Buy the T5 kit with lenses. As good a place to start as any! 
Look for Canon EOS Rebel T5 DSLR Camera with 18-55mm and 75-300mm Lenses Kit. Around $450.
Most EOS T5 camers come in a kit with budget standard zoom lens. Usually the cost of kits with a single lens are identical to the cost of just the camera body. Get an exchange, if you can.
If not, a good starter lens would be standard zoom, more on what that means later. First, a short lens tutorial. Lens, come in two basic styles; lenses with a fixed focal length, known as a prime; and lenses with a variable focal length, known as z zoom.
Second, lens come in a variety of focal lengths: wide, standard, telephoto, and ultra telephoto. Lenses with focal lengths between 35mm and 85mm are thought of as standard lenses because they come close to a field of view that reproduces what the eye can see.
Lenses with focal lengths below 35mm are thought of as wide angle. And, lenses with focal lengths of 10mm or lower are considered ultra-wide lenses, with some being described as fish-eye.
Lenses with focal lengths ranging from about 100mm to 300mm are considered to be telephoto lenses. Lenses with focal lengths ranging from 300mm and higher are considered to be ultra-telephoto.
A standard zoom would be a zoom lens that covers the range of "standard" focal lengths, with most extending just a bit below and/or above the range. Canon lenses come in two basic varieties, both of which are identified by their model number: EF or EF-S. The two lens types are optimized two work with Canon's two basic types of DSLR cameras, which are distinguished by their sensor size: a full-frame, 35mm sensor; or a the smaller, APS-C sensor, which is often referred to as cropped.
Canon has been selling lenses for decades, and as a result they have a variety of generations, or families, of lenses. The differences [the model numbers] between the generations reflect improvements in lens quality and manufacturing. However, Canon has always offered a line of professional grade lenses, which can be easily identified with an "L" designation at the end of the model number. All "L" series lenses are designed for their professional grade full frame sensor camera bodies, and so they should always have a model number that starts with "EF".
Lastly, Canon offers two basic types of DSLR cameras, and two basic types of DSLR lenses. The consumer oriented, APS-C sensor body cameras can use either types of lens, EF or EF-S. The professional performance oriented, full frame sensor camera bodies can only use the EF types of lenses.
I suggested a standard zoom lens, assuming that you have no lens. The EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Lens is one of the lenses that can be included as part of a camera and lens kit. Kit lenses are usually of the inexpensive variety, are primarily intended to get you started, not to take great pictures. Although, you can take great pictures if you take your time and carefully compose a shot.
That shot was taken with a Rebel T5 using the standard 18-55mm kit lens, with the camera mounted on a tripod. Notice how the subject is in bright sunshine, and that sunshine is behind the camera. The shot was not taken in "A" mode, because I wanted to use control the ISO setting, and use as fast a shutter speed as was practical. Getting as muich light into the camera, as quickly as possible, is one trick to getting sharp photos.
