These creative works
were designed to be decodable for students who know all five short
vowels and common consonant digraphs. The authors restricted
content to one-syllable words with short vowels, where consonant
digraphs and consonant clusters are decodable for readers. They
also used the 50 most common words in English, mostly function words
needed to read any text, like the, a, of, is, to, etc. However, no
irregular words like friend or sword were used in the making
of these books. Clicking on a link will download a PowerPoint of the
book.
Sam the Ant, by Eleanor McDavid
Bob Is Lost, by Amanda Cummings
Sam's Trip to the Doc, by Heather Lewis
I Can Swim! by Maggie Saye
Bob the Cat and His Nap, by Cambre Prater
Dad's Lost Hat, by Bridgett Wilson
Jack the Cat, by Emily Mills
Jump
Up and Spin, by Grace Jensen
Ted
and Tim, by Amanda Merkel
Chuck
and Chad Get Lunch, by Bridget Clabby
The
Man and His Hat, by Susan Grimes
The
Dog and the Chick, by Marguerite DeWitt
Frank
and Fred at Camp, by Hannah Paxton
A Fun
Trip With Mom and Dad, by Meg Terry
Pam
and Hen Swim, by Greer Montgomery
Ben and
Sam, by Laura Charlton
Jen
on the Bed, by Courtney Davis
Where
Did We Go?, by Amanda Godbee
Nat
the Cat, by Cindy Garrett
Teachers: Publish on the
Reading Genie site! My plan for this site is to include books at
each step in decoding development. I welcome texts submitted in
PowerPoint to address specific steps in decoding acquisition. We
will adhere to the following phonics sequence:
1. Begin with the five short vowels in alphabetical order: a = /a/, e = /e/, i = /i/, o = /o/, u = /u/.
Include easy digraphs like ck or ss and simple
consonant clusters in the earliest books.
2. Intersperse consonant digraphs among short vowels. Cover the main h-digraphs: ch = /ch/, sh = / sh/, th = /th/.
3. Cover the five long vowels in alphabetical order.
For each long vowel, first present the silent-e pattern: a_e = /A/, i_e = /I/, o_e = /O/, or u_e = /U/.
Follow each silent-e
pattern with its long vowel digraphs: ai/ay
= /A/, ee/ea = /E/, igh/y = /I/, oa/ow = /O/, ew/oo = /U/.
4. Finally, teach other vowels, not short or long: oo = /oo/, oi/oy = /oy/, ou/ow = /ow/, au/aw = /aw/
Include r-controlled vowels: er/ir/ur = /er/, ar = /ar/.
E-mail your decodable books as PowerPoint files, by attachment, to murraba@auburn.edu.
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