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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Science Sparks - 5th Grade Science Activities for Fast Finishers
Review science standards during classroom downtime with Science Sparks, a set of 5th grade science activities for fast finishers.
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Animal Adaptations Project & Report
Strengthen your students' understanding of conducting research with an Animal Adaptations project.
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Volume Sheet (Introduction to Volume)
Download this volume sheet to introduce your students to volume concepts using concrete examples.
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Musical Instruments Game — Instrument Family Sort
Share this musical instruments game with your students to assess their ability to sort instruments into their correct orchestra families.
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Spell and Score - Word Tile Game for Kids
Play ‘Spell-and-Score’, an exciting Word Tile Spelling Game to help your students practice spelling words.
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Reading Response Task Cards
Explore reading comprehension with your students using this set of reading response task cards.
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Input Output Tables Worksheet Set
Provide this input output tables worksheet set to your students to give them practice identifying and extending number patterns using all four operations.
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Combining Sentences Worksheet Pack
Download and use our combining sentences worksheet pack to help your students learn to combine sentences in various ways.
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Function Machine Interactive Game
Share this function machine interactive game with your students, providing them a fun way to practice identifying and continuing number patterns.
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Using Commas in a Series Anchor Chart & Comma Handouts
Use a printable Commas in a Series Anchor chart & Comma Handouts to teach your students correct comma punctuation when listing items in a sentence.
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Public Speaking Tips For Students - Poster
Display this Public Speaking Tips for Students poster in your classroom when learning how to speak in front of peers.
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Additive and Multiplicative Relationships Worksheets PDF
Analyze number patterns with this additive and multiplicative relationships worksheets PDF that encourages students to reason logically and defend their answers.
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Author's Purpose Anchor Chart Set
Display this set of Author’s Purpose Pie posters to help students remember the various reasons authors write.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Reading Comprehension Task Cards
Deepen your students' reading comprehension with a set of reading task cards based on Bloom's taxonomy.
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Color By Code Comma Splice Worksheet
Use a Color By Code Comma Splice Worksheet to practice identifying and correcting comma splices.
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5th Grade Comma Worksheets
Use our 5th Grade Comma Worksheets to practice using commas in a series, dates, titles, compound sentences, and more!
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Fast Finisher Vocabulary Task Cards - Upper Grades
Boost student vocabulary skills with rigorous, engaging Vocabulary Task Cards for Fast Finishers.
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Digital Comma Activities - Interactive Slide Deck
Engage your upper elementary and middle school students with Digital Comma Activities to help them practice using different comma rules.
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Reading Fix-Up Strategies Anchor Chart
Support your students in becoming confident, independent readers with this Fix-Up Strategies Anchor Chart!
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Comparing and Ordering Decimals PPT
Use our pizza-themed comparing and ordering decimals PPT to teach your students to compare and order decimals to the thousandths place.
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Finding Word Meaning In Text - Context Clues Activity Sheet
Practice using context clues to determine word meaning in text with a printable Context Clues Activity Sheet.
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Finding Volume of Rectangular Prisms Worksheet
Share our finding volume of rectangular prisms worksheet with students to give them the practice they need in a fun “this” or “that” format.
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ABC Order Spelling Words Worksheet Pack
Practice ABC Order & Spelling Words with printable ABC order spelling templates.
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Spelling Spinner Homework Activity - Differentiated
Have fun practicing spelling words with an engaging Spelling Spinner Game for any spelling word list.
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Comprehension Monitoring Strategies PowerPoint
Use this Comprehension Monitoring Strategies PowerPoint to guide students through the learning of self monitoring while reading.
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Self Monitoring Strategies for Reading Comprehension Flashcards
Explore these Self Monitoring Strategies for Reading Comprehension flashcards to support students becoming confident readers.
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Hands on Volume Activities: Popcorn Challenge!
Make learning “pop” with hands on volume activities like this popcorn challenge!
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Customary Measurement Conversion Lesson — Teaching Slides
Introduce your students to customary length conversions with our customary measurement conversion lesson slides that are easy to download and use.
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Talking Animals - Writing Dialogue Interactive Slide Deck
Practice writing dialogue and proving that “Animals Can Talk!” with an exciting slide deck and digital learning activity.
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Making Predictions Game Board
Use this Making Predictions Game Board to engage students in making predictions with short text.
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Measurement Conversion Games — Customary System Task Card Set
Download our measurement conversion games task card set to give your students many ways to practice converting between customary units of length, weight, and capacity.
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Word of the Week PowerPoint - 5th Grade Vocab
A 40 slide PowerPoint Template for introducing 5th grade vocab words