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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Complex vs Compound Sentences Worksheets (5-6)
Download a set of Complex vs Compound Sentences worksheets to help your upper elementary students practice writing, identifying and comparing sentence types.
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Volume With Unit Cubes Worksheet Set
Share this volume with unit cubes worksheet set with your students to give them practice finding volume by counting unit cubes.
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Compound, Complex, and Simple Sentences PowerPoint Slideshow
Introduce your students to compound, complex and simple sentences with an engaging types of sentences PowerPoint.
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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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Author’s Purpose Graphic Organizer Pack
Explore the purpose of an author's writing with these Author's Purpose Graphic Organizers.
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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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Easter Puzzles Activities Sheet
Challenge and entertain your students with an activity sheet packed with a variety of activities and Easter puzzles.
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Conversation Stems Poster Set
Display this set of Conversation Stems Posters to assist students with their oral language development.
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Direct and Indirect Speech Grammar Posters
Helps students learn what both direct and indirect speech entails with our printable Direct and Indirect Speech Grammar Posters.
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The Unsinkable Titanic - Weekly Paragraph and Sentence Combining + Answer Key
Practice combining simple sentences to form compound and complex sentences with the Unsinkable Titanic Weekly Paragraphs and Sentence Combining worksheets & answer key.
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Monitoring Comprehension Strategies Text Annotations Poster
Help students monitor their comprehension with this Monitoring Comprehension Reading Strategy using text annotations.
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Place Value Patterns Worksheet
Use this place value patterns worksheet to help your students analyze patterns in decimal place values out to the thousandths place.
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Comparing and Ordering Decimals Activity — Task Cards
Master decimal place value concepts with this comparing and ordering decimals activity featuring decimals out to the thousandths place.
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SCOOT! Context Clues Activity Cards
Play SCOOT!, a Context Clues Activity to practice identifying unknown words in sentences.
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Ordering and Comparing Decimals With Models Worksheet Set
Utilize this ordering and comparing decimals with models worksheet set to introduce your students to multiple decimal representations.
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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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Money Place Value Chart Activity Set
“Bank” on this money place value chart activity set to make teaching decimal concepts a breeze!
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Decimal Place Value Chart
Provide your students with our decimal place value chart to make comparing and ordering decimals a breeze!
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Storytelling Cubes
Roll our Storytelling Cubes to generate fun narrative writing prompts to use in your classroom.
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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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Write a Biography Project
Engage students in an enriching biography project that guides them through researching and writing about a famous person.
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Reading Comprehension Symbols Anchor Chart Pack
Use these Reading Comprehension Symbols posters to help students keep track of their comprehension during reading.
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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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Vocabulary Sketch Note Template Pack
Review a variety of vocabulary skills and help your students build note-taking skills with our printable Vocabulary Sketch Note Template Pack.
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Differentiated Spelling Choice Board Pack
Give your students a variety of fun options for spelling homework with Differentiated Spelling Choice Board Templates.
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Volume of Composite Figures Worksheet (Customary System)
Practice essential concepts of volume with our volume of composite figures worksheet full of real-world scenarios.
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Making Predictions in Reading Worksheet Pack
Practice reading and making predictions with this making predictions in reading worksheet pack.
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Measurement Conversion Activities - Metric System Task Cards
Share these measurement conversion activities task cards with your students to help them master metric conversions of length, mass, and capacity.
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Customary Measurement Conversion Word Problems Worksheet Set
Use our customary measurement conversion word problems worksheet set to strengthen your students’ understanding of customary conversions.
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Conversion of Capacity Worksheet Set
Use this conversion of capacity worksheet set to give your students essential practice converting metric units of capacity.
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Converting Mass Units Worksheet Set
Download this converting mass units worksheet set to give your students the practice they need to master conversions of metric mass.