5th Grade posters
Ages 10–11 · 50 free printable wall charts
LearnPosters has 50 free printable 5th Grade posters for ages 10–11, covering Fraction operations, Body systems, Word roots, Volume. Where sloppy order-of-operations and fraction rules start costing marks. 5th Grade is also called Year 6, Year 5, Class 5 elsewhere. Each is a vector PDF, free to download and print at home or in a classroom.
- Fraction operations
- Body systems
- Word roots
- Volume
- PEMDAS
Also known as Year 6 (England & Wales), Year 5 (Australia), Class 5 (India) and MYP 1 (IB).
Literacy · 11
Word Roots: Seeing and Saying
Six roots about seeing and saying, and the words built on each.
Word Roots: Moving and Carrying
Six roots about moving and carrying, and the words built on each.
Word Roots: Earth and Sky
Six roots about earth and sky, and the words built on each.
Word Roots: Life and Body
Six roots about life and body, and the words built on each.
Word Roots: Numbers and Size
Six roots about numbers and size, and the words built on each.
Word Roots: Time and Order
Six roots about time and order, and the words built on each.
Greek & Latin Roots
Twenty-four roots with meanings and two example words each.
Paragraph & Essay Frame
The five-paragraph skeleton plus sentence starters for each slot.
Making a Point in Writing
Claim, evidence, explanation — the three-part move in a good paragraph.
Making Inferences
Reading what the writer did not say, using what they did.
Author's Purpose
Why the text was written — and how the purpose changes how you should read it.
Math · 20
Adding Unlike Fractions
Unlike denominators have to be matched before anything can be added.
Subtracting Unlike Fractions
Same first step as adding — match the denominators, then take away.
Multiplying Fractions
Straight across — and the surprise that the answer gets smaller.
Dividing Fractions
Keep, change, flip — and why the answer comes out bigger.
Simplifying Fractions
The same amount, written with the smallest numbers possible.
Comparing Fractions
Three reliable methods, and when each one is quickest.
Order of Operations
PEMDAS with the two rules everyone gets wrong, worked step by step.
Decimals & Rounding
Place value to thousandths, plus a rounding rule on a number line.
Fraction Rules
Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions — one worked example each.
Area & Perimeter
Formulas for every shape they meet this year, with a labelled diagram each.
Multiplying Decimals
Ignore the points, multiply, then count them back in.
Dividing Decimals
Move both points the same number of places, then divide normally.
Volume
How much fits inside — and why the unit is cubed.
The Coordinate Plane
Two axes, four quadrants, and the order that never changes.
Writing Expressions
Turning a sentence into maths without losing the order.
Line Graphs
The graph for data that changes over time — and when not to use one.
Powers of Ten
Why multiplying by 100 moves the digits two places, every time.
Prime Factorisation
Every number breaks into primes in exactly one way.
Fraction, Decimal, Percent
Three ways of writing the same amount, and how to move between them.
Sorting Shapes by Their Properties
Why every square is a rectangle, and no rectangle has to be a square.
Science · 14
Circulatory System
Moves blood around the body.
Respiratory System
Takes oxygen out of the air and gets rid of the carbon dioxide your cells produce..
Digestive System
Breaks food down into pieces small enough for the blood to absorb.
Skeletal System
Supports the body.
Muscular System
Moves the skeleton.
Nervous System
Senses what is happening.
Excretory System
Filters waste out of the blood and removes it.
Immune System
Finds and destroys germs.
Body Systems Overview
Six systems, what each does, and the organs that belong to it.
Ecosystems
The living and non-living parts of a place, and how energy moves.
Physical and Chemical Change
One you can undo. One you cannot.
Earth's Four Spheres
The four systems that make up the planet, and where they overlap.
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Three words for three different stages, constantly confused.
Light and Shadows
How light travels, and why shadows are the shape they are.
Social Studies · 3
Life Skills · 2
Questions about 5th Grade posters
- What do 5th Grade posters cover?
- Where sloppy order-of-operations and fraction rules start costing marks. The 50-poster set covers Fraction operations, Body systems, Word roots, Volume and PEMDAS, split across literacy (11), math (20), science (14), social studies (3) and life skills (2).
- What age is 5th Grade?
- 5th Grade is normally ages 10–11. The posters are chosen for what that year actually asks a child to remember rather than for a birthday, so a child working a year ahead or a year behind should take the set that matches the work, not the age.
- What is 5th Grade called in other countries?
- 5th Grade is Year 6 in England & Wales, Year 5 in Australia, Class 5 in India and MYP 1 in the IB. Whichever name your school uses, this page is the same set of 50 printable wall charts for ages 10–11.
- Which 5th Grade poster should I print first?
- Adding Unlike Fractions, Subtracting Unlike Fractions and Multiplying Fractions are the ones that get used daily at this stage. Start with those, then fill in the rest of the 5th grade wall as the year goes on.Adding Unlike FractionsSubtracting Unlike FractionsMultiplying Fractions
- Are the 5th Grade posters free to print?
- Yes — all 50 5th Grade posters are free vector PDFs. No account, no watermark, and no limit on how many copies you print for a home, a classroom or a tutoring group. They print on US Letter or A4 and enlarge to A1 without going soft.Read the licence