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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Four in a Row Game - Adding Phonemes
Create new words by adding phonemes with this set of 28 cards and game board.
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Grade 6 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 1
An 80-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
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FIND IT! R Blends Board Game
Practice decoding and spelling words with this board game that focuses on R consonant blends.
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FIND IT! S Blends Board Game
Practice decoding and spelling words with this board game that focuses on S consonant blends.
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FIND IT! Long and Short Vowels - Task Cards
Practice distinguishing between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds with this set of 16 task cards.
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Literary Genre Flash Cards
Practice identifying the different literary genres and their matching definitions with this set of 16 flash cards.
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Cursive Alphabet Chart - Printable Cursive Practice Sheets
A set of 6 sheets to practice writing letters in cursive.
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Disappearing Ice Cream Sundae (Hangman Alternative)
An interactive, kid-friendly alternative to hangman.
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Phoneme Segmentation Flashcards - Tricky Words
A set of 30 tricky word phoneme segmentation flashcards.
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Plot Elements Worksheet - "The Gift of Magi"
Using the companion text “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, students will diagram the narrative structure of the story on the included plot elements worksheet.
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Onomatopoeia Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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Alliteration Poster For Young Students
A poster to use with young students when teaching alliteration.
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Grade 5 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
A set of five literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 5 magazine.
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Figurative Language - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore figurative language in multiple ways with the set of 24 task cards.
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Primary Weekly Poetry Guide - Week 1
Use this weekly poetry guide to celebrate National Poetry Month in your primary classroom.
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It's Time to Rhyme! - Practice Worksheet
Practice identifying and producing rhyming sets with this independent or partner worksheet.
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Last One Standing Active Game
An active game that allows students to build their vocabulary knowledge.
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Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.
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Rhyming Match Worksheet Pack
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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ABC Order - Cut and Sort Worksheet
A cut and sort worksheet to practice alphabetizing words to the third letter.
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New Year's Celebrations - Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the origins of New Year’s celebrations with our informational text and comprehension questions worksheet.
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Readers' Theater Script - That's Not My Pet
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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My Little Sight Word Book - Said
A little book of activities for the sight word ‘said’.
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SPLAT! CCVC Word Game
A set of 36 task cards to practice decoding and reading CCVC words.
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Read Across America Bingo
Encourage your students to read different types of books with this Read Across America bingo card.
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ABC Order Practice Worksheet
A worksheet to practice putting a list of words in alphabetical order.
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Roll and Read – Rhyming Words
A fun game for students to practice reading rhyming words.
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Alphabet Slap
A fun game for letter, consonant, and vowel recognition.
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Sight Word Mini Books
A set of 12 mini sight word books to use as little readers with your students.
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Knight Book Report Template
A book report template fit for a... knight!
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - HAD
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “had” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - HER
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “her” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
- Reading Worksheets
- Reading Games
- Reading Templates
- Reading Posters
- Reading Flashcards
- Reading Word Walls
- Reading for Pre-K
- Reading for Kindergarten
- Reading for 1st Grade
- Reading for 2nd Grade
- Reading for 3rd Grade
- Reading for 4th Grade
- Reading for 5th Grade
- Reading for 6th Grade
- Reading for 7th Grade