Decodable Reading Books
What are Decodable Reading Books?
Decodable texts support early readers by presenting only words that correspond to the phonic concepts they are learning in class. In this way, students practise applying their alphabet, phonic knowledge and blending skills to begin to read independently and typically develop strong reading accuracy.
Why Choose PLD?
Our Decodable Reading Books
• have been meticulously developed for children being taught to read using Structured Synthetic Phonics (SSP).
• are authored by speech pathologists.
• incorporate regular decodable high-frequency words, as well as introducing Heart Words (high-frequency words which are not easily decodable at this stage) in a sequential order.
• have been created in line with the existing literature around font size and spacing and carefully consider the appropriate font size for each set, as well as the spacing between lines and within words.
• start with very low word counts and single lines of text, and gradually progress through the sets to a higher word count and multiple lines of text.

Catch-Up Books Middle & Upper Primary
Catch-Up Books
• 6 Sets – 140 books in total!
• Sets 1- 4 support learning during Semester 1 Foundation with a focus on CVC and a gradual introduction of alphabet sounds
• Sets 5 and 6 support learning during Semester 2 Foundation, introducing Digraphs and CCVC and CVCC words, as well as longer CCCVC and CCVCC words
• Easily aligned with a Foundation SSP Teaching Sequence
• 4 Sets – 100 books in total!
• Sets 7 & 8 support Semester 1 Year 1 learning and introduce extended code including vowel digraphs.
• Sets 9 & 10 support Semester 2 Year 1 learning, continuing the extended code and including consonant digraphs.
• Easily aligned with a Year 1 SSP Teaching Sequence
At PLD, we also carefully curate a range of high-quality catch-up decodable reading books that align with our SSP Teaching Sequence and are appropriate for older students with Junior Primary reading levels.