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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Betty Botter – Tongue Twister Poster
Use this “Betty Botter” tongue twister poster to teach your youngest students about word play and alliteration.
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Roll and Read – Sight Word Game Pack
Practice reading sight words with this set of 5 Roll to Read Sight Word Game boards.
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Ice Cream Cone Colors
Kids love colors and ice cream... so we put them together!
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Sh Digraph Words With Images
Learn words that contain the 'sh' digraph with these word and picture flashcards.
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Color By Vowel Sound (Winter Worksheet for Kindergarten & 1st Grade)
Use a "cool" color by vowel sound worksheet to bring a bit of Winter into the classroom this season.
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Story Retelling Strips
Explore a story with your students with this story-retelling cut-and-paste worksheet.
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5 Finger Retell Graphic Organizers
Help students sort out their thoughts during retelling with this set of three 5 finger retelling graphic organizers.
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Story Retell Flipbook
Explore retelling a story with your students with this I Can Retell a Story flipbook template.
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SCOOP Story Retell Bookmarks
Teach your students how to retell using the SCOOP acronym with these handy bookmarks.
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Retelling Stories Paper Chains Template
Get crafty with this fun retelling stories activity where students use paper chains to create a chain for a story they have read in class.
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Retelling Stories Wheel Template
Explore story retells with this engaging story retell wheel template.
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Robot-Themed Retelling Writing Template
Explore the elements of a retell with this cute robot-themed retell writing template.
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5 Finger Retell Classroom Posters
Guide students through the 5 finger retell process with this set of classroom posters and individual student guide.
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Story Elements Cut and Paste Worksheets – Little Red Riding Hood
Explore story characters, settings and main events with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets based on a well-known fairy tale.
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Phoneme Segmentation Task Cards
Segment beginning, middle vowel, and final phonemes with this set of 20 CVC word task cards.
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Humpty Dumpty Pocket Chart Retell Cards
Read and retell the story within the Humpty Dumpty tale with a set of retelling pocket chart cards.
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What is a Timeline? Instructional Slide Deck
Use this slide deck and accompanying materials to teach your students how to read, understand, and identify timelines.
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Apple Barrel Blends - Sorting Center
Supplement your phonics lessons with a consonant blend “Apple Barrel” sorting center.
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Patriot Day Mini Book
Read, write, and draw to learn about Patriot Day with a printable mini-book.
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Daily Dolch Drills — Pre-Primer Weekly Homework
Practice weekly sight words to strengthen letter-sound recognition, spelling, and reading fluency with six weeks of sight word homework worksheets.
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Blends and Digraphs Clip Card Reading Center
Practice identifying digraphs and blends in word through interactive Google slides and traditional PDF printable formats.
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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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CVCC Word Work Mat
Practice segmenting and spelling simple words with this set of 24 CVCC picture task cards.
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Pyramid Reading Cards - Dolch Grade 1 Sight Words
Practice and review the Dolch Grade 1 List of high-frequency words with 41 short phrase cards for emergent readers.
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Pyramid Reading Cards - Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Words
Practice and review the Dolch Pre-Primer List of high-frequency words with 40 short phrase cards for emergent readers.
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Secret Message Task Cards - Beginning Sounds
Apply letter-sound correspondence with this set of 20 task cards.
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Scoot and Rhyme - Rhyming Activity
Practice rhyming words by SCOOT-ing around the classroom with this set of 20 rhyming task cards.
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FIND IT! Rhyming Words Game
Practice recognizing rhyming with pictures and words using this set of 20 cards.
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Letter Craft Activity - 'G' is For Goldfish
An activity to assist young students with letter recognition, phonological awareness, and fine motor development.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Pp'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Bb'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Initial Sound Recognition Worksheets (uppercase letters) – Complete Set A–Z
A set of coloring activities to develop letter recognition and phonemic awareness.