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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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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Printable Halloween Bookmarks
Download printable Halloween bookmarks for kids to hand out in the school library or classroom!
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Halloween Directed Drawing Worksheets
Encourage creativity and boost fine motor skills with a series of Halloween Directed Drawing worksheets.
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Halloween Would You Rather? - Interactive Game
Engage your students in spooky, fun and thought-provoking discussions in an engaging interactive game of Halloween Would You Rather?
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Types of Point of View in Literature Poster
Teach the types of point of view in literature with this classroom poster that explains first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient narration.
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Fang-Tastic Halloween Door Decor Kit
Decorate for Halloween and boost self-confidence with a “fang-tastic” Halloween Door Decor Kit.
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Funky Bat Halloween Craft
Create a classroom colony of adorable Funky Bats with a Halloween craft for kids!
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Happy Halloween Banner
Add a bit of (pumpkin) spice to your Halloween classroom decor with a printable Halloween banner.
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Halloween Emoji Game
Have fun playing an interactive Halloween Emoji Game as a fun classroom brain break in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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Halloween Headbands Game
Download and play a Halloween Headbands Game to use as a fun classroom brain break activity in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
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Printable Halloween Decorations
Use our printable Halloween Decorations to decorate your walls, hallway, or bulletin board to create a festive Halloween vibe in your classroom.
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Hard to Spell Words – Digital Quiz
Explore difficult spelling words with this interactive digital quiz, where students identify the correct spelling word to match the definition.
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Halloween Poems Activity Pack
Read, share, and annotate Halloween Poems with a printable Halloween Poetry Activity Pack.
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Halloween Comic Strip Templates
Practice writing spooky dialogue with printable Halloween Comic Strip Templates.
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Halloween Charades Game
Get your students moving, laughing, and acting with a fun Halloween Charades Game.
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Halloween Analogies Worksheet Pack
Boost critical thinking and vocabulary skills with a Halloween Analogies Worksheet pack, perfect for adding some spooky fun to your ELA lesson plans.
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Halloween Coordinate Graphing Worksheets
Use Halloween Coordinate Graphing Worksheets to inspire some spooky mathematical fun.
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Halloween Acrostic Poem Templates
Write and display a Halloween Acrostic poem with our printable acrostic poem templates and Halloween page peeker cutouts.
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Halloween Mad Libs Worksheets
Print and use Halloween Mad Libs worksheets to create silly stories, review parts of speech, and brush up on sentence structure during the spooky season.
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Life’s a Puzzle - Pledge to Be Drug Free Activity Template
Promote drug-free habits with a printable Life is a Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free Pledge Activity Template.
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Red Ribbon Week Bracelets
Use our printable Red Ribbon Week Bracelets to remind your students to make healthy choices by staying drug-free.
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Super Hero Anti Drug Poster
Inspire your students to stay drug-free with a Super Hero Anti-Drug Poster for the classroom during Red Ribbon Week.
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Halloween This or That? Google Slides Game
Get ready for some Halloween fun with our Halloween This or That game that inspires lively discussions and movement in your classroom.
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Printable Fall Bookmarks for the Classroom
nspire mindfulness, creativity, and bring in the cozy Autumn vibes with a set of printable Fall Bookmarks for the classroom.
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Red Ribbon Week Word Search - Upper Elementary
Help your students pledge to stay drug-free with a Red Ribbon Week word search.
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Red Ribbon Week Banner Template
Create and display your students’ pledges to be drug-free with a Red Ribbon Week Banner Template
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Red Ribbon Week Bookmarks
Use these Red Ribbon Week bookmarks as a fun art activity with your students.
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Drug-Free Pledge Printable Certificate
Reward your students’ commitment to being drug free with a Drug-Free Pledge Printable Certificate.
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Drug Awareness Week- Cause and Effect Paper Chain Activity
With a printable cause-and-effect paper chain activity, guide your students to discover the positive and negative effects of using drugs.
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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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Fall Would You Rather? Interactive Game
‘Fall’ into a new season with an exciting Fall Would You Rather Game!
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Firefighter Thank You Card Templates
Thank a firefighter with our printable Firefighter Thank You Card Templates.