Decodable Books Written by Teachers
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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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