Decodable Text

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Sherri:

The Primary Phonics decodables are wonderful as are the Modern Curriculum Press Practice Phonics Readers. The Ready Set Read! series is pretty good, too.

It’s so refreshing to see someone asking about decodable text. Sorry :-) - I’m taking a class where it is all “predictable text” and it’s driving me crazy!

Margo

The key word in your question is “good”. There are few such books that have “good” stories but one must also look at the sequence of the decodable text. Just today I bought a set of the Bob Books (Maslen) published by Scholastic and available at Barnes and Noble. I was disappointed to find that there are mixed vowel patterns in the very first books. These books are highly recommended by many who have used them but I’m not sure my student is ready for all the vowel patterns at this time.

Educators Publishing Service has a set of readers by Barbara Makar which do a good job of sequencing the vowels. Both the Bob books and the Makar books use black line drawings on white background.

Modern Curriculum Press has a set of phonics readers which include more colorful pictures. Language, by Jane Fell Greene, also includes phonics readers.

The ones I most enjoyed using are the books from Sing, Spell, Read and Write. These follow the a, e, i, o, u sequence of introduction to short vowels, then move into long vowel patterns.

The old Sullivan Programmed Reading Series has some stories which children enjoy. Many of these are done in a rhyme format but others are no longer politically correct.

Jolly Phonics from England is another good series but the books are a bit pricey.

I hope this helps you begin your search. Grace at

WHere can I find the sins spell read and write?

Sing, Spell, Read and Write used to have a website but apparently it’s no longer working. The company has been sold to the Pearson Learning group. Their website is:
http://www.pearsonlearning.com

When you get to the site, click on “Reading and Language,” then click on “Phonics,” then scroll down to find “Sing, Spell, Read and Write.”

If that doesn’t work, simply type “Sing, Spell, Read and Write” into your address bar and it should offer Pearson Learning as one of the first offerings listed. Hope you find it easily. Grace

I am still unable to find it.

Sherri, here’s the complete address. When you reach this page, scroll down until you come to the price list. It refers to Storybooks 1 through 17. I wouldn’t order books beyond Storybook 12 because children who can read that far can read just about anything. Good luck. Grace

http://www.pearsonlearning.com/
plearn/html/cat_progseries.cfm?sub_id=S21&prog_id=485&ser_id=3611001&grade=-1,12&area_id=A0255

Sherri,
The best decodable books that I have found can be
seen on www.funphonics.com There is a set of 20 books
for under $50. They are WONDERFUL. Check them out!

Wishing you the best.
BE

Primary Phonics- Educators Publishings Service Inc are little paperback coloring books which can be purchased on the internet. There are 5 levels (10 books each). Also there are additional packets that can be purchased for children who need more time at a particular level. They are cheap and go from beginner to RL2. They also have associated work books that help teach the new word groups in the stories.

I’ve used the Primary Phonics books for many years and love them. The kids really like the stories too. At first I wondered if they would because they’re black and white drawings but I then discovered that kids care more about the stories than the pictures. Yay!

Lindamood-Bell also has a decodable series similar to Primary Phonics and they come with comprehension questions you can ask the child. Sorry, I don’t remember the name offhand but will look this afternoon when I’m at a school that uses them.

If possible, don’t limit yourself to decodable text though — kids also need to be reading books with natural syntax structures. The better decodables have more natural flowing language but (having done it ;)) it’s a challenge!