5th Grade Anchor Charts to Try in Your Classroom

We pulled together our favorite 5th grade anchor charts to encourage visual learning on several key concepts. If you have favorites to share, please leave the link the comments section!

1. Multiplying 2-digit numbers

Using an acronym to remember the steps to take when multiplying larger numbers will help kids remember what to do next.

Source: Crafting Connections

2. Persuasive writing with Oreos

What better way to teach a writing idea than with an acronym that is a delicious cookie.

Source: Fern Smith’s Classroom Ideas

3. How to end a story

Often kids get to the end of writing a story and they run out of gas. Give them some ideas with this chart.

Source: T.E.A.M. Togetherness

4. United States history lesson

This teacher has some serious art skills! And found a great visual to show kids when the U.S. acquired different parts of the country.

Source: Beyond the History Classroom

5. Division vocabulary

Divisor, Dividend, Quotient…do kids know the difference? This colorful chart will help them figure it out.

Source: The Owl Teacher

6. Fun with fractions

This chart helps kids see how to find equivalent fractions as well as using mixed fractions.

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Source: Upper Elementary Fun!

7. Write like a scientist

This chart shows how to use words to inform, describe and label a topic, just like a scientist.

Source: Winding It Down While Ratcheting It Up

8. Science: Matter unit

This chart colorfully shows the different stages of motion in matter.

Source: Learning Lab Resources

9. Finding coordinates

Here’s a chart for helping kids find coordinates on a plane with an x or y axis.

Source: Appletastic Learning

10. Characteristics of geometric shapes

If kids get mixed up on the number of sides or faces on a geometric shape, go through this chart together when you want to refresh the idea.

Source: Alycia Zimmerman

11. Types of angles

When teaching the concepts of angles, this chart is a fun one to illustrate together with your class.

Source: Solvehub.com

12. Understanding taxes

It’s not a bad idea to get get kids understanding taxes…and why their parents pay taxes and what the money is used for.

Source: The Pensive Sloth

13. Division man

He looks a little somber, but division man is very helpful when kids are trying to remember how to use long division.

Source: Mrs. Sims & Mrs. Mathis

14. What does my grade mean?

If kids are confused by a letter grade, post this chart so they can better understand what differentiates an A or a C grade.

Source: Teacher Trap

15. Expository text

Often more than words are needed to explain a topic or subject. This anchor chart helps to see some of the ways that can explain something to the reader in text or visual form.

Source: Miss Klohn’s Classroom

16. Writing hooks

In a writing workshop, this is a great chart to get kids thinking about how they want to draw in readers to their stories.

Source: Lutton519

17. Author’s tone and mood

A reader can tell a lot about the story by figuring out what the author’s tone and mood are. This chart explains the difference between the two words and gives some examples of them to the students.

Source: Miss Klohn’s Classroom

18. Revise vs. edit

Revise and Edit might sound like the same thing, but this anchor chart shares the differences, and gives a helpful acronym to remember them!

Source: What’s Skow-ing on in 4th Grade

19. When to change paragraphs

The paragraph sign is really cute and fun, but how do kids know when to change paragraphs? This chart gives some ideas when a new paragraph is needed.

Source: Thrasher’s Fifth Grade Rockstars

20. Changes in the Earth

Change is inevitable, especially when it comes to our weather and our earth. Explain the differences between rapid and slow changes with this handy chart.

Source: Sharpening the Minds

21. How to disagree nicely

Disagreements will come, but 5th grades know that they can figure it out together. This chart helps them see that you can disagree…just do it nicely.

Source: Creating Readers and Writers

22. Weather maps

Weather patterns are fascinating to a 5th grader. Encourage kids to watch the weather on their local news station and then go through this weather map together as a class.