Why Use ReadWorks Decodables?
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ReadWorks has launched a series of decodables to support phonics instruction across kindergarten to second grade classrooms. A decodable text is a text that is mostly decodable based on the phonics instruction students have received, including explicit instruction around a set of regularly and irregularly spelled, high frequency words. Reading decodable texts helps students build fluency and gain confidence as they become proficient with word-level reading.
These texts are especially unique because they are all nonfiction and aligned with ReadWorks Article-A-Day sets. By reading these decodable texts, students are building background knowledge while applying their alphabetic knowledge and decoding skills in the context of meaningful, continuous text. While the threshold of decodability can vary for decodable texts, the majority of ReadWorks decodables are at least 90% decodable, meaning that at least 90% of the words can be decoded and adhere to various phonics scope and sequences across curricula. |
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How to Use ReadWorks Decodables
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Access the decodables through our Scope & Sequence assigner or content page. Start Article-A-Day at the beginning of the year and begin the decodables in October for first and second grades, and December for kindergarten.
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ReadWorks decodables are topically aligned with Article-A-Day sets. We recommend using these decodables along with reading aloud the Article-A-Day passages, in order to support the building of background knowledge amongst your early readers. Article-A-Day passages for these grades are listening-level while the decodables are written on reading level. The Article-A-Day routine should occur in the classroom for at least six weeks so that students are comfortable with the routine before introducing the decodable texts. This will help students tackle the decodables with the confidence of understanding how they have been building vocabulary that supports them as readers. For more information on how to establish the Article-A-Day routine, and to learn more of its benefits, click here.
Over the course of a week, we recommend that your students listen to the first two Article-A-Day passages in order to focus on building background knowledge around the week’s topic. Then, by the third day, students should read one of the included decodables, after listening to the Article-A-Day passage. Repeat for days four and five. |
ReadWorks Decodables in Action
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Watch the video on the right for a mini-lesson featuring one of our new decodables! To see the full lesson, click here.
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Phonics Concept List
ReadWorks decodables can be used to supplement any phonics curriculum. For a full list of covered concepts, and to search by concept, click here.
