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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Finding the Main Idea Worksheet Set
Use these finding the main idea in text worksheets to allow your students to practice finding the main idea.
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High Frequency Tricky Words Teaching Slides - 1st Grade
Give your 1st Grade students the structured support they need to read and spell high‑frequency words with unusual or unexpected spelling patterns.
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First Grade High Frequency Words Reading Mats
Use these High Frequency words reading mats to help students identify and read high frequency words.
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High Frequency Word Mats
Use these high frequency word mats for your Kinder and 1st Grade students to experience a hands-on way of learning high frequency words.
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Opinion Essay Structure Escape Room – Mission Persuasion!
Teach opinion essay structure with this engaging escape-room game that helps students build a series of strong, convincing arguments.
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Phoneme Substitution Worksheets - Word Search Pack
Help students manipulate phonemes with these phoneme substitution worksheets where students substitute phonemes and search for words in a word search.
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Adapt a Short Story – Change the Narrative Setting
Explore the role the narrative setting plays within a story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet for elementary students.
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Hickory Dickory Dock – Nursery Rhyme Poster and PowerPoint
Use this “Hickory Dickory Dock” nursery rhyme poster and PowerPoint to teach your youngest students about rhyme, rhythm and counting.
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Hey Diddle Diddle – Nursery Rhyme Poster and PowerPoint
Use this “Hey Diddle Diddle” nursery rhyme poster and PowerPoint to teach your youngest students about rhyme and rhythm.
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Adapt a Short Story – Change the Complication
Explore the role the complication of a story plays within narrative structure with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Develop a Character Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to develop a character using the STEAL technique and other characterisation methods with this comprehensive teaching presentation.
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Write a Short Story – The Quest
Get your students analyzing and writing a quest story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Write a Short Story – Adventure in Space
Get your students analyzing and writing adventure in space stories with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Letter Recognition Worksheet Pack
Use this set of Alphabet Letter Recognition Worksheets to help students recognize, name, and identify both uppercase and lowercase.
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Root Words Activity - Word Family Flower Craft
Explore the power of grammatical morphemes and create a stunning flower craft that showcases their understanding of word families.
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Concepts About Print Posters
Boost early literacy skills with our 13 printable Concepts of Print posters.
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Long Vowel Phoneme Spotter Stories
Use this set of decodable texts featuring various graphemes that make long vowel sounds.
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Narrative Voice Writing Prompts
Explore narrative voice with this set of engaging worksheets that require students to write literary passages in different points of view.
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Different Types of Texts Booklet - Butterfly Lifecycle
Identify how similar topics and information can be presented in different types of texts with this Butterfly Lifecycle Text Comparison booklet.
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Bubble Map Template - Graphic Organizer
Support student thinking and vocabulary development with a printable bubble map template!
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Adventures in Reading Word Search
Kick off a new unit or review literary vocabulary with a printable Adventures in Reading Word Search.
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Rhyming Bingo Game
Play a Rhyming Bingo Game to help your beginning readers learn to identify rhyming words and word families.
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Cause and Effect Comprehension Worksheets
Use these cause and effect comprehension worksheets to give your students practice reading, sequencing, and matching effects to their causes.
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Purpose of Informational Texts Pack
Help students clearly understand the purpose of informational texts with this engaging and ready-to-use resource pack.
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Symbols and Signs Environment Poster Pack
Help your students recognise the world around them with this engaging Symbols and Signs in the Environment Poster Pack!
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Non-Fiction Text Features Poster Set
Build your students’ confidence in navigating informational texts with this engaging Text Features of a Non-Fiction Book Poster Set.
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Imaginative and Informative Worksheet Set
Explore imaginative and informative texts with this set of worksheets suitable for Kinder.
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Picture Comprehension Worksheet Pack
Use this engaging Picture Comprehension Worksheet Pack to develop critical thinking and reading skills with your early years students.
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Immigration Worksheets - 4th & 5th Grade Reading Comprehension Pack
Use our printable Immigration Worksheets to introduce your students to the concept of immigration and the reasons why people migrate to new countries.
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Reading Comprehension Question Stems - Anchor Charts
Enhance instruction on the six reading comprehension strategies with our printable Reading Comprehension Question Stems Chart Pack.
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Author's Purpose Task Cards
Help your students master the skill of identifying the author’s purpose with this set of engaging Author’s Purpose task cards.
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Author’s Purpose Pie Worksheet Set
Practice Author’s Purpose knowledge with this set of Author’s Purpose Worksheets.
- 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