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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Metric Conversion Handout Set
Use this metric conversion handout set as a personal student guide or classroom poster for easy reference!
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Customary Measurement Conversion Chart Set
Use this customary measurement conversion chart pack as a handout or classroom poster for easy reference!
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Making Predictions PowerPoint
Use this Making Predictions PowerPoint to engage students in the learning of predicting during reading.
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Word Power - Vocabulary Comic Strip Graphic Organizer
Expand your students’ vocabulary skills with a printable Vocabulary Comic Strip Graphic Organizer.
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Vocabulary Word Matrix Templates
Use a printable vocabulary word matrix template to help your students organize and remember important vocabulary words.
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Spanish Vocabulary Notebook Template
Boost your students Spanish/English vocabulary skills with a Spanish Vocabulary Notebook Template!
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Customary Measurement Conversion Worksheets
Download our customary measurement conversion worksheets to give your students the practice they need to master converting customary units of length, mass, and capacity.
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PEMDAS Anchor Chart and Bookmark Set
Use this PEMDAS anchor chart and bookmark set to remind your students about the correct order of operations.
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Editable Classroom Birthday Calendar
Grab a free classroom birthday calendar wall display and start celebrating student birthdays in style.
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'Fired Up For' - Bulletin Board Birthday Display
Get fired up for classroom birthdays with a fun camping-themed 'Fired Up About' Bulletin Board Birthday Display.
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Fast Finisher Task Cards (3-5)
Keep students engaged and learning with fun fast finisher activity cards.
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Australian Animal Themed Classroom Decor Bundle
Bring Australian wildlife into your classroom with our printable Australian Animal-Themed Classroom Decor Bundle.
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Opinion Writing Task - Movies Are More Enjoyable Than Books
Help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text with this opinion writing activity.
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Place Value Cards - 10,000; 1,000; 100; 10; 1
Explore and expand 4 and 5-digit numbers with a set pf printable place value cards and suggested activities for small group instruction.
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Build It! STEM Brick-Building Challenge Cards
Challenge your students to build amazing structures with a set of printable STEM Building Cards for plastic construction bricks.
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Free Talking Marks Worksheets
Download your free Talking Marks Worksheets and give your students additional practice adding quotations to dialogue.
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Comprehension Worksheets for States of Matter (4-5)
Use our printable comprehension worksheets for states of matter review or reading comprehension practice.
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Types of Rocks Worksheet Pack - Comprehension Passages (5th Grade)
Read and learn about sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks with our printable Types of Rocks Worksheet Pack.
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The Rock Cycle Worksheet Pack
Use our Rock Cycle Diagram Worksheet set and Cloze Passage to introduce your students to the processes in the rock cycle.
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Scientific Method Flip Book Template
Create a Scientific Method Flip Book to record scientific predictions, observations, and conclusions with a printable science flip book template.
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Observing Matter Doodle Notes Templates
Use Observing Matter Doodle Notes to help your students discover the states, properties, and changes in matter.
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Properties of Matter Activity Book (3-5)
Review key vocabulary and concepts surrounding the characteristics of Matter with a Properties of Matter Review Activity Book.
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Separating Mixtures - Reading Comprehension Worksheets (5-6)
Explore the techniques used to separate mixtures into separate components with a printable Reading Comprehension worksheet pack for 5th and 6th grade.
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Graphing Data Worksheets (Coordinate Plane)
Introduce these graphing data worksheets to your students to give them practice graphing real-world situations on the coordinate plane.
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5th Grade Grammar Review Task Cards
Download these 5th grade grammar review task cards perfect for reading centers.
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Simple Machines Roller Coaster Challenge - STEM Project
Implement a Roller Coaster Stem Project to help your students demonstrate knowledge of simple machines.
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Guided Notes Template Pack - Rocks & The Rock Cycle
Use our Guided Notes Template Pack to help your students organize and study rocks and processes of the rock cycle.
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Editing Sentences Worksheets – 5th Grade
Download these editing sentences worksheets for 5th grade to get your students identifying and fixing errors in sentences.
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Physical Properties of Matter Poster Pack
Discover the physical properties of matter with a set of printable Properties of Matter Posters for the classroom.
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Rock Detective Task Cards - Classifying Rocks
Practice classifying rocks based on their properties with a set of printable Rock Detective Task Cards.
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Weather vs. Climate – Teaching Slides and Guided Notes
Teach your students the difference between climate and weather with this set of teaching slides and accompanying guided notes.
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Rock Cycle Vocabulary Word Wall
Promote daily rock cycle vocabulary review with a printable rock cycle vocabulary word wall.