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Free decodable texts
Below is a list of some of the online decodable texts for Australian classrooms available on third-party websites in March 2023. While many of these
are always free, some are only free for particular periods of the year. Check each provider’s website for details.
Be mindful that some texts are linked to a commercial program and are often complemented by a program-specifc phonics progression and
learning activities. Before using, check the texts and sequences to ensure they match your phonics progression. Remember the purpose of
decodable texts is to support students to decode with words containing only those letter–sound correspondences that they have been taught.
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Department of Education.
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SPELD (SA) Phonics Readers – Beginning readers Follows the Jolly Phonics Sequence • Indigenous contexts
New series Set 1: s, a, t, p, i, n • Multiple books for each sound set
Set 2: c, k, ck, e, h, r, m, d • Teaching notes
Set 3: g, o, u, l, f, b • Fluency word lists
Set 4: ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or • Templates for follow-up tasks
Set 5: z, w, ng, v, oo (book), oo (room) • Online access
Set 6: y, x, sh, ch, th (think), th (that) • PowerPoint option for interactive
Set 7: qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar whiteboard or printing
Set 8: y (sunny), a (apron), a-e (cake), e (female), e-e (eve), i (silent), i-e (kite),
o (open), o-e (home), u (student), u-e (tune)
Set 9: ay (play), ey (they), oy (toy), y (mystery), ea (dream), ie (chief),
y (dry), igh (night)
Set 10: oe (toe), ow (rainbow), ow (now), ir (bird), ur (turn), ew (few),
au (launch), aw (paw), al (talk)
Moon Dogs at Home series Older readers at Follows the Sounds Write Sequence • More mature themes
early stages of reading
(8 to 14 years)
Book 1: a, ai, ay, a-e and ea for the sound ae • Teaching notes
Book 2: ee, e, e-e, ea and y for the sound ee • Fluency word lists
Book 3: o-e, ow, o, oa, and oe for the sound ow • Templates for follow-up tasks
Book 4: er, ur, ir, or and ear for the sound er • Online access
Book 5: ow and ou, oi with the spellings oi and oy • Printable PDFs
Book 6: oo, ou, ew, u, ue, and u-e for the sound oo
Book 7: igh, I, i-e, ie and y for the sound ie
Book 8: or, ore, aw, au, al, ar, awe, a and ough for the sound ar
Book 9: air, are, ear, ere and eir for the sound air
Book 10: ar, a, al, ear and au for the sound ar
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Half-Pint Kids Beginning readers Level A: Sights and Sounds • Fluency word lists
Introduces all consonant sounds, short vowel sounds and 33 sight words
• Irregular word list
Level B: Blends and Ends
Introduces 16 blends and digraphs and 24 sight words
• Comprehension questions
Level C: Moving-A-Long
• Templates for follow-up tasks
Introduces 16 blends and digraphs and 4 sight words • Online access
• Printable PDFs
Flyleaf Online Materials Beginning readers Part 1: VC and CVC words • Fluency word lists
Please note you will need to Part 2: CCVCC words (blends) • Irregular word list
download SMART notebook. Part 3: Compound words • Templates for follow-up tasks
Part 4: Multisyllabic words • Online access
Part 5: Words with endings • Printable PDFs
Part 6: Foundational skills consolidation
Part 7: Consonant digraphs
Part 8: Long vowels with silent e
Part 9: Single long vowels and patterns and soft c and g
Part 10: R-controlled vowels
Part 11: Vowel digraphs
Part 12: Variant vowel digraphs
Part 13: Diphthongs
Part 14: Advanced letter–sound correspondences
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Starfall Learn to Read Beginning readers Book 1: an, at • Online games linked to each text
Online version Book 2: en, et • Audio option included
Print version Book 3: ig, ip • Templates for follow-up tasks
Book 4: ot, og • Online access
Book 5: ug, short vowel sounds • Printable PDFs
Book 6: silent e, long a sound
Book 7: ee and th
Book 8: silent e, long i sound
Book 9: silent e, long o sound
Book 10: silent e, long u sound
Book 11: oa, vowel teams
Book 12: ar
Book 13: or
Book 14: er, ir, ur
Book 15: y as long e sound
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Phonics Play comics Beginning and Phase 2: • Comic strip format
older readers s, a, t, p • Make your own comic template
i, n, m, d included
g, o, c, k • Links to Phonics Play website
(online games)
ck, e, u, r
h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss
• Online access
• Printable PDFs
Phase 3:
j, v, w, x
y, z, qu
sh, ch, th, ng
ai, ee, igh, oa
oo, ar, or
ur, ow, oi
ear, air, er
Phase 4:
CVCC
CCVC
All prior phases
Phase 5a:
ay, ou, ie, ea
oy, ir, ue, aw
wh, ph, ew, oe, au, ey
split digraph e
Phase 5b:
Alternative pronunciations for i, o, c, g, u, ow, ie, ea, er, a, y, ch, ou, ey
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Open Source Phonics: Older readers Group 1: Short-syllable stories • More mature themes
Decodable stories (8 years plus) Group 2: Silent e stories • Teaching notes
Group 3: Open- and closed-syllable stories • Single-page passages
Group 4: First vowel team stories • Focus on quotation marks
Group 5: R-controlled vowel stories • Text only (no pictures)
Group 6: Snow, cow and cloud stories
Group 7: Consonant -le stories
Group 8: ‘Y’ as a vowel stories
Group 9: Soft c and g stories
Group 10: Advanced phonics stories
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