Are you finally getting back to personal learning? Too long ago! Hopefully the 2021-2022 school year will treat our students (and us) well! It’s time to set these classrooms up and make sure our fifth graders are successful. Here is our ultimate checklist of all the 5th grade study materials you will need to start this very important year of learning and transition.
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Create a diverse classroom library for your fifth graders. We’ve found the best bookcases for every classroom.
Now that you have the shelves, it’s time to fill them up. Check out our list of the 50 best books for fifth grade. From Hatchet to The Giver, there is something for every student on your list.
Fifth graders sometimes need a boost to a growth mindset. Inspire them to move on confidently with a colorful set of motivational posters.
Make 5th grade math even easier with a poster set that includes a fraction reduction table, multiplication table, fractions table operations, and decimal point operations. Also, check out this huge list of other math supplies to round out your collection.
Keep the technology safe, solid and charged with the charging trolley for 30 devices.
Sometimes you just have to change things up a bit to keep the kids occupied. Instead of playing a math game with regular cards, try these jumbo playing cards!
Magnetic bookmarks are a fun, reading-oriented incentive for 5th grade.
Made the perfect anchor map, but have a small bug that you want to fix? The poster does not have to be recreated! Try this big and wide masking tape!
With so much more digital technology in the classroom, your students can use this pen in place of their fingers when working on a Chromebook or iPad.
This manipulative is one of the best visual representations of the multiplication of decimal numbers! Looking for more ways to teach fractions and decimals? Check out these games!
Using color can help students learn and remember information. Arm them with highlighter pens and encourage them to examine and understand text better.
Step right to the whiteboard and get ready to make your mark with a rainbow dry-erase marker. Need more dry erase markers? We’ve rounded up the best (recommended by teachers) here!
These erasers are magnetized so you can stick them on your whiteboard and easily find them for future use.
Keep your whiteboard in tip-top shape. This handy spray removes stubborn stains, shadows, grease and dirt from whiteboards.
Keep your whiteboard organized with colorful clip magnets for use on any metallic surface!
Hold papers together with good old-fashioned paper clips.
Prep these 5th grade packages with the happiest staples ever.
Keep it together with a sturdy stapler! This is jam-proof and ensures that you don’t have to take it apart all day.
This extraordinary paper is 20% thicker than normal paper and offers vivid, assorted colors for documents and projects. In addition, printing on Astrobrights gives you all the benefits of color without the high cost and time required to print with colored ink. Just add black ink!
Organize classroom work for each individual student with a hanging file pocket that can be easily attached to a wall or even your classroom door.
Filing important 5th grade assignments with a rainbow of file folders. Check out our comprehensive list of file folders that will keep you organized even when you aren’t.
Because every 5th grade classroom needs an endless supply of pencils.
Mistakes happen! Give students a way to delete them.
Fifth graders still love getting creative with color. These washable and non-toxic markers are now made with an ultra-clean formula that is easy to wash off your skin, clothing and walls.
Stock up on 240 colored pencils for 5th grade writing and drawing activities.
Non-toxic, easy to use, and washable with soap and water, glue sticks make it easy to put two and two together.
Precise tip design and large finger loops give older school children more control and convenience on art projects.
Keep all of those pencils sharp! We’ve compiled a list of the best pencil sharpeners that have been rated by teachers!
Kids will love this unicorn tape dispenser. Don’t forget to stock up on tape too.
Reinforce documents or make teaching materials tear-proof and leak-proof. We’ve rounded up the best laminator picks so you can easily protect fifth grade tasks. Don’t forget to stock up on laminating bags too.
Easy three-hole punching of up to 12 sheets without the usual jams. Perfect for adding papers to student portfolios!
Hold everything together with loose leaf binding rings.
With blank flashcards, you and your students can make memorization a pleasure!
Robust envelope folders store documents safely and reliably.
Let your students write diaries and take notes! 100-page composition books in a range of colors make it easy to take notes on what’s happening in the classroom and beyond.
Because you can never have enough sticky notes to hand in the classroom. Check out the teacher hacks for post-it notes in the classroom.
Encourage and motivate your fifth graders with stickers. Over 1,000 emojis make it easy for you to express your current state of mind.
Once you’ve tried Better Than Paper, you won’t go back to traditional bulletin board paper. This magical material is stronger and easier to work with than paper and will last for years. Plus, you can write on it and later wipe it off like you would on a whiteboard!
Colorful frames will draw everyone’s attention to the pin boards in your classroom.
Wondering how to glue some of these 5th grade study materials to the wall without drilling the wall? Self-adhesive points to the rescue!
No teacher wants sticky debris or viruses floating around the room. These dual action wipes have two sides, one for scrubbing and one for wiping. Plus, they promise to kill 99.9% of viruses and bacteria. And check out our top list of cleaning supplies for the classroom.
Colds and tears still occur in 5th grade. Have handkerchiefs ready!
Keep 5th grade class materials organized with sturdy plastic caddies.
Keep your teacher’s desk organized and your phone or laptop charged and ready to go with this desk organizer and charger combo.
Remember your superpower with every sip of coffee!
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