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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Readers' Theater Script - Pet Rescue
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 8 years and over.
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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.
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Readers' Theater Script - My Dad, the Superhero
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Readers' Theater Script - Game, Set, Match!
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Fiction or Nonfiction: Animal Sentences - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice deciding if a text is fiction or nonfiction.
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Readers' Theater Script - Mighty Maree
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Readers' Theater Script - Science Experiment
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Readers' Theater Script - 45th Annual Acting Awards
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Readers' Theater Script - Jesting Archaeologist
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Readers' Theater Script - Dog Park Days
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Narrative Structure Worksheet
Use this narrative structure worksheet to teach your students about the characteristic stages of narrative texts.
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Sight Word Bingo - Grade 1
Practice knowledge of sight words with this set of 16 bingo cards suitable for Grade 1.
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Common Blends and Digraphs Bookmarks
These bookmarks are designed to help students remember some of the most common blends and digraphs while reading.
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Fiction or Nonfiction? Cut and Paste Worksheet
Use this fiction and nonfiction worksheet when teaching your students about the differences between fiction and nonfiction texts.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.
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Story Sequencing - Template
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to sequence important events when reading.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
Make inferences about character's feelings with this one-page worksheet.
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Exploring Informational Texts Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to write an informational text using this detailed slideshow targeted at lower elementary school students.
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Phonics Assessment - Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Test your students' knowledge of the uppercase and lowercase letters in the alphabet with this assessment kit.
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Alphabet Matching Caterpillar Activity
A vibrant and fun activity to teach lowercase and uppercase to young children.
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Introduction to Homophones Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to use homophones correctly in their writing with this comprehensive set of teaching slides.
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Making Connections to Text Teaching Slides
Teach the reading comprehension skill of making connections to text with this ready-to-use, age-appropriate teaching presentation for 3rd and 4th grade students.
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Alphabet Matching Activity
A great matching activity for students to practice their letters and initial sounds.
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Character Development – Fakebook Page Worksheet
Use research and creative writing skills to design a social media profile for fiction or nonfiction persons.
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Vowel and Consonant Digraph Spin Game
Practice consonant and vowel digraphs in the classroom with a fun phonics game for students!
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Handwriting Paper with Dotted Middle Line - Landscape
Handwriting paper for beginning writers.
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Interpreting Figurative Language - Worksheets
Explore figurative language in poetry with this age-appropriate poem and accompanying vocabulary questions.
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Writing Lowercase Letters
Students practice writing the lowercase letter next to the provided uppercase letter.
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Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion Worksheets
Help students distinguish between fact and opinion with this engaging zebra-themed comprehension task designed to strengthen critical thinking and reading skills.
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Word Twist - Word Building Game
Encourage word building in your classroom with this fun Boggle-style game!
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Prediction vs Inference Teaching Slides
Use this prediction vs inference teaching presentation to help your students tell the difference between these two essential reading comprehension strategies.
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Poetry Analysis Template
A template for students to use when analyzing a poem.
- 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