Reading together for Parents (page 2)
Reading together for Parents: 1786 free pages to print, play or teach from. No sign-in.
- Top 8 free reading websites for kids in K-5 (2026)List
Storyline Online is our first pick for a teacher who wants something free that works today: actors read picture books aloud with no sign-in step shown on the site. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Top 9 decodable book series and sources for K-2 (2026)List
If you want decodable texts without a budget line, start with TextProject's free DecodableReads PDFs and the free lesson passages in UFLI's Foundations Toolbox. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Top 9 read-aloud books for 2nd and 3rd grade (2026)List
Charlotte's Web is our top pick: a Newbery Honor classic that fits a daily read-aloud. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- End of year memory pagePrintable
A free printable end of year memory page: a picture box, a favorite memory, what I learned, my favorite book, a hope for next year and a note to next year's class. Print a class set.
- Kindergarten sub plans: readingPage
A kindergarten reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Top 10 books on assessment for K-8 teachers (2026)List
Embedded Formative Assessment by Dylan Wiliam is our number one. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Top 10 free printable quiz and test sites for teachers (2026)List
Easy Test Maker is our number one: its free plan builds a test from five question types with answer sheets. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Top 10 free projector tools for substitute teachers (2026)List
Classroomscreen is our number one pick: its home page says you can set up a screen with no login, and the free plan has all 26 widgets, including a timer, a sound level meter and a randomizer.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Top 10 public-domain read-alouds for a sub day (2026)List
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is our number one pick: short, well loved and free to project from Project Gutenberg. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Top 8 books for new teachers (2026)List
Teach Like a Champion 3.0 by Doug Lemov is our number one pick for a first-year teacher: it is a practical menu of classroom techniques you can try one at a time. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Top 8 free running record and fluency tools for teachers (2026)List
Peabody Teach's running record kit is our number one: tap errors and self-corrections as a child reads one of 53 passages, and it works out accuracy, self-correction ratio and words correct per minute with the...
Checked 2026-10-31
- Top 8 teacher planners and planner apps (2026-2027)List
If you want to try a planner before paying, start with PlanbookEdu: it has a free plan for writing and printing weekly lesson plans, and Premium is $30 a year. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Reading shelf: passages and true books by topic and levelReading
Search Peabody's reading passages by topic and grade, see which have an easier and a harder copy, and print each with its questions and answer key.
- Reading award certificatePrintable
A free printable reading award certificate with a star, a name, a reason and date and signature lines. Type the details or write them by hand, and print on landscape card stock.
- Reading groups boardTool
A screen for guided reading: groups made from your class list, a bar timer for each round, a Whisper work symbol, a noise light and a note for the groups at their seats.
- Who, what, when, where, why organizerPrintable
A free printable who, what, when, where, why and how organizer with a labeled row and writing lines for each question. Edit the questions and print.
- 1st grade sub plans: readingPage
A 1st grade reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- 2nd grade sub plans: readingPage
A 2nd grade reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- How to teach phonics step by stepGuide
A step-by-step way to teach phonics: what the evidence supports, a typical sequence of patterns, a 30-minute daily lesson with scripts, blending, spelling, decodable text, tricky words and checking progress.
- 3rd grade sub plans: readingPage
A 3rd grade reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- ARC CoreGuide
ARC Core explained in plain words: its writing-first approach, four units a year, what an independent review found about its phonics, and the free Peabody pages that go beside it.
Checked 2026-11-09
- Balanced literacy and whole languageGuide
Balanced literacy and whole language, fairly explained: guided reading, leveled books, three-cueing, Units of Study and its 2022 revision, and what EdReports and researchers found.
Checked 2026-11-06
- BookWormsGuide
BookWorms explained in plain words: Shared Reading, small-group Differentiated Instruction, its foundational skills block, and the free Peabody pages that go beside it.
Checked 2026-11-09
- Charlotte MasonGuide
The Charlotte Mason method explained: living books, narration, short lessons, nature study, picture study and the Book of Centuries, what a day looks like, and how to start.
Checked 2026-11-06