Decodable Readers, Grades K-1

Give kindergarten and first grade children stories they can really read by themselves. This 60-page pack is built for brand-new readers: every story uses short vowel words they can sound out letter by letter, plus a small set of everyday words such as the, can, and has. There is nothing to memorize and nothing to guess — children blend the sounds, read the sentence, and feel the win on every page. The pack teaches one vowel sound at a time. For each of the five short vowels there is a page of words to read aloud, two short stories, and a sorting game that asks children to listen for the sound in the middle of the word. The stories star a cat on a mat, a red hen, a big pig, a dog on a log, and a bug in a rug, and each story ends with three simple questions whose answers are right there in the text, so young readers succeed from the very first story. Once the five sounds are secure, the pack mixes them together. Children sort twenty words by vowel, read six sentences three times each for fluency, decide whether ten pairs of words rhyme, complete five word families, and build ten words from a first sound and a last part. A read-and-draw page, five fluency lists, a story-matching activity, ten true-or-false sentences, two mixed review pages, two ten-question quizzes, a reading log, and a cut-and-paste word-building game give teachers many ways to practice the same skills without repeating the same page. Each page for students carries a name and date space at the top, plus a short tip that teaches the strategy without giving away the answer. The last twenty-one pages are teacher-only answer keys covering every activity, and the pack ends with a certificate to celebrate each new reader. Print the pages you need and use them for morning work, literacy centers, small groups, homework, or one-to-one reading practice — no preparation is needed.