Highly Decodable Texts for High-Quality Phonics Instruction
Better Decodables. Better Readers.
Research shows that decodable texts are one of the most effective ways to improve phonics skills. Give your students the high-quality phonics practice they need with Ready4Reading Short Reads Decodables. These highly engaging, highly decodable text cards incrementally target specific sound-spellings following an evidence-based scope and sequence grounded in the Science of Reading.
HIGHLY DECODABLE
HIGHLY ENJOYABLE Short Reads Decodables aren’t just instructional tools. They’re engaging to read! Featuring informational text and fiction, our decodables
HIGHLY ADAPTABLE
Each text card is at least 75% decodable and gives students meaningful practice applying the sound-spellings they have explicitly been taught.
Short Reads Decodables are the perfect complement to your core phonics or literacy program. Our scope and sequence is highly flexible, evidence-based, and grounded in the Science of Reading.
include a wide range of genres that appeal to students.
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A Science-Based Scope and Sequence Ready4Reading Short Reads Decodables follow an evidence-based scope and sequence and best practices for systematic phonics instruction. Easy to implement, each decodable text builds on the skills covered in the previous ones—so your students are always advancing their phonics skills.
Alphabet Knowledge
Consonant Digraphs
Complex Vowels
Letter Names, Shapes, and Sounds
Digraph sh Digraph th Inflectional Ending -ed * Digraph ch Digraph wh Final Digraphs ch, tch Final Digraph sh Final Digraph th Inflectional Ending -es * Final Digraphs ng, nk Inflectional Ending -ing* Contractions with ’ll (will) (he’ll, she’ll, we’ll) *
r- Controlled Vowels ar, or, ore r- Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur Suffixes -er, -ly * r- Controlled Vowel Syllables* Inflectional Endings with Spelling Changes: Double Final Consonant* Variant Vowels Short oo ( oo, u ) and Long oo ( u_e, oo, ue, ew )
Consonants and Short Vowels
m s t Short a
b l f Short o j Final x k , Final -ck Short i g v w Short u y qu (kw) z
Variant Vowel /ô/ ( al, au, aw ) Contractions with would ( -’d ) and have ( -’ve )*
p c Inflectional Ending -s * n d r Short i h Possessives with ’s *
Diphthongs oi, oy Diphthongs ou, ow r- Controlled Vowels /âr/ ( air, ear, are )
Long Vowels
More Word Study and Special Spellings
Long Vowels with Final e Soft c and Soft g Final e Syllables* Compound Words* Two-Syllable Words (Closed Syllables)* Long a ( ai, ay ) Long e ( ee, ea, ie ) Long i ( ie, igh ) Long o ( oa, ow ) Long u ( ew, ue ) Vowel Team Syllables* Long e ( y, ey ) Long i ( y ) Inflectional Endings with Spelling Changes: -y to i , Drop Final e * Open and Closed Syllables (V/CV, VC/V)* Contractions with n’t ( not )*
Silent Letters kn, wr, mb Long Vowel Spelling Patterns -ild, -ind, -ol, -ost Prefixes pre-, re-, de- r- Controlled Vowels /ûr/ ( or ) Prefixes un-, non- Consonant + le Syllables Schwa Prefixes mis-, dis- Three-Syllable Words Suffixes -ful, -less Long a ( ea ), Long oo ( ui, ou ) Short e ( ea ) Suffix -y Variant Vowel /ô/ augh, ough /f/ ph Long a ( eigh )
Consonant Blends
s- Blends l- Blends r- Blends
Review: Consonants and Short Vowels and Consonant Blends Consonants and Short Vowels Possessives*
Contractions with ’s * Single-Syllable Words with Open Long Vowels Consonant Blends Double Final Consonants Final Consonant Blends Inflectional Ending -ed *
Multisyllabic Words Suffixes -ness, -able Suffix -ment Suffixes -tion, -sion Suffix -ture *
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*Word study
High-Quality Instructional Materials Teachers receive lessons with powerful and practical phonics instruction. Targeted small- group lessons focus on a specific sound-letter correspondence and, differentiation ideas help teachers support striving and multilingual students.
High-frequency words are explicitly taught to build vocabulary and automaticity.
Content and story words that may be unfamiliar are defined and introduced.
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Lessons guide teachers and small groups through multiple readings .
After Reading prompts encourage deeper comprehension.
Write From Dictation activities have students practice listening to and writing with the target sound-spelling.
Write About Reading prompts encourage students to share their thoughts about the text.
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Fiction, Nonfiction, and So Much More High-quality decodable texts do more than reinforce phonics patterns. They prepare students to read authentic books. That’s why Ready4Reading Short Reads Decodables reflect a wide range of fiction genres and informational text types.
See the full title and genre list at scholastic.com/shortreadsdecodables .
Stories That Spark Engagement
For more than 60 years, teachers have trusted Scholastic for elegant and effective education solutions. Ready4Reading features high-interest, high-quality texts that engage and excite!
• Wide variety of text types across fiction and nonfiction • Decodable short texts and text sets • High-interest topics • Connections to math, science, and social studies • Connected content-area videos
90 highly decodable short texts provide instruction, practice, and application of the discrete phonics skills students are learning. These short texts are 75% decodable or more, and target discrete phonics skills by incrementally teaching individual sound spellings.
Card #
Student Card Title
Genre/Text Type
Skills
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Sam and Tam
Fantasy
m , s , t , Short a
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Tap! Tap! Tap!
Realistic Fiction
p
3
Cats on Mats
Fantasy
c
4
This Cat Can
Informational Text: Magazine Article
n
Informational Text: Question-and- Answer Book Pages
Consolidated Review of Cards 1–4
5
Who Can Help?
6
Who Can Find Dan?
Humorous Fiction
d
7
Sam Ran Home
Realistic Fiction
r
8
Rip! Dip! and Pat!
Realistic Fiction
Short i
9
Hats and Caps at Work!
Informational Text: Fact Book Pages
h
Consolidated Review of Cards 6–9
10
This Bird
Informational Text: Guidebook Pages
11
Tab’s Cab
Realistic Fiction
b
12
What Did Lin Get?
Realistic Fiction
l
13
Fab the Fish
Humorous Fiction
f
14
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Informational Text: How-To
Short o
Consolidated Review of Cards 11–14
Babs the Rabbit
Informational Text: Science Journal
15
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Take Your Short Reads Even Further!
Short Reads Decodables are also available as part of Ready4Reading— the K–3 phonics system that provides explicit phonics instruction to unlock reading for all learners. Learn more about Ready4Reading at scholastic.com/ready4reading .
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Ready to Bring Short Reads Decodables into Your School? Contact a Scholastic specialist today at (800) 387-1437 or visit scholastic.com/shortreadsdecodables
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