Small reading groups shouldn’t feel chaotic, pieced together, or exhausting.
You shouldn’t have to pull from five different folders just to run one 20-minute reading group.
You shouldn’t be guessing what to do next.
And you definitely shouldn’t be creating materials at 9:30pm.
Here’s what a complete small group lesson actually looks like.
• Decodable text aligned to the skill
• Explicit word work and mapping practice
• Differentiated passages
• Comprehension and application
• A done-for-you lesson plan guiding the whole thing
This is not just a “free reader.”
This is one full lesson from start to finish.
You’ll see exactly how the text, activities, and instruction work together — so you can decide if this is the system your small groups have been missing.
Here’s exactly what’s inside this one small group lesson.
PRINTABLE DECODABLE READER
Built for Accuracy and Confidence
Aligned to r-blends. Explicit decoding. No guessing strategies. Students build accuracy before fluency.
• Skill-aligned text
• Controlled phonics patterns
• Structured lesson integration
WORD WORK & WORD MAPPING
This is where real decoding happens.
Let’s be honest.
A lot of “phonics practice” is just circling letters and hoping it sticks.
This isn’t that.
Students tap, map, graph, and write each word so the sound-to-symbol connection actually locks in. No guessing strategies. No picture clues. No memorizing word shapes.
Just structured decoding.
• Tap It & Map It routine
• Phoneme-to-grapheme mapping
• Graph It segmentation boxes
• Write It for orthographic mapping
DIFFERENTIATED PASSAGES (3 LEVELS)
Same skill. Different scaffolds.
Small group shouldn’t mean rewriting the same lesson three different ways.
These passages keep the skill consistent while adjusting the support. Your struggling readers get scaffolds. Your stronger readers get stretch. No one is stuck with text that’s too easy or too hard.
And you’re not creating three separate plans.
• Three levels built around the same phonics skill
• Consistent structure across all versions
• Easy grouping without extra prep
• Comprehension question included
DIGITAL DECODABLE READER
Project it. Assign it. Keep the lesson cohesive.
No more juggling PDFs, document cameras, and tabs that won’t load.
The digital reader mirrors the printable book exactly, so students see the same text structure whether you’re projecting it for small group or assigning it digitally.
It’s not an “extra version.” It’s the same structured lesson — just flexible.
• Matches the printable decodable exactly
• Perfect for projecting during small group
• Works for digital assignments
• Keeps instruction consistent across formats
COMPREHENSION & APPLICATION
Decoding isn’t the finish line.
We’re not teaching kids to sound out words just so they can… sound out words.
After explicit decoding practice, students apply the skill in meaningful text. They respond, write, and think about what they read — without abandoning the phonics focus.
Because accuracy and comprehension aren’t opposites. They work together.
• Skill-aligned comprehension prompt
• Written response opportunity
• Draw-and-write option for younger students
• Application tied directly to the text
EDITABLE LESSON PLAN
Structured — but flexible.
You don’t just get materials. You get the plan behind them.
The editable lesson plan walks you through the small group structure step by step — and it’s fully customizable in PowerPoint so you can adjust it to your schedule, pacing, or student needs.
Use it as written. Or tweak it to fit your classroom.
The structure stays intact either way.
• Step-by-step small group flow
• Built-in word mapping routine
• Differentiation guidance
• Fully editable PowerPoint file
Imagine Having This Structure for Every Skill.
This sample works because everything connects — the text, the mapping, the differentiation, the comprehension.
Nothing is random. Nothing is pieced together.
Inside the Decodable Readers Vault, you get this same structured approach across 150+ decodable readers — aligned to your scope and sequence, complete with passages, digital versions, fluency tools, and editable lesson plans.
It’s not just more materials.
It’s a repeatable system you can rely on every week.
