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5th Grade Classroom Supplies and Books Teachers Love
Here is everything you need to teach a fifth-grade class and have a successful year!
Welcome to class! Fifth grade is a brand-new and fun experience for you and your students.
Here are a few things you’ll want to consider as you create your classroom for the year ahead: What genre of books should be included in the classroom library? Which workbooks would best advance your students’ skills during quiet time? What supplemental materials will you need?
If you’re unsure of how to answer those questions yet, we’ve got you covered. This comprehensive list includes all of the 5th grade teaching supplies you’ll need to successfully complete the year.
Whether you're preparing your classroom for your very first year of teaching, you just switched grades, or you're an experienced teacher looking to restock your classroom, these books and supplies will make the upcoming school year run smoothly.
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Book sets and collections are an important part of creating your classroom library. When you introduce students to fun new characters and worlds, you’ll soon find that they will want to keep reaching for a new book in the series — and book sets can make that happen.
With book sets, you’ll save on large-quantity purchases of leveled readers and more.
Here are the most popular book sets and collections teachers choose for fifth grade:
This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.
This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.
Fiction will open up your students’ minds to all kinds of creative possibilities. This genre encourages students to think outside the box, get creative, and even learn to forge their own worlds.
It’s also a great way to engage students in classroom read-alouds and book clubs. These books will capture and hold your students’ imaginations.
Here are the most popular fiction books teachers choose for fifth grade:
When censorship and intolerance disrupt Mac"s sixth grade class, he and his friends fight their way to the truth. A timely and powerful read.
Thrilling graphic novel adaptations of the bestselling "I Survived" series!
The heartfelt story of a girl who refuses to let her brittle bone disease interfere with adventure. “A must-have for any elementary school or middle school library.”-SLJ, starred review
Even when caught in the middle, Ryan strives to see the bright side of life and refuses to let anything steal her joy. Readers will find Ryan"s sunny personality infectious!
After a rocky beginning getting to know each other while quarantining together in a pandemic, Raquel, Lucinda, and Juliette are finally getting along as stepsisters. Now they get to make it official. Their parents are getting married... in Mexico! But, when they arrive they find bringing together the two families won't be as easy as they had hoped. Sylvia's favorite aunt does not approve of the match. But if they can show Tia Enriqueta that their parents are meant to be together, they'll have to support the wedding! But in all their scheming, doubt starts to creep in. The sisters start wonder if they can really trust each other at all. Suddenly they have to ask themselves...are they better off apart after all?
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-winning author and a Coretta Scott King Award-winning artist.
Bored with her life, twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid is ready for a big change. In fact, she wants to run away from home. But she doesn't like discomfort. Instead of running from somewhere, she decides to run to somewhere—some place comfortable, and preferably beautiful. Where else, but the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Readers will root for Plum on her quest to become a shape-shifting Guardian. “Themes of friendship and environmentalism combine in this magical school story.”-Kirkus
In this first book in the series, Sam Graves discovers that his elementary school is ALIVE!
Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous comedian when he grows up. He already knows a lot of jokes, but thinks he has one big problem standing in his way: his stutter.
Based on Ann M. Martin's bestselling series, America's favorite baby-sitters are back, this time, in a heart-warming and hilarious graphic novel.
The horrible Herdmans from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever are modern-day outlaws and the most famous kids at Woodrow Wilson School. Their wild behavior and outrageous lies always lead to disaster, but somehow all of them continually escape blame.
Nonfiction books teach your students about the world around them. Whether your students are learning about intrepid women, or their favorite artists or scientists, nonfiction books will complement your curriculum for science, math, history, and much more.
Here are the most popular nonfiction books teachers choose for fifth grade:
At a time when being a woman and an African American limited what a mathematician might achieve, meet women who helped NASA win the space race.
In a colorful garden, Sonia Sotomayor draws upon her experiences as a child with juvenile diabetes to address kids' curiosity about disability and illness.
Humans are a unique species, but still very much a part of the animal kingdom. We dream like cats, grieve like whales, bond like barn owls. In Roar Like a Lion, you'll find advice from some of the wisest creatures on Earth: Dogs who exhibit mindfulness. Penguins who pick perfect pebbles and refuse to care about what other penguins think. Every animal illustrates how they thrive, offering a model of how you might choose to thrive too. If we're willing to listen -- to follow the pawprints that lead us to that kinder, braver, more courageous way of life.
Women in Science series takes a highly visual approach to telling the stories of important women scientists. Features include bite-sized text telling the story of a scientist's life, groundbreaking works, and legacy for young readers (Ages 7-8).
This story will inspire many as it shows how, even in the worst of times, a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.
Meet Clive Campbell, the Jamaican immigrant who mixed music so irresistible that New York City gangs stopped fighting and started break dancing.
Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. But that wasn't what Paul Erdos did. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive. But he didn't learn to butter his own toast until he turned 20.
Little-known stories about baseball's big hitter make fascinating reading for sports fans!
Osceola, Cochise, and Tecumseh are three Native American heroes who fought valiantly for their land and for their people. This book is divided into three parts, each part recounting the life of one of these great heroes.
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Everything Awesome About...: Everything Awesome About Sharks and Other Underwater Creatures!
Did you know that sharks can be as small as a banana, or bigger than a bus? Or that whale sharks have more than 3,000 teeth? Did you know that giant squids have eyes the size of dinner plates? Or that clownfish are protected by snot armor Find out all this and more, in this comprehensive, hilarious underwater deep dive from Mike Lowery!
Finding the best workbooks has never been easier. When sharpening your students’ skills during quiet time or independent learning time (especially if you have fast finishers in the class), engaging workbooks are a must.
Your students will love practicing their math, writing, and geography skills while they have fun with puzzles, maps, and more in these engaging workbooks.
Here are the most popular workbooks teachers choose for fifth grade:
Take your fifth graders on a geographic journey of North and South America with this unique skill-building activity book!
Be sure kids test their best on standardized tests in math by familiarizing them with the skills, formats, and language they need to succeed. The 8 ready-to-take practice tests are a great way to boost confidence-and make test prep easy. Also includes bubble-style answer sheets and a skill chart for analyzing test results!
More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises!
Who doesn’t love a mystery? Students will have a blast reading the adventures of kid detectives Zara and Mendel and their dog, Digit, and helping them solve intriguing math puzzlers along the way.
More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book includes high-interest stories targeted to provide invaluable reinforcement and practice with reading comprehension skills.
High-interest topics and engaging exercises designed to stimulate and encourage students as they develop the necessary skills to become independent writers. Includes strategies with grade-appropriate skills that can be used in daily writing assignments such as journals, stories, and letters!
Practicing grammar skills has never been so easy! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting ready-to-use resource provides invaluable reinforcement and practice with key grammar topics.
Supplementing your fifth grade curriculum is key to helping your students fully understand the subject matter.
Whether it’s organization, learning about themselves, or understanding math, these supplemental materials will help students along the way.
Here are the most popular supporting materials teachers choose for fifth grade:
This sturdy pocket chart features 10 pockets that fit letter-size folders. Perfect for organizing student files, file-folder games, forms, and other paperwork!
This all-in-one math reference set includes a place value chart, a hundred chart, an addition table, a multiplication table, and a fraction equivalents chart-a perfect supplement to any math curriculum! Includes an activity guide.
It's the "mini" that makes this pocket chart a must have! Perfect for daily data, class news, classroom management, and more!
Full-color photo cards include 10 subject cards, 5 blank cards, and 1 title card. Also includes a 2-page activity guide.
For use with your Scholastic Daily Schedule Pocket Chart.
Encourage your students to think, dream, and do their best with these inspirational POP! Charts. POP! Charts measure 13 3/8" x 19".
Reproducible pages on the back of each chart! Plastic-coated for color-fastness and durability! Write-on, wipe-off surface!
Fun 5th grade classroom supplies make all the difference during the year. In your first year teaching, having the right supplies will provide students the tools they need to succeed.
Here are the most popular supplies teachers choose for fifth grade:
Recognize student achievement with these colorful must-have mini stickers. Each measures approximately ¾” x ¾”.
For use with your Scholastic Monthly Calendar Pocket Chart.
Includes: 108 cards:
• 3 sets of 33 calendar date cards in red, green, and yellow
• 9 blank cards
These colorful, fun stickers give practical study information to reinforce basic language and math skills. Each sticker is 4" X 4". Stick them on a desk top or stick them in a notebook or folder. Perfect reference guides to reinforce what is being taught. 20 stickers.
Keep your library organized with these useful labels. Measures 5.5" x 3". 72 pieces (6 each of 12 designs).
The Class Jobs pocket chart is a handy management tool designed to help you assign daily or weekly jobs to students. You can add, change, or remove the job and name cards from the pockets to assign jobs. In addition, you can use the pocket chart and job cards to do the suggested activities in the activity guide.
Includes:
• Durable nylon pocket chart (26 1⁄2" x 27 1⁄2") with 13 see-through pockets
• 10 job cards
• 2 blank job cards
• 2 title cards (one blank)
• Activity guide
Buy 10 or more copies and your price is only $1.50 per folder. Discount applied at checkout.This durable two-pocket folder provides a cute way to keep students" homework safe and organized. Motivational tips on the back help keep students on track. Includes manuscript and cursive alphabet and a Hundred Chart and Times Table for quick reference. Designed to hold letter-size homework assignments.
Daily planning forms for every week of the school year, plus a class roster.
Invite students to tell all about themselves in writing and pictures by completing this motivating, literacy-boosting graphic organizer. A great back-to-school icebreaker!
Includes 30 posters plus teaching guide.
Something as simple as storage means more for keeping your books in excellent condition than you might think, as they protect delicate pages from dust, accidental tears, and more while not in use.
Your classroom library — while it’s being built, and otherwise — needs the proper methods of storage to maintain books for many years to come. Experienced teachers typically stock up on library bins to help keep books in tip-top shape.
Here are the most popular storage supplies teachers choose for fifth grade:
Convenient and sturdy plastic bins for storing books and teaching materials help keep your classroom resources neat and organized!
Even though you’re the teacher, it’s still important to keep learning and honing your craft. Keep yourself in the loop on the latest teaching trends with these professional development books.
Here are the most popular professional development books teachers choose for fifth grade:
In this sequel to Cultivating Genius, Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit-joy-to her groundbreaking framework. Dr. Muhammad shows how joy, which is rooted in the cultural and historical realities of Black students, can enhance our efforts to cultivate identity, skills, intellect, and criticality for ALL students, giving them a powerful purpose to learn and contribute to the world.
In this revised edition, Allyn and Morrell address how the 7 Strengths framework is needed more than ever in a post-pandemic world. They show how building on children's strengths while immersing them in a literature-rich classroom community can transform them into "super readers"-avid readers who grow together as they read and share their ideas with a sense of belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope.
When school teams engage in literacy walks, they collaboratively assess their current literacy instruction to boost academic achievement, create equitable student learning experiences, and improve school morale and culture.
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Social and Emotional Learning: Essential Lessons for Student Success
The researched-based lessons in this book will help teachers delve into key social and emotional learning topics.
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The Power Of Joyful Reading Help Your Young Readers Soar To Success
When young children are immersed in joyful and engaging shared reading experiences throughout the day, something wonderful happens.
Phonics instruction shouldn't end when students can decode short words. From an early age, they also need to be able to decode "big words"-words with multiple syllables (sound units) and morphemes (meaning units)-to read proficiently. Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer shares a K-5 scope and sequence to guide practice, and offers abundant research-backed strategies that teachers can put into action immediately.
Literacy advocates with a deep passion for books-bestselling author Donalyn Miller and 5th grade teacher Colby Sharp-showcase the power of children's access to books, providing teachers and administrators with the tools and information they need to increase children's meaningful engagement with books and to launch or sustain book access initiatives in their communities.
Espinosa and Ascenzi-Moreno demonstrate how our emergent bilingual students who speak two or more languages in their daily lives—thrive when they are able to use “translanguaging” to tap the power of their entire linguistic and sociocultural repertoires.
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Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension & Fluency: Grade 1
Best-selling author Mary Rose has selected short readings perfect for first graders. Kids take these home with the companion comprehension activity and practice reading with the support of a grown-up. Easy tips for parents help them help their kids learn to read. The results are phenomenal!
Games are a fun way for students to continue practicing their knowledge from their earlier lessons. While your students play and solve puzzles, they’ll be having fun learning about math concepts, the roots of words, and more.
Here are the most popular classroom games and manipulatives teachers choose for fifth grade:
Eight ready-to-go activity packets sharpen students" word-study skills and boost their vocabularies. In each packet, students learn five common Greek and Latin roots and 15 new words formed from these roots.
Give children a head start in math with these colorful, double-sided flash cards that teach fractions from 1/1 to tenths.
A robust classroom library with a variety of books is a fundamental element of the classroom.
Fifth graders are still building key literacy skills, and it is important to expose them to a wide range of books — like novels and nonfiction.
Start the year strong with these budget-friendly books under $5.
Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck: He and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever.
Azmina, Willa, and Naomi are thrilled to learn they're Glitter Dragon Girls. Summoned to the Magic Forest by its magnificent ruler, the Tree Queen, the girls quickly find out their dragon-selves have unbelievable abilities. They can soar above the treetops, breathe glitter-y bursts of fire, and roar loud enough to shake the ground.
Since Germany's occupation of France began two years ago, in 1940, the race has been canceled. Now there are soldiers everywhere, interrupting Marcel's rides with checkpoints and questioning.
Steven Satlow is an eight-year-old boy living in Brooklyn, New York, which means he only cares about one thing - the Dodgers. Steve's love for the baseball team is passed down to him from his father. The two of them spend hours reading the sports pages and listening to games on the radio. Aside from an occasional run-in with his teacher, life is pretty simple for Steve.
It can sometimes be difficult for students to express their feelings and convey their emotions. Social-emotional books are a powerful tool and help teach important life lessons. Your students will learn valuable lessons from these inspiring stories!
Holy unanticipated occurrences! A cynic meets an unlikely superhero in a genre-breaking new novel by master storyteller Kate DiCamillo.
Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances - Mama's life, and her own, depend on it.
Inspired by the true story of a gorilla who spent 30 years alone in a cage at an indoor zoo in a mall, this beautiful book imagines what that gorilla might have felt and said about his life. These unforgettable characters overflow with pain and love in an ultimately hopeful story about the healing power of art.
Chase Ambrose has a lot to learn, and that includes remembering who he is. As the eighth grade football star recovers from amnesia, his former reputation for bullying complicates his second chance.
