Reading Teaching Resources
Open up a world of reading to your students with thousands of printable reading worksheets, center activities, anchor charts, Google Slides templates and thousands more teacher-created resources.
Are you teaching foundational language skills to primary students who are in the early stages of literacy? Or maybe you're teaching in the upper elementary grades or on the middle school level where chapter books rule the school?
No matter the grade or the students' reading levels, this collection of teaching resources from Teach Starter's teacher team is chock full of curriculum-aligned options to help you cut down on the time-consuming task of lesson planning. Help your class meet both Common Core and state-level standards with ELA resources that have undergone a thorough review process to ensure they're ready for your classroom and your students!
With editable options for many of the digital and printable teaching resources in the collection, you can easily differentiate instruction to meet students where they are as they build their understanding of written and oral language.
Reading Resources for Teachers
Here's just a taste of what you can find in this reading resource collection:
- Comprehension texts and comprehension strategy materials for students from kindergarten through 6th grade
- Sight words worksheets, games, and interactives
- Readers theater scripts
- Classroom posters with reading hints and tips for students
- Vocabulary skill-building activities
- Reading response worksheets and activities that let students practice interacting with text, using text evidence, and learning to summarize
- And more!
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Hey Diddle Diddle - Story Elements Slide Deck
Engage young readers in texts and learn about setting with an instructional slide deck featuring the Hey Diddle Diddle rhyme.
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Directed Word Chains - Worksheets
Manipulate the individual phonemes in words to create new ones with this set of four word chaining worksheets.
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CVC Word Chain Ladders - Worksheets
Build word chains with CVC words using this set of printable phonics worksheets.
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Thurgood Marshall Activity Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of Thurgood Marshall with a comprehensive pack of informational worksheets.
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Harriet Tubman Mini Book
Uncover facts about Harriet Tubman with a printable book for early readers.
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Barack Obama Mini Book
Learn about the life and contributions of Barack Obama with a printable mini-book filled with facts and details for early readers.
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Katherine Johnson Activity Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of Katherine Johnson with a comprehensive pack of informational worksheets.
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Thurgood Marshall Mini Book
Discover the accomplishments of Thurgood Marshall with a printable mini-book.
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CVC Football - Word Building Center
Build phonemic awareness and spelling skills with a football-themed word-building center.
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Sojourner Truth - Printable Book for Kids
Discover the accomplishments and influence that Sojourner Truth had on America with a printable mini-book.
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Who Was George Washington Carver? Printable Mini Book
Learn about the life and contributions of George Washington Carver with a printable mini-book filled with facts and activities for early readers.
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Facts About Katherine Johnson - Printable Mini Book
Discover the accomplishments and influence that Katherine Johnson had on America with a printable mini-book.
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Barack Obama - Biography Activity Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of Barack Obama with a comprehensive pack of Presidents’ Day Worksheets.
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St. Patrick's Day Headbands Game
Introduce St. Patrick’s Day vocabulary words with our picture & word card headbands game.
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Who is Queen Lili'uokalani? – Shared Reading and Activity
A 13-slide PowerPoint to use as a shared reading activity about Queen Lili'uokalani.
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Presidents' Day Activities - George Washington Worksheet Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of George Washington with a comprehensive pack of Presidents’ Day Worksheets.
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Who was Abraham Lincoln? Book
Learn about the life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln with a printable mini-book filled with facts and activities for early readers.
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George Washington Mini-Book
Learn about the life and contributions of George Washington with a printable mini-book filled with facts and activities for early readers.
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What Does the President Do? Mini-Book
Discover the responsibilities of the President of the United States with a print-and-read mini book called “What Does the President Do?”
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Humpty Dumpty Teaching Slides - All About Characters
Engage young readers in texts and learn about characters with an instructional slide deck featuring the Humpty Dumpty rhyme.
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Read Along Pocket Chart Cards - Barack Obama
Read and learn about Barack Obama with a set of pocket chart cards to use for reading and sight word practice.
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Read Along Pocket Chart Cards - Rosa Parks
Read and learn about Rosa Parks with printable pocket chart cards.
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Label Me! Picture Flashcards and Labeling Activity
Label the pictures to improve the vocabulary skills of your ESL learners with a vocabulary center.
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Valentine’s Day Printables - CVC Word Task Cards
Practice identifying, spelling, and reading CVC words with a Valentine’s Day Word Scramble activity.
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Groundhog Day Picture Puzzles - CVC, CVCe, and Sight Words
Identify and read CVC, CVCe, and grade-level sight words with a set of fun Groundhog Day themed picture puzzles.
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Hickory Dickory Dock - Pocket Chart Retell Cards
Read and retell the story found within the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock with a set of retell pocket chart cards.
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Alphabet Anchor Charts
Display these lowercase and uppercase letter posters with images that begin with each letter.
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Hickory Dickory Dock - Story Elements Slide Deck
Engage young readers in texts and discover parts of a story with an interactive version of Hickory Dickory Dock.
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Valentine’s Day Digital Centers - Google Interactive
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Google Slides interactive math and literacy activity.
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CVC Worksheets - Short A Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short a” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.
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CVC Phoneme Manipulation Worksheets - Short E
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short e” words with this set of differentiated CVC words worksheets.
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CVC Words Worksheets - Short U Phoneme Manipulation
Manipulate the individual phonemes in “short u” CVC words to create new words with this set of differentiated worksheets.