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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CVC Letters
A sheet of letters to use when making CVC words.
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Handwriting Paper with Dotted Middle Line - Landscape
Handwriting paper for beginning writers.
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Handwriting Sheets - Uppercase, Lowercase, and Sentence Writing
A set of 26 handwriting sheets that include uppercase and lowercase letters as well as sentence writing.
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Guided Reading Groups - Text Tracker
Track the texts used in each of your guided reading groups with this template.
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Alphabet Bingo - Upper and Lowercase Recognition
A set of 32 alphabet bingo cards to assist with upper and lowercase letter recognition.
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Alphabet Playdough Mats
A set of work mats for students to write and form the letters of the alphabet using playdough.
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CVC Beginning and Ending Letters Worksheet Pack
Practice identifying missing beginning and ending sounds and letters in this set of 10 CVC worksheets.
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The Dewey Decimal System Poster
Explain the Dewey Decimal system with a printable poster created to complement your library lesson plan!
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Onset and Rime Match-Ups Worksheet Pack
Practice matching onset and rime with simple cvc words with this set of matching worksheets.
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Onset and Rime Short U Interactive
Practice onset and rime words that contain the short U vowel sound with this interactive activity for the early years classroom.
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Onset and Rime Short E Interactive
Practice onset and rime words that contain the short E vowel sound with this interactive activity for the early years classroom.
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Onset and Rime Short I Interactive
Practice onset and rime words that contain the short I vowel sound with this interactive activity for the early years classroom.
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Sight Word Activity Worksheets
Help your students practice their sight words at home with this set of two sight word activity grids.
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Beat the Blast Off! CVC, CVCC and CCVC Spelling Game
Use this collaborative partner game to familiarize your students with some of the most common CVC, CVCC and CCVC words.
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Word Families Sorting Activity – Short O
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarize your students with words that contain the short o vowel sound.
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Short I Word Families Flashcards
Use these word families flashcards to help familiarize your students with words that contain the short i vowel sound.
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The Easter Bunny – Easter Poem Poster
Use this Easter Bunny poem for kids as a basis for some Easter fun in your classroom!
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Alphabet Matching Game
Use this alphabet matching game to familiarize your students with the letters of the alphabet and their corresponding sounds.
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A Visit from Santa – Christmas Poem Poster
Use this “A Visit from Santa” Christmas poem for kids as a basis for some festive fun in your classroom!
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Jack Be Nimble – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Jack be Nimble” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Hickory Dickory Dock – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Hickory Dickory Dock” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme, rhythm and counting.
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Row Row Row Your Boat” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Onset and Rime Short O Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel o onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.
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Hey Diddle Diddle – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Hey Diddle Diddle” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Little Miss Muffet – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Little Miss Muffet” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students the features of rhymes.
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I Think Mice Are Rather Nice – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “I Think Mice Are Rather Nice” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Ants on the Apple – Phonics Rhyme Posters
Use this poster featuring the phonics rhyme “Ants on the Apple” to teach your students the association between letters and their sounds.
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Onset and Rime Short I Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel i onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.
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Wee Willie Winkie – Nursery Rhyme Poster
Use this “Wee Willie Winkie” nursery rhyme poster to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Here Comes the Band – Counting Rhyme Poster
Use the counting rhyme “Here Comes the Band” poster to teach your students about numbers and rhyme simultaneously!
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Onset and Rime Short U Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel u onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.
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Onset and Rime Short E Teaching Slides
Learn about onset and rime and the different short vowel e onset and rime words with this vibrant set of teaching slides.