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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Figurative Language Flip Book
Practice identify examples of figurative language with this flip book template for kids.
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Missing Letters - Pumpkin Task Cards
Fall into letter-sound correspondence with this pumpkin-themed missing letter task card set.
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Character Analysis Task Cards
Use these task cards to practice analyzing characters within any fictional text.
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Google Interactive Sight Words-Pre-Primer Dolch Words
Read, write, identify, and build all 40 Dolch pre-k sight words in an interactive Google Slides presentation.
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Blends and Digraphs Clip Card Reading Center
Practice identifying digraphs and blends in word through interactive Google slides and traditional PDF printable formats.
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Read, Find, and Color – CVC Words
Practice decoding CVC words with this set of five "search and find" worksheets.
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Match or TRASH! - R Blends Card Game
Practice decoding and reading 15 initial R blend words with our matching card game.
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Match or BLAST! - L Blends Match-Up Game
Practice decoding and reading 15 initial L blend words with our matching card game.
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Color by Sight Words - 4 Words - Cat
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Alphabetical Order Task Cards - Set 2
A set of 11 task cards alphabetizing a series of words to the first and second letters.
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Beginning Sounds Picture Puzzle
Dive into letter-sound correspondence with this alphabet picture match-up puzzle.
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Building Sundaes Game - R Blends
Build a sundae to practice decoding words with R consonant blends.
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Figurative Language Sorting Activity
Explore figurative language in context with this set of 28 sorting cards.
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What's the Theme? - Graphic Organizer
Outline and determine the theme of a text with this 1-page graphic organizer worksheet.
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Ending Digraphs Sorting Activity
Practice decoding words by sorting 20 picture cards by their ending digraphs.
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Reading CVC Words - Picture Puzzle
Decode CVC words with this 15 piece puzzle.
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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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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - THEN
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “then” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Final 'e' Picture Puzzle - o_e
Practice decoding words with long 'o' vowel sounds and final ‘e’ conventions with this 15-piece picture puzzle.
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Vowel Sounds Parking Lot Game
Learn to differentiate long and short vowel sounds with this set of vowel cards and picture game board.
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Syllable Count Board Game
Segment and count up to 4 syllables with this game board and set of 33 picture cards.
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Elements of Poetry - Figurative Language
An activity to help students understand figurative language in poetry.
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Alphabetical Order Activity
A fun matchup activity to help teach children the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.
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Word Wall Task Cards
30 activity task cards for use with a vocabulary word wall.
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