Winter Decodable Readers: 3 CVC Mini Books (Free PDF)

Three winter decodable readers for beginning readers: The Big Sled, Snow on the Hut and Fox in the Fog. Each mini book has a cover, six story pages with a full-page picture and a Words I can read page. The text uses only CVC words, a short list of sight words and the character names Sam, Meg and Tim, so a child can sound out everything except the few words they have been taught.

What’s inside

• Level: CVC words + 22 taught words (a, I, the, to, and, see, he, she, we, my, go, no, said, you, of, is, has, in, on, at, it, up).
• Title words: sled (The Big Sled) and snow (Snow on the Hut) are not CVC. The cover pre-teaches each one in a yellow box, and the words are used only in their own book. Fox in the Fog has no tricky word at all.
• Every page of every story is checked by a script before the PDF is built. A word that is not CVC and not on the list fails the build.

How to use in class

1. Read the cover box with the child first. Tap each sound of sled, and tell them snow is read by sight.
2. Child reads one page a day, pointing at each word. The adult reads the picture, not the words.
3. On the last page, circle the sight words, underline the CVC words and answer the three talk-about-it questions.
4. Staple the pages into a little book to take home for a family reading session.

Watch out for

• Do not hint at words from the picture before the child has decoded them.

Who it’s for

End of kindergarten and Grade 1 readers who know short vowels and can blend CVC words.

Where it fits: Stage 3 — Blending & Segmenting (CVC Words)

Goes well with

• Best Decodable Books for Phonics Beginners (By Stage)
• Decodable Mini-Stories (6 CVC stories)
• Hear the short e sound