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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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - HERE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “here” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - A
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “a” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - YOU
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “you” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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Roll it! Read it! Write it! Dolch 1st Grade Sight Words
Practice reading and writing Dolch’s first grade high-frequency words with this board game for multiple players.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - IT
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “it” from the Pre-Primer Dolch sight words list.
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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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Making Predictions Task Cards
A set of 10 task cards to practice making predictions.
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Comprehension - Creepy Cat Club
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards for Third Grade
Practice the Dolch 3rd grade sight word list in the classroom with these fun printable flash cards. We've also included teacher tips for getting the most out of these cards!
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Comprehension - That's Not My Pet
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Initial Sounds - Fingerprint Art Activity
A cute way to keep track of the single sounds that have been introduced to your students.
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Author's Purpose - Sentence Writing Activity
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Consonant Blends Fishbowl Sorting Activity
A small group or whole class sorting game to consolidate the learning of beginning consonant blends.
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Giant Letter Tiles with Numbers - Lowercase
Use these giant letter tiles for a variety of vocabulary and spelling activities.
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Adjective Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
A fun game for students to play in small groups to reinforce their understanding of adjectives.
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Word Twist - Word Building Game
Encourage word building in your classroom with this fun Boggle-style game!
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Handwriting Sheets - Uppercase, Lowercase, and Sentence Writing
A set of 26 handwriting sheets that include uppercase and lowercase letters as well as sentence writing.
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Elements of Poetry Worksheet - Sound Devices
A worksheet to help students understand sound devices in poetry.
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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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Inference or Prediction? Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching your students the difference between an inference and a prediction.
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Word Family Activity Sheets
A set of 20 word family activity sheets for students to complete.
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R.E.A.L. Reader - Self Assessment Rubric
Promote student self-assessment of reading skills with a R.E.A.L. Reading Self-Assessment Rubric.
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Roll and Read – Sight Word Game Pack
Practice reading sight words with this set of 5 Roll to Read Sight Word Game boards.
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