Reading Centers Lesson Plans & Worksheets Reviewed by Teachers

University of Pennsylvania

The Reading Road

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards

Practice r-controlled vowel sounds and words with a series of phonics activities. Ranging from straightforward instruction sheets to a fun rhyming story about video games, the exercises will interest all of your learners, regardless of...

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Curated OER

Reaching Students through Literacy Centers

For Teachers K - 8th

Continue the celebration of literacy this month by integrating reading centers into the classroom.

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Lesson Plansos

Guided Reading Activities with Pizzazz

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards

Get the most out of your guided reading lessons with this collection of literacy materials. Offering a system for using color-coded tags to mark pages while reading books, as well as an assortment of comprehension and grammar worksheets,...

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University of Texas

Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards

Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...

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I Can Read! Sight Words Set #18

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards

Identify four sight words with an extensive reading packet. After kids learn the words under, new, was, and be, they work on tracing and finding the words in fun new ways.

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University of Iowa

Reading Racetrack Sight Word Activity

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards

Vroom! Get your learners reading as fast as race cars with an engaging Dolch sight words. As class members read the assigned words, they move along a race track to mark their progress.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Word Sprint

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd

Using a set of high-frequency word flashcards, partners time each other to see how many words they can read in one minute. They place correctly read words in a yes pile and incorrectly in a no pile. Once a minute is up, partners count...

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Word Speed Practice

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

Taking turns, learners time each other as they read a list of high-frequency words and track progress.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Fluency: Words, Pass the Word

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

Learners time each other as they read as many high-frequency words as possible in one minute. Peers record progress.

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Curated OER

Word-O for Fluency

For Teachers K - 2nd

Primary learners look, say, write, and read their high frequency words while playing the game Word-O. This game aids in reading fluency. Consider this for a center activity or small group. This game can also be played independently....

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Reading Text with Appropriate Phrasing and Proper Expression

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd

Practice reading with expression and appropriate phrasing with a scaffolded lesson. There is a detailed script here for you, but you could easily use it simply as an outline. Begin by modeling effective reading by displaying a large-text...

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National Center for Families Learning

The Summer Fun Summer Learning Dramatic and Story Reading Unit

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards

What's the difference between story reading and story telling? Participants in a summer enrichment program learn all about the difference as they listen to famous speeches, engage in dramatic readings, and craft their own short stories...

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Curriculum Corner

Quick Literacy Centers for Back to School

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards

Use a set of quick and easy to use literacy centers at the beginning of the year as you start to assess your students. The 13-page packet provides writing and reading activities with simple directions that allows new class members to...

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PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: Building

For Parents 1st - 2nd Standards

Scholars become architects in an engaging unit on building structures. The Reading Adventure Pack features Roberto: The Insect Architect by Nina Laden and Construction Zone with photographs by Richard Sobol and text by Cheryl Willis...

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Dr. Seuss Enterprises

Read Across America

For Teachers K - 6th Standards

Celebrate the whimsical world of Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a collection of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics activities, each linked to a popular Dr. Seuss story.

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I Can Read! Sight Words Set #9

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards

Work on sight words with a series of fun reading activities. Kids connect the dots, match words, and play bingo while studying the words for, jump, help, and look.

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I Can Read! Sight Words Set #10

For Students K - 2nd Standards

Focus on sight words with a series of worksheets for beginning readers. Kids can work on where, are, did, and no with matching games and tracing activities, and many more.

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I Can Read! Sight Words Set #2

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards

Practice reading common sight words with a series of enriching activities. From bingo to connecting the dots to matching words, the packet has something for everyone!

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