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)
Tara C. –
My students found this resource very useful. I found it great for small group. I loved it for phonics and phonemic awareness.
Ruby R. –
This is a great resource. My students enjoyed using it. It is easy to use and understandable.
Tannis Williamson (verified owner) –
These have been a wonderful addition to our weekly decoding activities to reinforce and practice focussed phonemes.
lauren K. –
Loved it! My students were so engaged and loved the activity.
Stephanie Wilson –
I cannot say enough good things about this resource. I have been using them with small group RTI and they are amazing. I will now be buying the full pack… Mrs. Winter’s does it again!
Melissa M. –
I am always looking for good decodables to add to my library. My students love taking these home to practice.
Cara O. –
I can’t wait to purchase the other decodables she has.
Donald Knight (verified owner) –
This will be a most useful resource.
Wendy Olschewski (verified owner) –
These new decodables are wonderful and have been so helpful with many of my littles! I’ll be buying the bundle ASAP. Thank you!
jenoleary10 (verified owner) –
I love this! I can’t wait to purchase the whole bundle and get using it.
Tara C. –
I loved this freebie so much, I want to buy the whole bundle! Thank you for this amazing product.
Melissa Deems (verified owner) –
I can’t wait to use these new decodables with my small groups!
Lori C. –
I love the fact that the decodables have a QR code so they can listen and read along.