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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Little Red Riding Hood Retelling Activity Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Little Red Riding Hood.
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Jack and the Beanstalk Retelling Activity Cards
Teach your students about retelling with this set of sequencing cards for Jack and the Beanstalk.
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Retelling Caterpillar Writing Template
Help students break down their retells with this cute caterpillar writing template.
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Four Seasons Mini Book
Make learning about the four seasons fun with this marvellous minibook for your Kindergarten students!
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Blends Coding Robot Mat
A coding robot mat focusing on different letter blends.
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Sight Word Assessments and Data Tracking Sheets
Track Dolch sight word mastery with this set of printable assessments and data sheets.
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Who Is the Main Character? Worksheets
Practice identifying the main characters in nursery rhymes with this set of worksheets for young learners.
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Story Elements Graphic Organizers – Landscape
Encourage your students to write and draw about various story elements with this set of differentiated graphic organizers.
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Character or Not? - Interactive Activity
Explore the difference between characters and non-characters with this digital learning activity.
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What Is the Setting? - Worksheets
Encourage your students to identify the setting in short and simple texts with this set of six worksheets.
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Main Idea and Details Anchor Chart
Print a main idea anchor chart for primary grades to build skills in identifying main idea and details in nonfiction texts.
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Hey Diddle Diddle - Sequencing Cards
Sequence the events in “Hey Diddle Diddle” with a set of retelling pocket chart cards.
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Abraham Lincoln Activity Pack
Learn about the life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln with a comprehensive pack of Presidents’ Day Worksheets.
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Humpty Dumpty Worksheets - Character, Setting, and Story Elements
Identify characters, setting, and parts of a story with kindergarten reading worksheets featuring the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme.
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Blending Phonemes BINGO (CVC Words)
Practice blending phonemes to form one-syllable words with this set of 20 bingo game boards and cards.
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Hickory Dickory Dock - Story Elements Worksheet Pack
Demonstrate learning about the parts of a story with a printable set of Hickory Dickory Dock worksheets.
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Kindergarten Story Elements - Instructional Slides
Introduce your kindergarten and first-grade students to the elements of a story using this interactive Google Slides teaching presentation.
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100th Day of School - Would You Rather? Game
Engage your students in thought-provoking discussions on the 100th day of school with a fun game of Would You Rather?
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Learn to Read Short A - Daily Phonics for Kids
Teach your students to read short a words with a daily digital phonics instructional slide deck.
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I Spy CVCe Words - Worksheet
Identify long e words with an I-Spy worksheet.
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Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets - CVCC/CCVC Words
Use this worksheet pack to give students practice at segmenting words into phonemes.
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter O
Optimize identification of the letter O with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Labor Day ABC Sort
Support your students in reviewing the vocabulary and concepts surrounding the Labor Day holiday with this fun ABC Order Worksheet.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter G
Add hands-on literacy activites to your Halloween reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of the “ghostly” letter G.
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A Book a Day Keeps the Monsters Away! — Bulletin Board Set
Print a monsters and reading-themed bulletin board bundle perfect for Halloween!
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Kindergarten Morning Work (August)
Practice foundational math and language arts skills during the month of August with this collection of 23 kindergarten morning work worksheets.
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R-Controlled Vowel Posters
Supplement your phonics curriculum with an R-controlled vowel poster display.
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Google Slides Interactive - Story Retell Activity
Use this Google Slides Interactive activity to practice retelling stories.
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Readers' Theater - Itsy Bitsy Spider Read and Retell Activity
Engage young readers in texts with a dramatic reading of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and accompanying story retelling activity.
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Letter-Sound Correspondence Games - A-Z Alphabet Race Bundle
Practice letter-sound correspondence with a set of 26 Alphabet Race printable games.
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Blending Phonemes Secret Message-Matching Activity
Blend phonemes to build words and uncover the secret message!
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Google Slides Interactive- CCVC Word Building Activity
Practice identifying consonants, vowels, blends, and digraphs sounds while spelling 22 CCVC (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant) words.