Make planning your guided writing lessons a cinch with this lesson plan template.
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Negativity Free Zone Sign
Negativity Free Zone Sign.
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Blank Game Board - Blue - V2
A blank game board to use when making your own games.
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Guided Reading Groups - Text Tracker
Track the texts used in each of your guided reading groups with this template.
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Back to School – Parent Information Slide Templates
Plan out your parent information night or meet the teacher event with this set of 19 slides.
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Chalkboard Printable Teacher Planner - Lined Notes Page
A chalkboard-themed printable lined notes page to use as part of your teacher planner.
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Chalkboard Printable Teacher Planner - Assessment Trackers
A set of 4 chalkboard-themed printable assessment trackers to use as part of your teacher planner.
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Introducing Decimal Numbers Teaching Slides
Help students understanding decimal place value and the relationship between fractions and decimals with this comprehensive teaching presentation.
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Colors/Colori - Italian Language Poster
A poster to use in the classroom when teaching Italian color names to students.
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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.
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Layers of the Earth
An educational poster showing the structure of the Earth.
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Introduction to Electricity Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the concept of electricity.
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12-Part Color Wheel and Color Theory - Posters
A warm/cool color wheel featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
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Figurative Language Anchor Charts
Display the types of figurative language with a set of printable figurative language anchor chars.
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Choose Your Own Destiny - Writing Template
Students use a template to help them write stories with alternative pathways for their friends to read.
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Snakes and Ladders Game Board Template
Create a fun activity for any subject area with this black-and-white board game template.
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Narrative Writing Pack
A narrative writing teaching pack containing 9 worksheets and posters.
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'I Can' Statements - Reading (Upper Elementary)
A set of 26 'I can' statement cards focusing on reading for upper elementary.
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Write a Short Story – Adventure in Space
Get your students analyzing and writing adventure in space stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Easter Egg Coloring Sheet Pack
Give your students an ‘egg-cellent’ brain break with a printable Easter Egg Coloring Sheet pack.
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Dependent Clauses Digital Quiz
Explore dependent clauses with this interactive digital quiz that helps students identify clauses that show time, purpose, concession, condition and reason.
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Thanksgiving Charades
Have fun at your classroom Thanksgiving party by playing an exciting game of Thanksgiving Charades!
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Derivational Suffixes Teaching Slides
Teach how derivational suffixes can transform words and their meanings with this comprehensive teaching presentation for upper elementary students.
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Comparing Narrator’s Voice Worksheets
Teach how narrator’s voice shapes the reader's experience of texts with this set of worksheets where students compare passages written from different points of view.
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Thanksgiving Writing Prompts - Digital Learning Activity
Discover Thanksgiving writing prompts that spark creativity and make seasonal writing lessons fun and engaging for your students.
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Life is a Puzzle, Solve it Drug Free Coloring Sheets
Blend art and drug awareness education with our ‘Life is a Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free! coloring pages for Red Ribbon Week.
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Topic Sentences Practice Worksheets
Use these topic sentence practice worksheets to introduce, model and reinforce effective paragraph writing in the classroom.
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Firefighter Thank You Card Templates
Thank a firefighter with our printable Firefighter Thank You Card Templates.
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Roll a Kandinsky - Children's Art Game
Introduce your students to the circle art style of Wassily Kandinsky with a fun Roll a Kandinsky Children's Art Game.
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Types of Topic Sentences Teaching Slides
Teach your students about types of topic sentences with this engaging slide deck that explores eight different topic sentence variations and their purposes.
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Stand Up, Sit Down Game - 'Sit Down If' Icebreaker
Have your students giggling on day 1 with this Stand Up, Sit Down Game as a classroom icebreaker.