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.
Megan Williams –
This has been SUCH an incredible resource for my class. Everything is so thorough, detailed, and well thought out. I love the blending lines ala Wiley Blevins. It’s been such an invaluable resource to supplement the decodable texts my school has provided to give my students extra practice that they need. Students love the stories also. Thank you so much for creating and sharing this resource!
Tracy Z. –
My students loved using these passages during out Tier 2 intervention time. The lessons are easy to follow and all the materials needed are included!
Kathy Xiong –
Great resource! I work with struggling readers and these decodable have been a lifesaver. I love the suggested activities and questions that go along with the story. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Mary H. –
Thank you. My students love using this resource that you created.
Laura M. –
These are great decodable books to use with students to reinforce the phonics concepts being taught in class. I used these books for small group, as well as sent them home for extra practice.
Leonard’s Lightning Bugs –
These books are so helpful to me to use with my students. After using it in small groups, my students have enjoyed partner reading them! Thank you!
Kathryn P. –
When I downloaded the R Controlled bundle. Some pages were missing from the double-sided version of the Making a Fort story. Everything was there on the single sided version, but I prefer the double sided.
Christina –
Hi Kathryn, I just double checked and the books have all the pages as intended. I’m wondering if you might have missed them because the printing is a little different due to this book being a little longer. There is a note about it on the first page of the PDF. Let me know if you need any other help, Thank you so much for your purchase! -Christina
Christine Scott –
These decodable books are an amazing addition to my collection. Thank you!
Courtney K. –
This is an amazing resource. I use it all the time.
Beverly P. –
These helped students that are still in the decodable stages of reading
Emilia P. –
My students love the texts and I love that I can focus on the skill/sound we are working on. The follow up activities are also engaging. Thank you!
Stephanie Wilson –
These books are INCREDIBLE. Not only do you get books, but you also get blending lines, lesson plans, and handouts to go with the books. Such an amazing resource.
Emily’s Education –
WOW! These include everything you could possibly need. I send these home with students and use them as early finishing during reading time. There are writing activities to go along with each book and they are so thoughtfully written. The video that goes along with it is such a wonderful addition as well.
Michelle Lareau –
This has been a great addition to my decodable reading books. Thank you.
Robyn D. –
I am so excited I bought these readers for my students. I can’t wait to watch them progress with their reading and comprehension.
Carly P. –
My class loves feeling accomplished and successful with their reading when they read these decodable books. And I love how easy they are to print and make!
The Off The Clock Teacher –
These are so SOOOO easy to make and durable. My kids loved them! If you don’t know how to print them to make a book, make sure you watch her YouTube video! I like that she has them folded and flipped so that each page is stronger! SO GENIUS!!!
Tara C. –
I love the different ideas for the books with all skills. It allows to teach long vowels, digraphs and then they can see it and find the words in their books!
Angela A G. –
This is great for differentiation, practice, and fluency. Students enjoyed the passages.
Julie Hunt (verified owner) –
I printed my first book out and the folding was easy! Thanks for the directions. I printed the first set out and will be using them to practice the skills we are learning. So excited to have more decodable text with comprehension questions!