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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Paired Passage Worksheets - Thunderstorms
Use paired passages to help your student practise applying reading comprehension strategies.
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Compound Words Go Fish Game
Practise building compound words with an engaging game of Compound Word Go Fish!
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Compound Words Roll and Read Game
Roll and read compound words with a pair of printable Compound Words Roll and Read Partner Games!
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Compound Word Quiz
Assess your student’s abilities to read, spell, and use compound words with a Compound Word Quiz.
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Story Retell Brochure Template
Explore retelling a story with this brochure template covering the major elements of a retell.
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Spelling Compound Words Worksheets
See and spell compound words with a pack of printable compound word spelling worksheets.
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Finding Phonemes - A, AW, AU, OR, ORE Digital Learning Activity
Read and spell words using the au, aw, a, or, and ore phonemes with an interactive digital learning activity.
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Word Scramble - Compound Words Activity
Have some word-friendly fun with a Compound Word - Word Scramble worksheet.
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Compound Words - Worksheet Pack
Practise using compound words in sentences with. a pair of printable compound word worksheets for older students.
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Echidna Adaptations – Reading Worksheet Pack
Discover the adaptations of the echidna with a printable reading passage and comprehension worksheet pack.
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Fennec Fox Adaptations - Close Reading Worksheets
Read and learn about Fennec Fox adaptations with a set of printable Reading Comprehension Worksheets for Year 5.
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Medial L Words - List & Flashcards
Practise reading and articulating Medial L words with a list of 40 words and accompanying illustrated flash cards.
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Vowel Digraph Cover Up Game
Practise vowel teams with your students with this set of three fun partner cover up games.
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How to Summarise Nonfiction Mini Book
Explore the elements needed for a good summary of nonfiction texts with this How to Summarise Nonfiction mini-book.
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#SUMitUP Summarising Activity
Summarise fictional text through this whole-class station activity.
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Summarising Fiction Texts Teaching Slides
Build summarising skills with fiction texts using these teaching slides.
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Polar Bear Adaptations Worksheet Pack - Comprehension Passage
Discover polar bear structural adaptations with a set of printable reading comprehension worksheets.
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Arctic Animals Booklet - Science Reader
Learn about polar animals and build comprehension skills with a Year 2 Arctic animal book.
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Roll and Read Diphthong Activity
Explore different diphthongs with this fun gamified diphthong activity.
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Diphthong Colouring Activity Worksheets
Practise finding different vowel team diphthongs with this set of fun colour-by-code worksheets for your students.
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Non-Fiction Visual Features Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this visual text features worksheet when exploring text features such as photographs, maps, charts and diagrams with your students.
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The Force of Friction Comprehension Worksheets
Download this friction worksheet to teach your Year 4 students about the force of friction and its impact on our daily lives.
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Fiction vs Non-Fiction Interactive Activity
Explore fiction and non-fiction examples with your students using this digital game for early years students.
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Ar Digraph Words With Images
Learn words that contain the 'ar' digraph with these word and picture flashcards.
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Diphthong Cut-and-Paste Worksheet
Help students practise their knowledge of different diphthongs with this set of cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Diphthongs Classroom Posters
Display this set of posters highlighting the main diphthongs with word examples and mouth articulation images.
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Diphthongs Sound Wall Cards
Use these diphthong cards as visuals on a sound wall or as flashcards during your phonics lessons.
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FIND IT! Consonant Digraphs Board Game
Practise decoding words that include 4 examples of consonant digraphs with our digraph flashcards and board game set.
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Printable Space Book - Leveled Reader
Read and learn about outer space with a printable space book for kids.
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Women In World War One Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Read to learn about women in World War I with a printable reading passage and comprehension worksheet.
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Name That Homophone! Interactive Activity
Get students to recognise the correct spelling of common homophones with this engaging digital resource perfect for vocabulary lessons.
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The Importance of Soil – Comprehension Worksheets
Teach your students about the importance of soil to plants, animals and humans with this differentiated reading comprehension passage with accompanying questions.
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