When you hear about “decodable books,” you may initially think of texts from long ago such as Dick and Jane. Decodable texts used to have a bad reputation for being super simplistic and boring for students. But thankfully decodable readers have come a long way since then! This list of decodable books features texts with entertaining stories that students will enjoy reading as they practice applying phonics skills.
If you’re new to using decodable readers, you may be wondering what are decodable texts and why should you be using them. You can also learn more about the difference between decodable texts and leveled readers.
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Best Decodable Books
Several large publishers have started offering high-quality sets of decodable texts. You may want to ask your administrator to purchase these sets for your classroom or your school book room to build a collection of decodable readers for your students!
Benchmark offers multiple sets of decodable readers with comprehensible stories: Decodable Fluency Builders and Dynamite Decodables. Their BEC Decodables are aligned to the UFLI Scope & Sequence.
FlyLeaf Publishing offers 4 series of decodable texts based on your students’ needs. Each set offers 6 sets of 10 readers, a teacher’s guide, and word chain activity cards.
ReadBright Readers are quite popular with our reading intervention groups! The students think the illustrations are adorable and the reading tutors appreciate the engaging, high-quality stories to reinforce skills.
Charge Into Reading Decodable Readers offer texts at 9 different stages using a scope & sequence that is aligned with UFLI. They also offer free samples and reading assessments to determine the right books for students.
Additional decodable book sets worth checking out:
- Geodes Decodable Books
- High Noon Little Sprouts
- Jolly Phonics Decodable Readers
- Lakeshore Phonics Skill-Building Book Sets
- Sundance Decoder Kids Phonics Books
- Whole Phonics Beginning Reading Literacy Program
Decodable Texts for Upper Elementary
Phonics instruction isn’t just for our youngest readers. There are many upper elementary students who also need explicit and systematic phonics instruction. The challenge for these students is finding decodable texts that don’t feel too “babyish” for them. Luckily publishers are making high-interest, low readability decodable texts that these students will want to read!
- Phonics Books Catch Up Readers
- Saddleback TwERL Phonics Books
- Heggerty Decodable Books: Toucan Series
- Junior Reading High-Lo Diversity Decodables
- High Noon Phonics Books
Decodable Books for Parents
These are affordable books that you may want to recommend for families to use for additional reading and decoding practice at home.
- Bob Books
- Scholastic Laugh-A-Lot Phonics Parent Packs
- Meg and Greg Phonics Stories
- Nonfiction Phonics Readers
- Developing Decoders Sets
- The Kent’s Quest Decodable Chapter Books
- Orton Gillingham Decodable Readers
Free Online Decodable Texts
Several publishers offer free online samples of their decodable readers! You’ll also want to check out the UFLI Decodable Text Guide for a comprehensive list of text from different publishers for each phonics feature in their scope & sequence.
- Half-Pint Readers
- UFLI Decodable Passages
- Online Decodable Texts from FlyLeaf
- Just Right Reader Decdoables e-Library
- Really Great Reading Decodable Passages
Keep browsing for even more decodable books!
What other decodables do you love using with your students? Share in the comments!
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