Reading Center Activities Teaching Resources
Do you need new classroom reading center activities to kick-start literacy learning in your classroom? Explore a collection of thousands of reading activities, games, worksheets, printables, and more that have been created by teachers specifically for you to use in your literacy centers!
What Are Reading Centers or Literacy Centers?
Haven't set up centers in the classroom before? That's OK! The teachers who review every resource on the Teach Starter site before it ever makes it to your subscription have put their expertise together to create this guide to setting up reading centers to ensure your students get the most out of them!
First things first: What are centers? These spots in the classroom are designated spaces where your students can work individually or in small groups practicing decoding, blending, reading comprehension, and any other needed literacy skills. You might think of reading centers or literacy centers as practice areas for students to take the concepts you've been teaching and start tackling them independently.
If you need to differentiate instruction, classroom centers for reading can engage mixed-ability groups or academically-similar groups. You can also use your centers to focus on particular reading areas such as phonics, fluency, vocabulary, or comprehension.
Centers are typically student-led and great for diverse learners to work at their own levels and paces. When group work is involved, the groups are limited to no more than four students.
What to Include in a Reading Center
Just as learning centers can be set up for various subjects (check out our math center activities while you're here!), reading centers can include various activities! That's why you'll find that our teacher team of experts has created everything from task cards to sorting activities to include in your reading centers.
Explore the collection to find the right activities for your students and your centers!
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Easter Literacy and Math Centers - Digital Learning Activity
Lost the lesson-planning stress this Easter season with an exciting no-prep digital Easter Literacy and Math center.
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Everyday Opposites - Antonyms Game
Have some wordplay fun with an Everyday Opposites game!
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Find It! - Dictionary Scavenger Hunt Worksheets
Practice dictionary skills with this set of 5 scavenger hunt-style worksheets.
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Blending and Segmenting Phonemes - Interactive Activity
Practice blending and segmenting phonemes in common words with this engaging, interactive activity.
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Blending Phonemes Fluency Strips
Develop students’ ability to blend phonemes in common words with this comprehensive set of phoneme blending fluency strips.
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Synonyms Interactive Activity
Discover the world of synonyms with an engaging Google Slides digital learning activity.
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Vocabulary Builder: Synonym Worksheet
Practice synonym matching with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Parts of a Story - Story Elements Workbook
Explore the different elements of a narrative story with this student mini workbook.
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What's the Opposite? Differentiated Antonym Vocabulary Game
Build vocabulary and recognition of antonyms with a fun game of Antonyms Scoot!
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CVC Words - Spell and Write Task Cards
Practice spelling CVC words and manipulating their phonemes to create word chains with this set of hands-on work mats.
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Figurative Language Flip Book
Practice identify examples of figurative language with this flip book template for kids.
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Long OO Spelling Patterns - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore words containing spelling patterns that make the “long oo” sound with a game of SCOOT!
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Earthworms Everywhere - Reading Passage and Comprehension Questions
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this high-interest reading passage about earthworms!
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Phoneme Segmentation - Count and Hook Task Cards
Help students gain mastery in phoneme segmentation with these hands-on count and hook task cards.
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Humpty Dumpty Off the Wall - Reading Comprehension
Assess first-grade reading comprehension skills with a Humpty Dumpty Reading passage and comprehension worksheet.
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Holiday and Christmas Word Scramble Worksheets
Spice up your word study centers with a holiday-inspired set of word scramble worksheets.
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Silent Letter Words - Sunflower Craft
Explore silent letters in a new and unusual way with this creative craft activity.
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Gingerbread Phonics - Beginning Sounds Sort
Supplement your Christmas literacy centers with a fun gingerbread-themed beginning sound sorting activity.
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Silent Letters Word Sort - Cut and Paste Worksheets
Identify silent letters in words with this set of four cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Word Study List - Long E Words
Explore and practice the many ways to spell the long E sound with a list of 50 long E words.
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The Farm - Decodable Book
Introduce young readers to nonfiction text with a printable book about farms.
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Consonant Digraphs - Interactive Sorting Activity
Practice identifying beginning and ending consonant digraphs with this interactive sorting activity.
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Consonant Digraph Clip Cards
Explore consonant digraphs at the beginning and end of words with these hands-on clip cards.
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Consonant Digraph Word Puzzles
Familiarize your students with a variety of consonant digraphs with these hands-on word puzzles.
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