Roll and Read Games for Kindergarten Reading Practice

Literacy

Looking for a simple way to give your kindergarten students extra reading practice? Roll and Read games are one of my favorite ways to make reading practice a little more fun! All you need is a printable activity page and a die, and you’re ready to go!

I especially love using Roll and Read games for practicing CVC words and simple sentences. They’re easy to use during literacy centers, small groups, or independent work, and students get lots of opportunities to practice their decoding skills. They’re also easy to send home with your students, so they can practice with their families as well!

Today, I’m sharing how Roll and Read games work, why they’re helpful for beginning readers, and a few easy ways to use them in your classroom!

What Are Roll and Read Games?

Roll and Read games are simple reading activities that combine rolling a die with reading words, phrases, or sentences.

Students roll a six-sided die, find the matching number on their activity page, and read the corresponding text. Then, they roll again and keep reading!

One of the things I love about these games is that they’re so easy for students to learn. Once you’ve modeled the activity a few times, many kindergarten students can complete it independently.

Plus, rolling a die adds a fun element to reading practice without requiring a complicated game or lots of materials!

Roll and Read Games with Decodable CVC Sentences

Once students have started learning to decode CVC words, it’s important to give them opportunities to read those words in carefully created sentences. That’s why I created these Roll and Read pages for decodable sentences!

These printable Roll and Read games give beginning readers practice reading simple sentences with CVC words and common sight words.

Each page includes six decodable sentences. Students roll a die, find the sentence that matches their number, and read it aloud.

The activity is simple, but it provides lots of opportunities for students to practice decoding CVC words while gaining exposure with high-frequency words in text.

Easy Ways to Use Roll and Read Games in Kindergarten

Another reason I love Roll and Read games is how versatile they are! Here are a few ways you can use them throughout your kindergarten day.

1. Literacy Centers

Roll and Read games are a great option for literacy centers because they require very little preparation. You will simply print the pages you want to use, add a die, and you’re ready to go!

Teacher tip: I use these foam dice to reduce extra noise!

I always recommend introducing literacy center activities in small groups first. After you’ve introduced the activity and practiced it together, students can work on the pages independently.

2. Small Group Reading Practice

Roll and Read games are also perfect to use during small groups! You can have students take turns rolling the die and reading the matching sentence. This gives you a chance to listen to individual students read and provide support when needed.

3. Partner Reading

Roll and Read games can also be used with partners!

Students will take turns rolling the die and reading their sentences aloud. Their partner can follow along and listen as they read.

This is a simple way to add some variety to reading practice while giving students opportunities to read aloud.

4. Extra Reading Practice

Need something for morning work, intervention, or a little extra reading practice? These games work well for those times, too!

Since the activity is easy to prepare and doesn’t take long to explain, you can pull out a page whenever students need additional practice reading CVC sentences.

You can even send a page home for families to use together!

Printable Roll and Read Games for Kindergarten

If you’d like some ready-to-use Roll and Read games for your classroom, my Roll and Read CVC Sentences Bundle includes 75 printable activity pages!

The bundle includes five sets of Roll and Read activities, with 15 pages in each set.

Each page has six sentences for students to read, and there are two versions included:

With tracking dots: Students can color or check a dot each time they read a sentence.
Without tracking dots: A simpler option that doesn’t keep track of repetitions.

Try before you buy! There’s also a free sample available in the TPT preview if you’d like to try it out first!

Grab these Roll and Read Pages here!