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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Sign Language Alphabet Poster
Display this poster in your classroom as a reminder of how to represent the letters of the alphabet when spelling words in ASL (American Sign Language).
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Argumentative Texts Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice identifying a claim and supporting evidence in an argumentative text.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 11
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 11.
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Morning Meeting Greetings Display
Greet each student at the door in style with this set of morning meeting greetings posters.
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Finding the Theme Worksheet
Identify and explain the theme in 3 short story paragraphs provided in this worksheet.
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Number Talks - Dividing with Unit Fractions Task Cards
Build fractional reasoning with this set of 24 task cards.
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Novel Study Worksheet Pack
Download this set of novel study worksheets that can be used with any text to support your students in exploring characters and events in literature.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 2
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 2.
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Number Talks - Perimeter and Area Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 28 task cards.
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Number Talks – Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators Task Cards
Explore addition and subtraction of fractions with your students using this set of 24 number talk task cards.
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Critical Literacy Reading Task – To Buy or Not to Buy?
Teach critical reading skills with this engaging reading comprehension project that helps students evaluate texts and make evidence-based decisions.
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Cursive Alphabet Chart - Printable Cursive Practice Sheets
A set of 6 sheets to practice writing letters in cursive.
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Disappearing Ice Cream Sundae (Hangman Alternative)
Use this hangman alternative with your students during indoor recess or anytime they need a quick brain break!
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Cursive Practice - Sentences
A set of 6 sheets to practice writing sentences in cursive.
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Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals
Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.
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My Goal Tree - Goal Setting Worksheet
Encourage your class to set their intentions for the year ahead with our goal-setting worksheet for students.
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Fabulous Florals - Paper Towel Roses Craft Activity
Help your students say thank you to someone special by crafting a beautiful bouquet of colorful paper flowers.
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Place Value Work Mat
Practice place value concepts with this work mat for students.
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Fill the Grid Active Game
An active game that allows students to practice their multiplication facts.
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The Worry Waterfall – Anxiety Management Poster
Teach your students how to deal effectively with worrying thoughts with this classroom poster.
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5 Text Structures Sorting Cards
A set of 24 sorting cards to practice identifying the five different text structures.
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Easter Mini-Mystery – Who Stole the Easter Egg?
A fun, logic-based Easter-themed activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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Multiplication Grid – Worksheet
Test your students' multiplication fluency with this half-page multiplication grid.
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Read Across a Story Template
Practice summarizing a fictional text with this flipbook template.
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Roll to Create a Strip Diagram
A roll to create template for students to use when learning to use strip diagrams.
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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5 W's Graphic Organizer
A blank 5 W's 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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Celebrating Inspirational Women Inquiry Task
An inquiry task to use in the classroom when learning about inspirational contemporary women.
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How to Draw for Kids - Teddy Bear
A task card that helps students draw an illustration of a teddy bear!
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How to Draw for Kids - Monster
Teach your students how to draw a monster with this Halloween directed-drawing activity.
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Identifying Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying different forms of energy.