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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Segmenting and Blending Mats
A set of beautifully designed templates for students to practice blending and segmenting words.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - CAN
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “can” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - A
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “a” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - BIG
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “big” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - MAKE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “make” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Guided Reading Groups Organizer Template
Identify your guided reading groups and move students to different levels with this binder-size template.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - THE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “the” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Final e Board Game - A_E
Practice decoding final -e conventions for representing the long 'a' vowel sound with our board game and set of word cards.
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Final 'e' Board Game - O_E
Practice decoding final -e conventions for representing the long 'o' vowel sound with our board game and set of word cards.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Question Prompts
Use these question prompts before, during, and after reading texts in your guided reading sessions.
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Inspirational Woman Profile: Malala Yousafzai – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension task to use when learning about Malala Yousafzai.
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The Enigma of AX29 - Narrative Plot Worksheet
Get your students analyzing and writing an invention story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Four in a Row Game - Rhyming Words
Practice recognizing rhyming words with this set of 12 picture cards and game board.
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Sequence Persuasive Text Examples – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use this example persuasive text pack to teach your students about sequencing arguments in a logical order.
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Reading Comprehension Skills - Student Tracker
Track which comprehension skills your students are using with this individual student template.
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Suffix Worksheet: -ty and -ity
Practice using the suffixes -ty and -ity with a printable suffix worksheet.
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Spelling Suffixes Anchor Charts - Plurals
Help students understand when to apply the right plural spellings based on the ending of any word.
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Readers' Theater Script - Why Bears Have Stumpy Tails
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Readers' Theater Script - Three Billy Goats Gruff
A readers' theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Guided Reading Groups - Retelling a Text Template
Use this template during a guided reading session for a scaffold to help your students retell a text.
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Readers' Theater Script - The Three Bears
Build reading fluency and expressive reading with this reader's theater script.
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Readers' Theater Script - Hare and the Tortoise
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Readers' Theater Script - Rhyme Time
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Readers' Theater Script - Perfect Parents
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards for Third Grade
Practice the Dolch 3rd grade sight word list in the classroom with these fun printable flash cards. We've also included teacher tips for getting the most out of these cards!
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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My Mini Book Report
Have students write about their favorite literature with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Readers' Theater Script - Treasure Map
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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Comprehension - That's Not My Pet
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Book Study Grid 2 - Upper Grades
A grid with various book study activity ideas.
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See, Think, Wonder - Template
A See, Think, Wonder Template is useful in encouraging students to make careful observations and interpretations.
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120 Comprehension Strategy Question Cards
A set of 120 open-ended question cards to help students apply comprehension strategies when reading.
- 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