More About This Resource
These Science of Reading-aligned decodable books with comprehension questions and explicit teacher lesson plans are the perfect resource to support your beginning readers. Each decodable story is a phonics-based controlled text that contains target phonics skill words, previously taught phonics skill words, and irregular high-frequency words. The science of reading shows us that the connection between what our students learn in phonics and what they read is imperative for building a strong foundation in early reading.
This resource contains 60 illustrated, decodable books that align with a research-based systematic phonics scope and sequence. Skills include short vowel CVC, blends, digraphs, CVCe, vowel teams, r-controlled vowels and diphthongs. Explicit lesson plans for each book are provided for the teacher with activities to use before, during and after reading to strengthen students’ phonics skills. The resource includes two different versions of student printables and audio recordings for each passage to ensure you can easily differentiate based on students’ needs. These printable decodable books come in black and white and in color with illustrations by Christian Garvey of Pinewood Press.
Using these decodable books and lesson plans, students will reread the decodable text to build fluency, discuss the text to build comprehension skills, and write about the story to apply and transfer their phonics skills to their writing.
Included in this resource:
- 60 illustrated, decodable books
- Research-based, detailed classroom use suggestions for the teacher
- 2 decodable books for each story (Color and B&W)
- 60 Explicit teacher lesson plan
- 240 Differentiated student printables – includes comprehension questions and connecting text to writing
- 60 Audio recordings
- 60 Blending lines printables & instructional video for the teacher
Phonics skills included:
- short a
- short i
- short o
- short u
- short e
- l blends
- s blends
- r blends
- final blends
- 3 letter blends
- digraph ch & tch
- digraph sh
- digraph th
- digraph wh
- digraph _ng
- CVCe a_e
- CVCe i_e
- CVCe o_e
- CVCe u_e
- CVCe e_e
- open syllables – one syllable words (ex. hi, so)
- long vowel a (ai, ay)
- long vowel e (ee, ea)
- long vowel o (oa, ow)
- long vowel i ( _y, igh)
- long vowel u (u, ew, ue)
- r-controlled ar
- r-controlled er, ir, ur
- r-controlled or, ore
- variant vowel short oo
- variant vowel long u (oo)
- diphthong ow, ou
- diphthong oi, oy
- complex vowel /aw/: aw, all
- long i and o (ie, oe)
- long e (y, ey, ie, ei)
For more decodable readers, check out my decodable passages bundle.
Melissa E. –
Thanks so much for all of the work you put into this resource! It really helped my students practice their learning because they were engaged with the material.
Shelley D. –
These are great to print and provide detailed plans for even paras that are not quite sure how to work with students the 5 components of reading. Love the different levels provided.
ninette S. –
The decodable books are great!! I wish there were a few more words in the beginning readers
Jan Z. –
Yet another resource that pairs perfectly with the other SOR materials. This resource can be used to practice skills.
Demi D. –
Ive use this resource for homework. It’s been useful to send home for students to practice reading targeted reading skills at home.
Beth M. –
My students loved these stories! I loved how they were short but still contained a story we could discuss. Very helpful for my beginning readers!
Carrie M. –
I love having access to more decodable books! These were easy to print and the students enjoyed reading them.
Laura F. –
These decodable readers are great to reinforce the skill I am working on with my students.
Lisa Fuller –
Decodables are such an essential tool for teaching new phonics skills and this resource made it very easy to find a variety of stories for my students to read. The students found these stories engaging and fun.
lisa R. –
This resource is great for small group and whole group learning.
Lisa McAndrews –
The students enjoyed these books this year. I used them during small groups. I also used them at home with my Pre-K child.
Elissa S. –
fun and engaging books for all of my learners to use.
Caroline K. –
I absolutely love all of your resources. Thank you ever so much!
Fun in Firstieland –
These decodables are fantastic. I use them with my small groups and in my literacy centers.
Elizabeth B. –
Cute decodable stories and I liked that comprehension questions were included.
Molly Deming –
Perfect to use in small groups as practice and for students to keep and read at home!
Nicole R. –
These are great to use for small group instruction or to send home for extra practice. My students love to master these stories and then use them for paired reading! Awesome!
Amanda H. –
These have been perfect for small group instruction and in class support. Students are able to independently complete the after reading work, which they like. Having the plans available is helpful if an IA or guest teacher is working with my students. Great bundle, thanks!
Jessica R. –
I cannot wait to use these with my students. I love everything from this seller but these decodables will be a great addition to small-group instruction.
Kaley M. –
I used these materials in my reading intervention groups and also for an after school reading program. The kids really enjoyed the books!