Decodable Readers Kindergarten, Printable Books for Beginning Readers & Lessons

Are you looking for easy-to-prep decodable texts and lesson plans? These phonics based readers are perfect for your kindergarten or first grade structured literacy block. There are over 175 printable books with lesson plans and materials included that are perfect for beginning readers!

Each Decodable Book Includes:

• Phonics lesson
• High frequency word instruction
• Blending practice
• Picture cards
• Vocabulary cards
• Comprehension questions
• Sentence dictation
• Running record
• Single page version
• Digital version

WHY YOU SHOULD INCORPORATE THESE DECODABLE BOOKS IN YOUR CLASSROOM?

Decodable books help to build strong readers! These decodable readers are essential for developing decoding and reading fluency in Kindergarten and 1st grade. They provide valuable practice with phonics skills through engaging, high-interest stories.

Decodable readers offer differentiation! This comprehensive set offers over 176 decodable readers, so there is the right book for each of your students. These are perfect for beginning readers and students learning to read. Each of these books offers more decoding opportunities while maintaining a manageable sentence structure.

Decodable texts include comprehension questions for each book. Although the focus of these readers are on phonics practice, comprehension is still an important part of reading. Each text includes a set of discussion prompts to keep students engaged as they build reading comprehension skills alongside phonics mastery.

These simple, decodable books offer easy to prep and usage. These decodable emergent readers are designed for hassle-free printing. Just copy, staple, and cut! These books can be used in whole-group phonics instruction, small-group guided reading sessions or sent home for additional practice.

These decodable texts include a digital option! For added convenience, digital books formatted for Google Slides™️ have been included, with instructions for integrating them into Seesaw™ also provided. This allows for easy access and engagement with the decodable readers in a digital learning environment.

These decodable readers are over 70% decodable! Over 70% of the words in these controlled texts are designed for student success. Each decodable reader includes high-frequency word instruction, blending practice, dictation, vocabulary, and reading comprehension! With detailed lesson plans, you can be confident students will be successful!

These decodable readers work well with any structured literacy scope and sequence. They are also aligned with our:

• Science of Reading Based Not Your Mother’s Sight Words Unit and Engaging Readers Phonics Scope and Sequence.

Click HERE to download the preview and get access to a free sample!

Whether you print the books or use the digital versions, these books will fit the needs of your classroom needs. Do you have:

• Striving readers who need more time with decoding skills?
• Students who are learning English as a second language?
• Students who need a challenge because they read beyond their grade level?

There are so many ways to differentiate your instruction with these decodable books!

BONUS: these decodable readers are loaded to Seesaw and Google Slides!  WOOT! All you have to do is click each link and each of the decodable book titles will be added to your library!  EASY!

Each of these books build upon each other. This is the order you will want to follow to keep the skills supported by the previous book.

HERE ARE THE BOOKS THAT ARE INCLUDED AND THE SUGGESTED TEACHING ORDER

These books were intended to build upon each other. For example, the CVC Digraph books build upon the previous set of books. So after your student finishes with Digraph book #20, they will move on to the Blends book #1 and so on...

Here is the order to follow:

• 26 Alphabet Books these books follow a pattern with each book focused on one letter.
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 25 CVC Decodable Text
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 20 Digraph Decodable Text
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 20 Beg Blend Decodable Text
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 20 CVCe Decodable Text
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 20 CVCe Digraph & Blends
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 15 Ending Digraph & Blends
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 10 R Controlled Decodables
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers 10 Vowel Team Decodables
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers Diphthongs Decodable Text
• Decodable Books Science of Reading Decodable Readers Free Sample Decodable Text
• SYLLABLE TYPES ANCHOR CHARTS FOR SCIENCE OF READING | 7 How to Teach Videos

What are decodable books?

Decodable books are texts written with a controlled, highly decodable text based on the phonics taught so far. Each book will have a decodability of 70% or higher. Most of the books fall within the 80%-90% decodability range.

Each book builds upon previous skills. Within these texts, students will be practicing decoding and encoding. Blending phonemes practice is built into each text.

Are these decodable books research-based?

You may already know that these decodable texts have also been published by our partners at Hand2Mind. We are thrilled to share that both UFLI and The Reading League have added these texts to their recommended list of materials!

These decodable texts here on TpT have the same texts, lesson plans, student response pages... everything that you will find in the Hand2Mind product. So you can rest assured, these texts and lessons are research-based. If your district is looking for a Science of Reading-aligned adoption, you may wish to share this news with your administration.

UFLI Alignment to Hand2Mind Decodable Texts (column W):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DnMGygUlbezd0Qoe6rb4Vj9Jm1wIYXVi7CwfaxNfI68/htmlview?usp=sharing

The Reading League

https://www.thereadingleague.org/decodable-text-sources/

Who are these decodable readers for?

This decodable texts cover the phonics skills typically taught in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. By having a large variety of texts to select from, you will be able to meet the needs of all of your students. This ability to differentiate your instruction will be your super power!

These books are also perfect for student who are still learning to read beyond the second grade.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is the best thing that I've ever purchased. My classroom did not have any books that were based in the science of reading. I was able to print this out and just teach straight from it. It is so awesome and I think it really helped the kids with their reading. It's so easy to use.

— Lisa H.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Such an awesome resource that saves so much time and makes a huge impact on student learning! My readers LOVE the books and the one page sheets! They feel so grown up reading the one page texts. Thanks, Deedee for creating another AMAZING resource!!

— Shellie S.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This resource is a life saver! I love that I have everything for my small groups at my finger tips so easy to prep. I feel organized and ready for all my small groups. My students love the stories! Such a great purchase worth every penny!

— Desiree L.

How do I determine which books to begin with?

Your starting point will be different depending on the students' needs. If you introduce these decodable books to students who have mastered CVC words, you may want to begin instruction with the next set of decodable books. Please note, you may need to explicitly teach some of the sight words that your students have not learned yet.