What are decodable texts?
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- Decodable texts emphasize specific phonics patterns.
- They follow a progression, building on previously learned phonics.
- Decodable texts allow students to “tap out” or sound out the words.
- At least 85% of the words are decodable.
- Decodable texts provide the BEST way to learn to read!
- Click for sight word stories!
Get 100s of FREE decodable text links organized by sound and spelling! Click the image below…
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UFLI is my #1 go-to! Click the link for tons of FREE resources! Printable.
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- There are 89 decodable colored books available, each following a specific phonetic sequence.
- Each book comes with accompanying worksheets.
Here is a 344-page unit syllabication unit. There are decodable passages by syllable type!
- Closed syllables p. 13
- Open syllables p. 30
- Vowel team syllables p. 48
- R-controlled syllables p. 60
- Silent e syllables p. 79
- Consonant -le syllables p. 95
Create a free account. Access the decodables through the Teacher Guide located at the top menu bar.
- 262 FREE sequential lessons
- 4,400 words
- You can decode 2,100 sentences.
- Do one lesson per day starting in preschool.
- Enlarge each lesson on 10×13 paper, or write words on index cards and drill.
- Practice spelling these words as well!
- Printable.
Beginning Reads connects oral language knowledge with written language. The program utilizes highly concrete and phonetically regular words such as “dog,” “cat,” “pet,” and “big.” Each level consists of twelve 4-page books that share common concepts. Readers see the same words in many different texts.
You can print the texts or read them online in color.
Check out decodable reads!
You can print the texts or read them online in color.
This site has printable booklets.
There are free, decodable texts available for each phonics skill. In the “search for” box, enter “free decodable texts.” Printable.
Printable.
These decodables are sorted by grade level! This resource also includes the science of reading in Spanish.
Start here and progress through each Beginning Reading Instruction and Advanced Reading Instruction ebook. This series includes trick words, and the stories build upon each other. It looks like a beneficial program.
Printable.
You have the option to print passages or read digitally.
Decodable Passages—Reading Practice
All printable.
FREE READING ELEPHANT STORIES
Silent e story 1, silent e story 2, silent e story 3
Check out their other free stories.
All printable.
They offer both printable and digital versions.
This site teaches phonics systematically and in a structured manner. Great resource! Printable.
Click above for the online version or click here for the print-out version! You have the option to print passages or read them digitally.
You have to create a free account to download free decodables.
Core Knowledge Reader 1
Practice Book to accompany (handwriting, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 2
Practice Book to accompany (grammar, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 3
Practice Book to accompany (grammar, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 4
Practice Book to accompany (grammar, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 5
Practice Book to accompany (grammar, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 6
Practice Book to accompany (grammar, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Core Knowledge Reader 7
Practice Book to accompany (grammar, phonics, additional stories, and questions)
Practice books are printable.
Check out this link as well: Core Knowledge.
McGraw-Hill Grade 1 Decodables 1-62
Printable
Kindergarten—not printable “Around the Neighborhood”
Grade 1—not printable “Animals Everywhere”
Grade 2—not printable “Our Life/Our World”
McGraw-Hill has uploaded these materials.
Printable.
These can be printed; look for the “Download” option in the top menu.
If you are a teacher, check out these great UFLI links!
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- 128 FREE UFLI lesson plans WITH decodables and sight words.
- ALL Decodables on One PDF 8-128 (There are no decodables for lessons before 8.) AND supplemental passages PDF 35a-110.
- Decodables in a mini-version with corresponding trick words
- UFLI Placement Test
- Scope & Sequence with Heart Words
- UFLI Decodable Reader’s Theater—All
- UFLI Fluency by Unit—Compressed
- L5 – L83 Fluency Triangles
- ALL Roll & Reads 13-128 (There are no Roll & Reads for lessons before 13.) #92 is missing from the packet. Here it is!
- Lessons 35a-110 – Instruct the students to cut the strips, shuffle, and arrange the stories in sequence.
- The letters in each lesson
- UFLI Lesson Links: Easy Teacher Access
- Spelling Rules Lessons 42-53
- Spelling Rules Lessons 69-76
- Foundations-Home-Practice-K (Includes lessons 5-68) and Foundations-Home-Practice-Second (Includes lessons 38a-128).
- Alignment to Common Core State Standards
- UFLI Notebook Covers PDF
UFLI Vowel Teaching Order
Go across
| short a | short i | short o | short u | short e |
| all, oll, ull | ng/nk | |||
| a_e | i_e | o_e | e_e | u_e (2 sounds—/yu/ as in mule and long oo as in rude) |
| VCe exceptions: give, have, love, come, done | Open syllables | Long VCC—ild, ind, old, ost, olt | y = long i | y = long e |
| ar | or, ore | er | ir, ur | w+or |
| ai/ay | ee/ea/ey | oa/ow/oe | ie/igh | Long u/oo |
| Short oo | ew/ui/ue = sounds like long oo as in (flew, suit, true) | au/aw/augh | ea = short e and a = short o (qua/wa) | |
| oi/oy | ou/ow | |||
| ar/or = /er/ (polar/actor) | air/are/ear = /air/ (fair/share/
bear) |
ear=/ear/ (hear) | ||
| Alternate long a = ei, ey, eigh, aigh, ea | Alternate long u = ew, eu, ue sounds like /yu/ (few, feud, rescue) | ough = /aw/ and long o (bought/dough) |
TEACHERS! Create a file crate with the lessons. Attached are free labels available on the UFLI Facebook page, titled ‘UFLI Foundations Community: Building Strong Readers!’ Join their FB page! UFLI Labels
I purchased the manual ($70) and use it for teaching. I have printed all the UFLI stories for the entire program and stored them in crates. Furthermore, I organized my Fundations cards, mouth formation cards, Dollar Tree sight word flashcards, and Orton-Gillingham grapheme cards via the UFLI teaching order. I also created several Elkonin boxes and placed them in plastic sleeves for the students to write the heart words in.
I HIGHLY recommend buying the UFLI manual for $70. It is well worth it and has more specific lessons than the free slideshow lesson plans. As a reading specialist, the manual is my number one resource.
