Cindy Kratzer

This is a series of four printable non-fiction books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers. While there are other decodable texts available for beginning readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text with non-fiction topics and photographs. This set follows the first and second sets which focus on short vowels (Books 1-6:  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Decodable-Non-Fiction-Short-Vowel-Books-1-6-4503189) and consonant blends (Books 7-11)

This bundle contains five sets of decodable non-fiction texts for emerging readers and English Learners (a total of 28 individual stories). All texts contain photos mostly taken by my husband or myself, along with high-frequency sight words and story words that are systematically introduced with a controlled vocabulary that builds from one text to the next. While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable tex

This bundle contains  five sets of decodable non-fiction texts for emerging readers and English Learners (a total of 34 individual stories). All texts contain photos mostly taken by my husband or myself, along with high-frequency sight words and story words that are systematically introduced with a controlled vocabulary that builds from one text to the next. While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text

This is a set of five printable non-fiction books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers. While there are other decodable texts available for beginning readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text with non-fiction topics and photographs. This group follows the first set which focuses on short vowels (Books 1-6: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Decodable-Non-Fiction-Short-Vowel-Books-1-6-4503189). Each of the titles in this group focuses on o

This bundle contains four sets of pre-decodable and decodable non-fiction texts for beginning readers (a total of 18 individual stories). All texts contain photos mostly taken by my husband or myself. All decodable texts also contain high-frequency sight words and story words that are systematically introduced with a controlled vocabulary that builds from one text to the next. While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic p

This is a series of six printable non-fiction books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers, specifically with words that contain consonant digraphs ( sh, ch, th, wh and -ng). While there are other decodable texts available for beginning readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text with non-fiction topics and photographs. This group follows the first three sets which focus on short vowels (Books 1-6:  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Deco

This is a series of seven printable non-fiction books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers, with words that contain open vowels (e.g., we, hi, no) and vowel digraphs/teams (e.g., ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow, ie, igh, ui, ew). While there are other decodable texts available for beginning readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text with non-fiction topics and photographs. This set follows the first four sets which focus on: Short vowels (Books 1-6):

This is a sequential series of seven printable non-fiction phonics books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers (Grade 2 and advanced Grade 1), specifically with words that contain r-controlled vowels (e.g., or, oar, air, ear, ar, er, ir, ur) and hard and soft c and g (e.g., camp, coat, cut, ice, city, bicycle; gas, go, grass, guard, germ, giant, gym). While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodabl

This is a series of seven printable non-fiction phonics books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers, specifically with words that contain special vowel teams and diphthongs (e.g., oo, aw, au, all, alk, augh, ough, oi, oy, ou, ow). While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text with non-fiction topics and photographs. This group follows the first five sets which focus on short vowels (Books

This is a sequential series of seven printable non-fiction phonics books to provide decoding practice to emerging readers (Grade 2 and advanced Grade 1), specifically with words that contain variant spellings of vowel sounds (e.g., rainy, dry, gym, head, great, range, gold, mind) and silent consonants (e.g., lamb, science, gnaw, hour, knife, calf, autumn, listen, write). While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics

This is a series of six printable non-fiction booklets to provide decoding practice to beginning readers, with a controlled vocabulary. While there are other decodable texts available for emerging readers, this series is unique in combining systematic phonics/decodable text with non-fiction topics and photographs. Each title focuses on one short vowel (CVC spellings), with the sixth title as a review. Each booklet can be printed in a single-sided version or two-sided version (instructions are

This is a sequential series of seven printable non-fiction phonics books that provides decoding practice for elementary school readers (advanced Grade 2 and Grade 3), specifically with multisyllabic words. This set of books focuses on the schwa sound (common in multisyllabic words, such as petrified) and the most common syllabication patterns: compound words ( e.g., Yellowstone), closed syllables (e.g., pattern), open syllables (e.g., cobra), r-controlled syllables (e.g., current), vo

This is a series of three printable non-fiction books to introduce beginning readers to the alphabet and color words, using photographs to illustrate letters and colors (you can download each of these three titles for free in my store or purchase the whole set for $.50 or as part of the Kindergarten Bundle). While there are other downloadable texts available to introduce the alphabet and color words to students, these texts are unique in the use of photographs to illustrate each letter and col

A printable book with photographs to illustrate alphabet letters A-M (part 1 of 2). This version is designed for two-sided printing in order to make a booklet that can be folded down the middle. Follow directions on the inside cover for two-sided printing.

A printable book with photographs to illustrate and practice color words. Print or display in color for best results.

A printable book with photographs to illustrate alphabet letters N-Z (part 2 of 2). This version is designed for two-sided printing in order to make a booklet that can be folded down the middle. Follow directions on the inside cover for two-sided printing. A different version of this book is available if you prefer single-sided printing.

A printable book with photographs to illustrate each of the major colors and color words. This version is designed for two-sided printing in order to make a booklet that can be folded down the middle. Follow directions on the inside cover for two-sided printing. Print this book in color, if at all possible.

A printable book with photographs to illustrate alphabet letters A-M (part 1 of 2). May be printed or displayed.

A printable book with photographs to illustrate alphabet letters N-Z (part 2 of 2). Use for display or for single-sided photocopying.