Looking for new and innovative educational resources to add to your literacy toolkit? These 17 must-have literacy and learning resources will help you connect with your students to develop important literacy skills and promote an appreciation for reading!
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For grades PreK–K:
From nursery rhymes to the alphabet, these engaging literacy resources are a great way to help young readers begin developing a strong foundation for reading.
1. Learning Puzzles: Beginning Sounds
3. Little Red Toolbox: Alphabet Letters & Pictures Super Set
For grades 1–2:
These tools will help you introduce common sight words and effective comprehension strategies to your class. Most importantly, they’ll help you reach every student, even your most reluctant readers.
5. Sight Word Songs Flip Chart (First 100 Fry Words)
6. First Comprehension Activity Books
7. Ready-to-Go Differentiated Literacy Center: Grade 1
8. Ready-to-Go Differentiated Literacy Center: Grade 2
For grades 3–5:
From text structures to idioms, these educational resources cover everything your students need to become successful readers.
9. Teaching Phonics and Word Study in the Intermediate Grades
10. Extra Practice for Struggling Readers
11. Text Structures Anchor Charts Bulletin Board
12. 100 Task Cards
13. Idiom Tales
For grades 6–8
These tools will help your students take their reading to the next level. From standardized test-prep to writing activities, your students will develop the skills they need for reading success inside and outside the classroom.
14. Riveting Read-Alouds for Middle School
15. 50 Writing Activities for Meeting Higher Standards
16. 50 Common Core Reading Response Activities
17. The Flipped Reading Block: Making it Work
These are just a few of the educational resources you can use to reach each of your students and boost their reading, literacy, and critical thinking skills.