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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Read Across America Bulletin Board Kit
Take a journey across the country and show off your amazing readers with a Read Across America Bulletin Board Display!
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Influential Black Leaders - Research Project
Help your students learn about and recognize some of the most influential Black leaders in history with Black History Month Research Project.
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Elements of Poetry - Instructional Slide Deck
Investigate poetic elements with an interactive Elements of Poetry teaching slide deck.
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Decimal War Board Game
Compare decimals by means of numerals, words and Base 10 block representations with this printable board game.
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Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems Worksheet
Practice solving word problems by adding and subtracting decimals to the thousandths place with this worksheet.
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Articles of Confederation - Lesson Plan Slide Presentation
Investigate the document made by those who wanted a "just right" government with an interactive teaching slide deck about the Articles of Confederation.
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2-D Shapes and Their Attributes - Interactive PowerPoint
Practice identifying the attributes of different 2D shapes with this 90-slide interactive PowerPoint.
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How to Draw George Washington - Directed Drawing Activity
Bring a bit of art into the classroom this Presidents’ Day with a “How to Draw George Washington.” directed drawing worksheet.
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Dividing with Decimals – Word Problem Task Cards
Sharpen decimal division skills while solving a variety of word problems with this set of 24 task cards.
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Figurative Language Flip Book
Practice identify examples of figurative language with this flip book template for kids.
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The Great Depression Task Cards
Review the historical era surrounding the Great Depression in the United States with a set of task cards.
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How to Make a Paper Football — Origami Instruction Sheet
Free printable brain break alert! Teach kids how to make a paper football with these step-by-step instructions.
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Color-By-Number Valentine's Day Division Worksheet
Practice two-digit division with a Valentine's Day color-by-number worksheet!
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Punctuation Poster Set
Display the names and uses for 6 kinds of punctuation marks.
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Recycling Labels - Printable Bin Tags
Teach your students how to recycle in the classroom with labeled recycling bins!
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Factor Craftivity
Create a fun craft while determining factor pairs of a given number.
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Natural Disasters – Poster Pack
Display information about different types of natural disasters with this poster pack.
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Greatest Common Factor – Reference Sheet
Recall the steps to find the greatest common factor of a set of numbers with this math reference sheet.
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Football Mystery Grid Worksheet - Parts of Speech
Follow the color-coded parts of speech guide to fill in the word grid and reveal a Football-themed mystery image.
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Abraham Lincoln Brochure Project
Demonstrate learning about the Abraham Lincoln’s contributions to America with a brochure project.
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World Biomes Map
Locate and explore the different biomes of the world with this engaging classroom poster.
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Rotation vs. Revolution – Sorting Activity
Determine if examples are due to Earth’s rotation or revolution with this sorting activity.
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Simplify to Multiply – Multiplying Fractions Match-Up Activity
Practice simplifying before multiplying fractions with this match-up activity.
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Lunar New Year Coloring Pages
Celebrate Lunar New Year with these mindfulness Lunar New Year coloring pages.
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Back to School Bulletin Board - Roller Coaster All About Me
Build a frightfully fun Back to School bulletin board with a printable roller coaster About Me activity.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Coloring Pages
Celebrate MLK Day in the classroom and engage your students in thoughtful discussion with a Martin Luther King, Jr. Coloring Page!
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Order of Operations Board Game
Engage your students with a lively board game while using the order of operations to solve numerical expressions.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Activity Book
Celebrate MLK Day in the classroom and engage your students with a booklet of MLK Day activities.
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Long Division Mini-Book
Learn how to use the standard algorithm for division when dividing by double-digit divisors with this mini-book.
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Groundhog Day Word Scramble
Have some word-friendly fun with a Groundhog Day Word Scramble worksheet.
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Types of Taxes – Sorting Activity
Differentiate between different types of taxes with this 24-card sorting activity.
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13 Colonies Reading Passages - New England, Southern, and Middle Colonies
Build reading comprehension skills and knowledge of the New England, Southern, and Middle colonies with printable comprehension worksheets.