Free Printable Decodable Books – Free Decodable Books Kindergarten – Short Vowel

Are you looking for short vowel decodable readers? These free printable decodable books are Science of Reading aligned and just what you need to build your students’ confidence with reading!

Decodable text is a critical part of early literacy. It allows children to learn to decode words at their own pace, rather than being forced to learn along with the rest of the class. It also helps them develop their phonemic awareness, which is an important precursor to learning how to read.

These free printable decodable books are based on the science of reading body of research.

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When students see something that looks difficult, they often become frustrated and give up before even trying it out. But when they can see progress immediately after doing something like reading one sentence or two from these decodable books, it makes them feel good about themselves and encourages them to keep going!

They are CVC word family printable decodable text and fluency passages, that are perfect for kindergarten students working on decoding, word recognition, and reading fluency!

Decodable readers are great way for students to learn how to read. By using decodable text, children can focus on decoding words rather than trying to figure out what it means from context clues or trying to make sense of unfamiliar vocabulary.

This will help them learn how to decode new words more quickly once they’ve mastered the basic skills needed for decoding.

These free decodable books Kindergarten aligned, come with a pocket chart set of words to know and skill words (word family words) that can be used as a before reading whole group activity.

Then students will use their new word knowledge to read these decodable text books.

Each printable decodable text also includes 2 pages for reading fluency practice and comprehension questions!

I created these free decodable books – Kindergarten, to help ELLs, struggling readers, and all students become more proficient readers.

These decodable readers will help your reader learn to connect letters to sounds for easy decoding in no time at all.

Here’s what you’ll get with these free printable decodable books:

• 5 CVC word families decodable readers (A, E, I, O, U)
• Words to Know (heart words) Pocket Chart words
• Skill Words (short a word families) Pocket Chart words
• 4 Word Mapping pages for words with 3 to 6 letters
• 5 Fluency passages (same as decodable reader) with comprehension questions
• 5 passages (same as decodable reader) with fill in comprehension questions and writing practice

Teachers can use decodable readers to help their students improve their reading skills by using them at the beginning of the year, throughout the year as a benchmark tool, or at the end of the year as an assessment tool.

Decodable books are important in kindergarten because they help students learn to decode words and develop fluency.

Students who use decodable books and decodable passages have a better understanding of how words work, which helps them become better readers.

These decodable books – short vowels will make a great addition to any early literacy classroom!