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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Counting, Blending, and Segmenting Syllables Interactive Activity
Practice blending, segmenting, and counting syllables in words with a Google Interactive activity.
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4th Grade Writing Worksheets: Tornado Text-Based Writing
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using 4th Grade writing worksheets and a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.
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Alphabet Google Interactive - Letter F
Use a Google Slides Interactive Activity to aid students in learning the letter F.
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Google Interactive Sight Words - 1st Grade Dolch
Read, write, identify, and build all 41 Dolch first-grade sight words in an interactive Google Slides presentation.
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Color by Sight Words - 6 Words - Chicken
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - ALL
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “all” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Readers Theater – Play Writing Template
A template for students to use when writing their own Readers Theater script.
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Author's Purpose SORT IT!
Analyze 24 text examples and determine which of the 5 purposes of writing each of the sorting cards belongs to.
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How Does It End? - Final Sounds Printable or Interactive Activity
Practice spelling CVC words with this set of 15 fill-in-the-blank word cards and their matching missing letters.
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Setting-Plot Relationship Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the connections between setting and plot.
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Making Connections Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to record text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
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Decodable Text to Picture Match-Up
Four sets of decodable sentences with matching pictures.
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Initial Sound Clip Cards (Version 1)
A hands-on activity to practice initial sounds.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - COULD
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “could” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - HAD
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “had” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - THE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “the” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Facts and Opinions Graphic Organizer
Practice writing facts and opinions with this graphic organizer.
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Text Features Worksheet
Download this nonfiction text features worksheet so students can practice locating different types of text features found in a nonfiction text.
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Before, During, and After Reading Nonfiction – Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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Count the Syllables - Worksheets
Count syllables in words with this set of 5 worksheets.
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Digraph Bug Swatting Game
Practice digraph knowledge at the start of words with this small group bug swatting game.
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Alphabet Matching Activity
A great matching activity for students to practice their letters and initial sounds.
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Before, During, and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Wheel
5 different versions of wheels to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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