Explore a growing collection of literacy resources for teachers and families from Tim Rasinski. These games, resource kits, and templates translate research into activities to make instruction and practice engaging and effective.
Fluency
Kit
Effective Reading Instruction Family Kit
Grades K–6
Build strong reading skills at home with easy-to-use activities, guided practice, and engaging materials that support fluency, comprehension, and confidence in reading and writing.
Flexible, reusable literacy templates help teachers build customized activities to support decoding, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension skills for multiple classroom uses.
Connect Earth Day themes to engaging word ladders and vocabulary exploration, supporting phonics, word solving, comprehension, and language related to our planet.
Build literacy through rhythm, rhyme, performance, and joyful repeated reading with poems that strengthen fluency, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and oral language in engaging classroom routines.
Celebrate spring with ready-to-use literacy activities that build fluency, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and engagement through seasonal songs, word study, and meaningful reading connections.
Let’s Explore Civics and Celebrate America Reading Kit
Grades K–6
Bring U.S. history and national holidays to life while boosting fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension through songs, word ladders, and engaging reader’s theater experiences.
The Five-Day Framework: Building Fluency with Reader's Theater
Grade 3
This Five-Day Framework, based on the gradual release model, helps teachers incorporate reader’s theater into fluency instruction while supporting vocabulary development and reading comprehension.
Wordo! is a vocabulary game inspired by the popular game Bingo. All you need is the included printable cards, a set of 9–20 words, game markers, and a group of students ready to play with words.
Assisted reading helps developing readers gain fluency with support from proficient readers. Our checklist offers guidance on materials, formats, and feedback for effective sessions.
Connect fall fun and seasonal celebrations to meaningful literacy practice with ready-to-use reading activities from Tim Rasinski. Build phonics, word study, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
Build reading fluency through music, rhythm, and repeated reading with engaging sing-along literacy activities. This kit supports vocabulary, expression, comprehension, and confident reading practice.
Strengthen vocabulary, decoding, and comprehension by teaching students how words work. This starter kit includes morphology routines, key Latin and Greek roots, weekly tips, and practical classroom supports.
Build literacy skills with seasonal summer-themed activities from Timothy Rasinski, including vocabulary and word study, that can be used in the classroom or home.
Boost reading fluency through structured, performance-based literacy practice with a 5-day reader's theater framework from Tim Rasinski. Use engaging scripts and repeated reading to build confidence, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Support reading fluency with a rubric to observe and improve students oral reading. Evaluate expression, phrasing, smoothness, and pace for automaticity and comprehension skills.
