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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Marine Animals Mini-Book
Learn about the animals under the ocean’s surface with a printable ocean theme mini book.
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Which Sound? Sorting Activity - The Letter G
Practice identifying the different sounds made by the letter G with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Sorting Activity - Hard and Soft Sound of C
Practice identifying the different sounds made by the letter C with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Word Family Pumpkin Sort
Enhance your phonics lessons with a pumpkin-themed word family sorting activity.
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Pumpkin Puzzles - Initial Sounds Match
Pick up letter-sound correspondence with pumpkin picture puzzles.
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Receptive Language Vocabulary — Cut and Sort Worksheet
Practice receptive language vocabulary with this cut and paste worksheet.
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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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CVC Word Chain Task Cards
Manipulate individual phonemes in CVC words to create new ones with this set of differentiated task cards.
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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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Consonant Digraphs Match-Up Activity
Complete words using the correct consonant digraph with this set of match-up cards.
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Magic E Words - Match-Up Activity
Explore words containing long vowel sounds created by the magic e.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter I
Help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter I with an interactive activity.
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter K
Add hands-on literacy activites to your reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter K.
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Alphabet Interactive - Letter L
Bring technology into your guided reading lessons, and learn the sounds of L with a Google Interactive activity.
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Problem and Solution Interactive Clip Cards
Practice identifying problems and solutions with an interactive clip card activity.
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Syllable Types – Two Syllables Interactive Activity
Identify types of syllables in two-syllable words with this Google Slides Interactive activity.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter J
Add digital activities to your kindergarten literacy centers to aid students in learning the letter J.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter H
Add hands-on literacy activites to your reading centers to help students identify, write, and learning the sound of letter H.
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Character Traits: Interactive Activity
Analyze text and identify character traits of characters with a Google Slides Interactive activity.
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Syllable Types – Single Syllable Interactive Activity
Identify types of syllables in single syllable words with this Google Slides Interactive activity.
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Google Slides Interactive - Features of Print
Use a Google Interactive activity to aid beginning readers in recognizing print features and concepts of print.
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Lewis and Clark Close Read Comprehension Pack
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with a close reading passage and activity pack about the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Onset and Rime Interactive Clip Cards
Form words by blending onsets and rimes using a Google Interactive Onset-Rime Clip Card Center.
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