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Help your students build decoding confidence with this set of short vowel decodable stories!
This collection includes 18 fiction passages, each one paragraph long, carefully written to practice CVC short vowel skills in a natural and engaging way. Every story builds on previous phonics patterns so your students can apply what they’ve learned without feeling overwhelmed.
Each short vowel (a, i, o, u, e) comes with 3 targeted stories, plus 3 mixed short vowel review passages for cumulative practice. Every story includes 3 comprehension questions so students work on understanding, not just decoding.
Here's what you'll get:
- 18 printable decodable stories focused on short vowels (CVC only)
- 3 stories per short vowel (a, i, o, u, e)
- 3 mixed short vowel review stories
- 3 comprehension questions for each story
- Table of contents with target skills and high-frequency words for easy planning
- Aligned to Science of Reading best practices
- No prep - just print and hand out
- Perfect for small group, intervention, tutoring, or at-home practice
- Flexible for kindergarten, early 1st grade, and older struggling readers
You'll love how simple it is to give your students meaningful reading practice that's grounded in research and ready to use.
Prep is quick and easy... Just print and go!
Ideas for use:
- Introduce target high-frequency words before reading
- Practice decoding word families tied to the story
- Choral read, echo read, or partner read for fluency
- Use comprehension questions and oral retells after reading
- Highlight and sort short vowel words for phonics review
- Re-read for fluency or illustrate as a mini-book
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