What are decodable books?? What You need to know!! - List of the Best Decodable Readers…

What are decodable books? Should you use decodable readers or levelled readers? What is the difference between decodable readers and levelled readers? How to pick the right decodable books for your child?

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Readers mentioned on the video:

The Yak Pack: https://amzn.to/3pLddQB (Amazon link)
Bob Books: https://amzn.to/3ezTjl0 (Amazon link)
First little readers by Scholastic: https://amzn.to/3z8L34Q (Amazon link)
Dog on a log: https://amzn.to/3mIgttN (Amazon link)

For a comprehensive list check of decodable books check:
https://learningreadinghub.com/blog/p...

On the surface, decodable books look very much like those levelled readers typically used in the classroom (Simple stories, short sentences and pictures…) except for a big difference…

While levelled readers are all about predictable text, decodable books contain highly phonetically decodable texts!

A decodable reader is a book with text that your child can easily read just by sounding it out (as opposed to guessing words by relying on visual cues or context). The texts on these books are called decodable texts.

Decodable books only contain words with patterns, phonics rules or sight words that your child has already been taught. Therefore, how decodable a book is (or its decodability) is dependent on how well it matches the child’s level of phonics.

You normally start with books that are really simple (from a phonics perspective – lots of CVC and VC words), and as the level of phonics of the child advances, the decodable readers evolve too, and become more complicated from a phonics perspective.

The major factor that determines the ‘level’ of the decodable books your child should read is the answer to this question: What is her/his phonics knowledge?