Reading Teaching Resources
Make teaching reading simple with printable worksheets, digital games, activities and so much more right at your fingertips. This teaching resource collection was created by primary teachers for primary teachers like you, and each literacy resource is aligned with the Australian curriculum!
Teaching students how to read opens up their world, and our teaching team knows the task ahead of you is challenging but rewarding. That's why we've designed our printables and digital activities to provide students with a strong foundation in English, creating the basis of lesson plans rooted in best practice and the science of reading.
Best of all, each resource has been through our careful review process to ensure it’s ready for your lesson plan and your students. This collection even includes customisable resources and activities that have already been differentiated for you!
Literacy Activities for Every Year Level
With games and activities for students from early years classrooms to upper years in this collection, here's just a taste of what is covered in the curriculum-aligned resources you'll find as you explore!
Foundation (Prep)
Foundation teachers can use Teach Starter's extensive literacy resources to focus on students' development of foundational reading skills.
We supply the basis for recognising and naming letters, identifying sounds associated with letters (phonics) and blending sounds to read simple words. Explore activities that promote oral language development, vocabulary expansion and phonemic awareness, as well as resources designed to foster a love for reading, build basic decoding skills and develop comprehension through discussions and shared reading experiences.
Year 1
Teaching year 1? You'll find resources designed to teach students how to apply their knowledge of letter-sound relationships to read and spell words with more complex phonics patterns.
Literacy resources for this year level offer a basis for you to work on fluency in reading by using appropriate phrasing, expression and intonation and introduce your class to various texts — including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry — to build comprehension skills.
Year 2
Year 2 reading activities and games are designed to help students expand their reading skills by developing a larger sight word vocabulary and refining their decoding skills.
Our lesson plans help students recognise and use more advanced phonics patterns — including vowel digraphs and trigraphs. You'll also find resources created by our teacher team to deepen students' comprehension skills, such as making predictions, summarising and making connections to the text.
Year 3
In the year students are expected to sit their first NAPLAN tests to assess their literacy skills, students further develop their reading skills by focusing on more complex texts and strategies.
Our literacy resources are here to provide you support as your students learn to read and understand a wide range of fiction and nonfiction texts, including chapter books and informational texts with specialised vocabulary! Worksheets and reading passages offer students a chance to practise inferring, analysing characters and settings and identifying main ideas and supporting details.
Year 4
Excited to see your year 4 students refine their reading skills by developing greater independence and comprehension? We are too!
With our reading passages and literacy activities, students are given the chance to analyse the author's purpose, evaluate different perspectives and make connections across texts. Our vocabulary resources expose kids to a wide range of words so they can use context clues to determine word meanings.
Year 5
In Year 5, students once again have their literacy skills assessed by NAPLAN, and they continue to build on their reading skills by exploring a variety of texts and genres.
Teach Starter resources for this year help you build your lesson plans around complex language structures and figurative language, as well as providing students with the means to practise evaluating arguments, drawing conclusions and identifying bias and propaganda.
As you engage students in discussions about texts, our reading activities offer students a chance to express their opinions and support their ideas with evidence from the text.
Year 6
As your year 6 students consolidate and extend their reading skills in preparation for secondary school, you'll find a range of texts to support your lesson plans, including poetry, drama, and media texts.
Explore resources designed to give students practise analysing literary techniques, understanding symbolism and interpreting implicit and explicit meanings.
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Narrative Features Worksheets - Hickory Dickory Dock
Identify characters, settings and parts of a story with early years reading worksheets featuring the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme.
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Greek and Latin Roots Worksheet Set
Practise using vocabulary containing Greek roots and Latin roots with these weekly root word worksheets.
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My Dog Don - Decodable Reader (Level 2)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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The Pit - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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No Naps, Nan! - Decodable Reader (Level 1)
Develop confident, successful readers with this phonics-based, printable decodable book.
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CVC/CCVC/CVCC Word Flashcards
A comprehensive set of flashcards for CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words.
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Cereal Box Author Study – Template
Research and write biographical text to create a literacy-themed book bin using an author study biography report template.
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Sounds of 'OO' - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Sort words according to whether they contain a long or short ‘oo’ sound with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Learn to Read Short I - Daily Phonics for Kids
Teach your students to read short I words with a daily digital phonics teaching presentation.
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Elements of Plot Teaching Presentation
Teach your students about the elements of a story with this engaging teaching presentation.
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Syllable Types - Cut and Paste Worksheets
Identify and match words to the correct syllable types with this set of three treasure-themed worksheets.
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Multisyllable Words Worksheets
Build multisyllable word decoding skills with a Science of Reading based worksheet pack.
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Colour by Syllable Type - Worksheet
Practise identifying the six syllable types in common words with this colour-coding activity.
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Syllables Treasure Hunt - Interactive Activity
Practise the correct method of breaking words into their syllables with this engaging interactive activity.
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Character Analysis Task Cards
Get your students to perform a character analysis for any fictional character using this set of 20 task cards.
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Spelling Rotation Classroom Display
Guided spelling classroom display to organise your classroom and their daily activities.
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Silent Letters Interactive Activity
Explore silent letters in one- and two-syllable words with this interactive spelling activity.
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Silent Letters Poster Pack
Remind your students about the most commonly used silent letters with this set of classroom display posters.
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Learn to Read Short E - Daily Phonics for Kids
Immerse your students in the short 'e' vowel sound with this comprehensive series of phonics activities.
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The Water Cycle – Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Enhance your students’ comprehension and science vocabulary skills with this water cycle worksheet.
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Which Letter? Worksheet - K or C
Practise identifying when to begin words with the letter K or the letter C with this printable two-page worksheet.
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Which Sound? Poster - The Letter C
Remind your students of the different sounds made by the letter C with this colourful classroom poster.
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Which Sound? Poster - The Letter G
Remind your students of the different sounds made by the letter G with this colourful classroom poster.
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Which Consonant Digraph Is It? Interactive Activity
Review consonant digraphs with this comprehensive drag-and-drop interactive activity.
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Consonant Digraphs - Interactive Sorting Activity
Practise identifying beginning and ending consonant digraphs with this interactive sorting activity.
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Types of Syllables Posters
Remind your students about the most common syllable types with this set of classroom display posters.
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CVC Word Chain Task Cards
Manipulate the individual phonemes in CVC words to create new ones with this set of differentiated task cards.
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Consonant Digraph Word Puzzles
Familiarise your students with a variety of consonant digraphs with these hands-on word puzzles.
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Consonant Digraphs Match-Up Activity
Complete words using the correct consonant digraph with this set of match-up cards.
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Letter of the Day - Alphabet Crown Craft Templates
Build letter recognition and highlight the focus letter with a set of printable alphabet hats.
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Meet Magic E - Poster
Display this educational poster in your classroom to remind your students how words can be transformed by the magic e!
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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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