Episode 108

5 Engaging Literacy Center Activities for Grades 3-5

Published on: 4th August, 2025

Looking for fun, engaging, and low-prep ideas for your reading block? In this video, I’m sharing 5 ELA reading stations and literacy center activities perfect for grades 3–5. These stations are designed to build reading comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and writing skills - all while keeping students actively engaged!

📚 What You’ll Learn:

✔️ How to set up 5 easy reading stations

✔️ Literacy center activities that save you time

✔️ Differentiation tips for upper elementary classrooms

✔️ Strategies to keep students motivated and on task

Whether you’re a 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade teacher, these ideas will help you run effective and fun literacy centers that support every reader in your classroom.

Resources Mentioned:

Reading Response Menu Bundle

Writing Response Menu Bundle

Grammar and Vocabulary Task Card Bundle

Internet WebQuest Bundle

Academic Vocabulary Word of the Week - Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

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The Social Studies Teacher Podcast
Social Studies Strategies, Tips, and Ideas for Upper Elementary Teachers
Are you an upper elementary educator looking for simple strategies that will help make teaching social studies easy and fun? This podcast is perfect for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade teachers and parents who want to maximize their time and bring social studies to life in their classrooms!

Your host, Kirsten of The Southern Teach, is a mom and educator with over a decade of experience teaching in the classroom. She is all about simple and actionable strategies that result in wins, big or small.

Each week, she'll share a variety of tips on integrating social studies with other subjects, teaching accurate and culturally-relevant social studies topics, lesson and resource ideas, and more! Listen in for ways to make teaching social studies manageable, fun, and best of all - rewarding for both you and your kids!