Description
Wondering how to teach EFFECTIVE guided phonics and guided reading with decodable books in Kindergarten or 1st grade classroom? This is it! Rethink how you teach reading. These science of reading decodable readers units align with research from the science of reading ( SOR ) and use research-based practices to make guided reading with guided phonics fun and effective!
Each science of reading decodable readers guided phonics unit and each lesson builds thoughtfully upon the previous unit and previous learning to ensure students have multiple opportunities to practice each skill and build their reading confidence and fluency.
Differentiation: Each book has two versions – decodable books with pictures and decodable books without pictures. For the version without pictures, students will read the decodable reader and then sequence and glue the story pictures in.
CURRENTLY INCLUDED:
- Pre-Readers: Alphabet Books – 26 books
- Beginning Readers: CVC Words and limited consonants – 15 books
- CVC Words – 26 books
- Digraphs and Double Endings – 22 books
- Beginning Blends, Sounds of OO, and VCCV Words – 25 books
- CVCe Words with Hard and Soft c and g – 22 Books
- Ending Blends with Glued Sounds, Silent Letters, and Suffix ed and ing – 22 Books
- R-Controlled Vowels with Multisyllabic Words, Cle syllables, and Sounds of y as a vowel – 20 Books
- Vowel Teams – 21 books
- Diphthongs – 12 books
ABOUT EACH UNIT:
Alphabet Decodable Readers
Each lesson in this unit includes:
- Phonological Awareness with alliteration
- Phonics letter sound lesson
- Alphabet Motions
- Phonemic Awareness
- Reading
- Fluency Practice
- Picture Sort with Writing Practice
This unit includes:
- Suggested Letter Order
- 26 Alphabet Letter Books [2 versions included]
- Scripted Lesson Plans
- Fluency Practice Pages
- Alphabet Letter Mouth Formation Cards
- Alphabet Handwriting Path of Motion Cards
- Alphabet Beginning Sound Sorts
- Alphabet Motions
Can I teach the letters out of the suggested order? Yes! You can teach these lesson out of order with minimal changes; just swap out the letter sound you review with the one you previously learned.
Decodable Readers for Beginning Readers (CVC words and limited consonants)
Each lesson in this unit includes:
- Rhyming
- Phonics and Word Building
- Sight Word Mapping
- Reading
- Comprehension Questions
- Blending Practice
- Encoding Practice
- Mixed Up Sentences for Guided Writing
This unit includes:
- Reading Strategy Posters
- Sound Boxes
- High Frequency Word Mapping
- 15 Decodable Readers
- Lesson Plans
- Mixed Up Sentences
- Guided Writing Notebook
- Beginning Sounds Sorts
- Vowel Sound Sorts
- Alphabet Letter Mouth Formation Cards
- Segmenting and Blending Cards
- Alphabet Motions
CVC Word Decodable Readers (Short Vowel Decodable Books)
Each 2-day lesson in this unit includes:
- Sight Word Mapping
- Phonics Lesson/Review
- Blending Practice
- Story Retelling or Comprehension Questions
- Encoding Practice
- Guided Writing
This unit includes:
- Reading Strategy Posters
- Sound Boxes
- High Frequency Word Mapping
- 26 Decodable Readers
- Decodable Passages for Each Book
- Running Records
- Lesson Plans
- Guided Writing Notebook
- Alphabet Letter Mouth Formation Cards
- Vowel Sound Sorts
- Segmenting and Blending Cards
Digraphs Decodable Readers (Digraph and Double Consonant Decodable Books)
Each 2-day lesson in this unit includes:
- Sight Word Mapping
- Phonics Lesson/Review
- Blending Practice
- Vocabulary Word
- Story Retelling or Comprehension Questions
- Encoding Practice
- Guided Writing
This unit includes:
- Reading Strategy Posters
- Mouth Formation Cards
- Sound Boxes
- High Frequency Word Mapping
- 22 Decodable Readers (2 versions each)
- Decodable Passages for Each Book
- Running Records
- Lesson Plans
- Guided Writing Notebook
- Vowel Sound Sorts
- Segmenting and Blending Cards
Beginning Blends Decodable Readers (Beginning Blends, Sounds of OO, VCCV Words):
Each 2-day decodable readers guided reading lesson in this unit includes:
- Sight Word Mapping
- Phonics Lesson/Review
- Blending Practice
- Vocabulary Word
- Story Retelling or Comprehension Questions
- Encoding Practice
- Guided Writing
This unit includes:
- Reading Strategy Posters
- Sound Boxes
- High Frequency Word Mapping
- 25 Decodable Readers (2 versions each)
- Decodable Passages for Each Book
- Running Records
- Lesson Plans
- Guided Writing Notebook
- Vowel Sound Sorts
- Segmenting and Blending Cards
CVCE WORD DECODABLE READERS INCLUDED:
Book 1: Lake Day – CVCe Vowel a
Book 2: Game Day – CVCe Vowel a
Book 3: Zane’s Cake – CVCe Vowel a
Book 4: Dale’s Pancake – Closed and VCe Syllables
Book 5: Jane and Mike Rake – CVCe Vowel i
Book 6: On a Hike – CVCe Vowel i
Book 7: Jade’s New Bike – Multisyllable Words
Book 8: Camping Trip – CVCe Vowel i
Book 9: Bake Shop – CVCe Vowel i
Book 10: Spot’s Home – CVCe Vowel o
Book 11: Lake Fun – CVCe Vowel o
Book 12: Nate Cooks – CVCe Vowel o
Book 13: The Pet Shop – Hard and Soft g
Book 14: Who Dug This Hole? – Sounds of S /s/ and /z/
Book 15: The Big Game – Hard and Soft c
Book 16: Duke the Dog – CVCe Vowel u
Book 17: The Dune – CVCe Vowel u
Book 18: Luke’s Pool – CVCe Vowel u
Book 19: The Trip CVCe Vowel e
Book 20: The Race – CVCe Vowel e
Book 21: All About Snakes – Nonfiction CVCe Words Decodable Reader
Book 22: Cranes – Nonfiction CVCe Words Decodable Reader
ENDING BLENDS DECODABLE READERS INCLUDED:
Book 1: The Pond – nd
Book 2: Jake’s Ship – nt, st
Book 3: Clare’s New Bike – lf, lp, pt
Book 4: Ant Facts – ft, ct
Book 5: Helping Dad – Suffix ed
Book 6: Miss Mask’s Class – sk, xt
Book 7: Camping – mp
Book 8: The Golf Game – sp
Book 9: Summer Day – lt, ld
Book 10: Ice Skating – l controlled o
Book 11: Making Ice Cream – l controlled a
Book 12: Spilled Milk – Suffix ed; double the consonant rule
Book 13: The New Pet – nk, -ank
Book 14: Stripe – nk, -ink
Book 15: Caroling – ng
Book 16: Recess Suffix ing
Book 17: Looking for Bugs – Suffix ed and ing; when to drop the e
Book 18: Dan’s Cake – Silent letters kn
Book 19: Tad’s Wrist – Silent letters wr, gn
Book 20: Brant’s Lamb – Silent letters mb
Book 21: Skunks – Nonfiction decodable reader (review)
Book 22: Ponds – Nonfiction decodable reader (review)
R-CONTROLLED VOWELS DECODABLE READERS INCLUDED:
Book 1: Blake’s Plan – ar
Book 2: The Dog – ar
Book 3: Carl Shops – ar; review suffix -ed
Book 4: Jake Plants Corn – or
Book 5: The Storm – or; jobs of silent e
Book 6: Grant’s Garden – r-controlled syllables; tiger and camel syllable division rules
Book 7: The Bird – ir
Book 8: Doing Chores – ir, oor
Book 9: The Worm – W’s effect on r-controlled vowels
Book 10: The Hurt Dog – ur
Book 11: The Turtle – Cle syllables; turtle rule for syllable division
Book 12: A Gift for Mom – er
Book 13: Ping Pong – jobs of silent e
Book 14: Stormy Day – multisyllabic words
Book 15: Surfing – oar
Book 16: Surprise Party – sounds of y as a vowel; long e
Book 17: Ready for Bed – sounds of y as a vowel; long e
Book 18: The Picnic – sounds of y as a vowel; long i
Book 19: Birds – nonfiction decodable reader
Book 20: Nurses: – nonfiction decodable reader
VOWEL TEAMS DECODABLE READERS INCLUDED:
Book 1: Rainy Day – ai
Book 2: Fishing with Tim – ai
Book 3: Stormy Day – schwa sound
Book 4: At the Bay – ay
Book 5: May Day – ay
Book 6: The Class Garden – ee
Book 7: Picnic – ee
Book 8: At the Beach – ea
Book 9: Beekeeping – vowel team syllables
Book 10: The Field Trip – ie as long e
Book 11: Farm Chores – oa
Book 12: The Soccer Game – oa
Book 13: Mowing the Grass – ow
Book 14: Gardening with Mom – ow
Book 15: The Nest – igh
Book 16: A Night Hike – ea as long a
Book 17: The Bike Ride – ie as long i
Book 18: The Missing Toad – ind
Book 19: Sea Fishing – ue
Book 20: Making Juise – ui
Book 21: My Garden – Nonfiction decodable reader
DIPHTHONGS DECODABLE READERS INCLUDED:
Book 1: Tapping Trees – au
Book 2: The Mistake – aw
Book 3: Paul’s Smart Dog – au/aw
Book 4: Clay’s Pig – oi
Book 5: The Arcade – oy
Book 6: Making Sauce – review
Book 7: The Mouse – ou
Book 8: The Owl – ow
Book 9: Roy’s Garden – ew
Book 10: The Caterpillar – ph
Book 11: Dolphin Tail – ph
Book 12: The Hawk – nonfiction decodable reader
HEART WORDS INCLUDED IN EACH UNIT (sight words or high frequency words):
Unit 2: Beginning Readers Heart Words: On, The, See, Can, Has, Go, By, In, Is, Here, What, We
Unit 3: CVC Words Heart Words: Will, Do, Put, Look, For, This, Help, And, Said, His, Of, With, Have, Good, Does, Like, Have, Out
These common HFW are included in unit 3, but they are decodable: Had, Not, It, Get, At, Did, Got
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why are these decodable readers kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade small group units called “guided reading?” These science of reading aligned units are meant to help you rethink and redefine what guided reading looks like in your classroom! Instead of using leveled readers and teaching guessing strategies, you will teach reading in a systematic way using decodable readers that build as students learn new phonics skills?
Can I use these science of reading decodable readers out of order? It is not suggested to use the decodable readers or the decodable readers guided reading science of reading curriculum out of order because the books and units are designed to build off one another. Books increase in difficulty and skill as the units progress.
Do I have to use every part of the lesson plan? No, you can use what works best for you students and what you have time for.
Can I use the science of reading curriculum for whole group instruction? Yes. Although it is recommended to use these in differentiated reading small groups for best results, these lessons and decodable readers can still be used whole group.
Do I have to use every book in these decodable readers guided reading units? No, I suggest assessing your students frequently to see where they are. If students have already mastered a skill, you might move on to the next lesson or unit.
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