More About This Resource
This resource is a free sample of my full Decodable Books and teacher lesson plans resource. These science of reading-aligned decodable stories are phonics-based texts that contain target phonics skill words, previously taught phonics skill words and irregularly 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 5 FREE decodable books that align with a research-based systematic phonics scope and sequence. 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 the FULL Decodable Books resource:
- 60 decodable books
- Research-based, detailed classroom use suggestions for the teacher
- 2 Decodable books for each story (Color and B&W)
- 1 Explicit teacher lesson plan for each decodable book
- 4 Differentiated student printables for each book– two versions
- 1 Audio recording of each book
- 1 Blending lines printables for each story & instructional video for the teacher
Phonics skills included in the FULL Decodable Books resource:
- 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)
Ready to Rock –
Great resource and works very well for small groups.
ADRIANNE LARA (verified owner) –
I used all of the books you so graciously let us preview.
Now I can’t live without using the prereading routine in your lesson plans. I recently bought the bundle of books and am thrilled to begin following the scope and sequence for my students who are reading at first grade level. This resource is outstanding!
Christina –
Thank you so much for your kind words and support Adrianne!
Julie M. –
This is a great product for my small reading groups. I like being able to print the decodables I need.
Rachel M. –
I love ALL of Mrs. Winter’s Bliss products. Have never been disappointed.
Sara Herten-Greaven (verified owner) –
These books are excellent for my lower level readers. The simple, decodable text match’s our learning material and allows these students to feel like they are accomplishing similar goals as their peers.
Howida Mahmoud (verified owner) –
I love it ?
Eileen T. –
This resource did help my new comers to begin their reading journey. They had to use sight words and write about reading.
Danette J. –
This is a wonderful resource and they students enjoyed it. Thank you.
Linda Meckem –
Excellent resource for my small groups in kindergarten. Lots of options.
Lyndsay W. –
My students loved this activity. We would read the stories and they answer the questions in groups.
Emily Tonti –
This was a great additional resource to use with my kiddos- I have quite a few 3rd grade students that I have started working with that need a lot of support and practice with decoding.
Valerie Thompson (verified owner) –
I love how easy these are to use! From the explicit lesson plans to the construction of the books, really user friendly! Can’t wait to purchase the bundle.
Amber G. –
I am always looking for new decodables! This was a great free resource that my students enjoyed!
Laura Gertler (verified owner) –
I love how these decodables are organized. The sequence of skills are great!
Stephanie B. –
I have a few students who lack sight word knowledge so this has been helping their BPST scores
Sandra C. –
I used this product with my students in small group. It’s great for comprehension and phonics review. Kids enjoyed it!
Sherry Newnam (verified owner) –
This resource is great. I am going to purchase the whole bundle and can’t wait to use it with my kiddos.
Sandy C. –
This resource proved useful in a classroom with children having some learning difficulties.
Donna Lawrence (verified owner) –
This resource is amazing, an organised bundle ready to go, saving lots of my preparation time. This resource is wonderful, as I have been using it with children who have dysgraphia, dyslexia and dyscalculia, giving them confidence and variety in their reading abilities.
jponte60 (verified owner) –
These are just awesome! They are perfectly structured for small groups and struggling readers. I have put the bundle on my wishlist. Fingers crossed!