An engaging collection of twelve decodable books designed for early elementary students. These beautifully illustrated books offer practice in sound-spelling relationships and high-frequency words, fostering independent reading skills.

Support Small Group Instruction
Our decodable books are designed to assist educators in providing targeted and effective small-group reading instruction.

Heggerty Decodable Books include:
Fiction and non-fiction texts
Beautiful illustrations
Comprehension questions at the end of each book
A writing prompt
Phonics activities
Words to know lists including story words, high frequency words and words that match the specific phonics skill(s) focused on in the story
Age-appropriate stories to engage all readers

Specifications:
12 books per set, one of each title listed below (or 6 of each title if purchasing the classroom set)
6.5X9.5”, 20 pages per book.
Softcover with rounded corners and durable saddle-stitch binding, ensuring long-lasting use.
Shrink-wrapped in a beautifully designed sleeve.

Skills Covered:
CVC, CVCe words
Consonant digraphs and -tch
Consonant blends (initial and final)
Consonant clusters
R-controlled vowels
Compound words
Long vowel words
Vowel teams
Complex vowels and diphthongs
Words with -ge, -dge
Suffixes: -ful,-less
Prefixes: re-,un-
Multisyllabic words
Endings – nk, -ng, -s, -ed, -ing, -es

Target Phonics Skills
This series focuses on long vowel sounds and high-frequency words, with exposure to consonant digraphs. Below you will find a list of the books in the series as well as a brief synopsis, high-frequency word list, and details on target phonics skills.

1. Jack’s Junk (Fiction) - Jack has a lot of junk! Let’s learn what Jack makes and sells with his junk.
Phonics Focus: CVC words; CVCe words; Consonant digraphs and -tch; Endings -nk, -ng
High-frequency words: are, black, but, did, do, for, get, go, has, have, he, him, his, it, let, look, no, not, of, on, so, they, this, to, will, with
Decodability: 86%

2. Socks That Match? (Fiction) - Beth likes to wear socks that do not match. Let’s learn what Beth sees at the sock shop.
Phonics Focus: CVC words; CVCe words; Consonant digraphs and -tch; Endings -s, -ed, -ing
High-frequency words: and, are, black, do, for, going, have, here, like, my, no, said, see, she, so, the, their, they, to, was, we, where, you
Decodability: 98%

3. What is a Dock? (Non-Fiction) - A dock is a place where you can see many things like fish, birds, ships, and boats. Let’s learn about what happens at a dock.
Phonics Focus: CVC words; CVCe words; Consonant digraphs and -tch; Endings -nk, -ng; Endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing
High-frequency words: and, are, by, for, go, here, is, live, look, of, see, the, their, then, they, to, where, you
Decodability: 91%

4. When an Egg Hatches (Non-Fiction) - Hens can have eggs. Let’s learn about what hens do before their eggs hatch and how a chick gets
out of the egg.
Phonics Focus: CVC words; CVCe words; Consonant digraphs and -tch; Endings -ed, -ing
High-frequency words: an, and, at, be, can, for, get, go, has, have, in, is, not, of, on, she, them, then, they, this, up, will, with
Decodability: 84%

5. The Cluck Cluck Club (Fiction) - Hen wants to start a new club. Let's learn what Hen does so all of her animal friends can be part of the club.
Phonics Focus: Long vowel words: CVCe; Consonant blends (initial and final); Endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing
High-frequency words: after, every, first, her, once, one, please, use, want
Decodability: 97%

6. Life Skills for Kids (Non-Fiction) - Life skills are the abilities we need to have to make the most out of life. Let's read about some of the life skills kids can learn to do.
Phonics Focus: Long vowels words: CVCe and vowel teams; Consonant Blends (initial and final); Endings -s, -es, -ing
High-frequency words: every, four, good, one, put, some, two, use, very, want, words, your
Decodability: 92%

7. Road Signs (Non-Fiction) - Road signs keep us safe. Let's learn about some of the road signs we see in our neighborhoods and what they tell us.
Phonics Focus: Long vowels words: CVCe and vowel teams; Consonant blends (initial and final)
High-frequency words: always, come, does, far, from, hurt, some, these, those, under, want, words
Decodability: 99%

8. Spring Has Sprung (Fiction) - Spring has sprung in the forest. Let's learn what Kit the skunk does when he leaves his den for the first time since he was born.
Phonics Focus: Long vowels words: CVCe and vowel teams; Consonant blends (initial and final) & consonant clusters; R-controlled vowels; Endings -s, -es, -ing, -ed
High-frequency words: after, always, been, cold, come, done, four, her, one, some, three, two, under, very, want, your
Decodability: 95%

9. Hedgehog Tastes a Rainbow (Fiction) - Hedgehog wants to know what a colorful rainbow tastes like. Let's read to find out what Hedgehog learns.
Phonics Focus: Compound words; Words with -ge, -dge; Suffixes: -ful, -less
High-frequency words: any, knew, know, should, soon, talk, walk, would
Decodability: 99%

10. Knit, Frog, Tink (Non-Fiction) - Did you know that any kid can learn to knit? Let’s read to find out how to knit.
Phonics Focus: Prefixes: re-, un-; Multisyllabic Words
High-frequency words: again, any, because, could, don’t should, soon, work, would
Decodability: 98%

11. Lil Dreams of Music (Non-Fiction) - Lil Armstrong had a dream to play and sing in a jazz band. Let's learn how Lil achieved her dream.
Phonics Focus: Complex vowels & diphthongs; Multisyllabic words
High-frequency words: again, any, because, could, little, only, soon, would
Decodability: 93%

12. The Moon is Missing (Fiction) - Mouse is very upset because he thinks the moon is missing. Owl will help Mouse learn what is happening with the moon. Let's read to find out why Mouse thinks the moon is missing.
Phonics Focus: Contractions; Complex vowels & diphthongs; Endings -s, -es, -ing, -ed
High-frequency words: because, could, don’t, know, laugh, little, only, would
Decodability: 99%

The 1st Grade, Series 1 is available in 2 formats. There are 2 different ISBN numbers for the products. 1. A single set of all 12 titles. 978-1-960968-86-9; 2. A classroom set of 6 copies of 12 titles, total 72 books. 978-1-960968-42-5