About the series
Scholastic Phonics Decoders is a series of non-fiction and fiction high-low decodable readers to engage older students. This series of 32 books introduces phonics concepts in the same progression as the popular Scholastic Phonics School & Home series.
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Artwork
Inclusive artwork and stunning photographs make these decodable texts suitable for older readers and will engage them with exciting and age-appropriate content.
Teacher Support
Support and guidance are provided for the reading of each book. This page highlights letters and letter sounds, and includes Before, During, and After Reading prompts.
Scholastic Phonics Decoders Sets
Please note, Set 1 is not available as those initial sounds tend to not be where striving readers experience problems and the letters would not produce content that would be of interest to older students.
Set 2
Focus graphemes: g o c k ck e u r h b f l
Set 3
Focus graphemes: ff ll ss j v w x y z
Set 4
Focus graphemes: qu ch sh th ng nk
Set 5
Focus graphemes: ai ee igh oa oo oo
Set 6
Focus graphemes: ar or ur ow ear air er
Set 7
Covers adjacent consonants with short vowels
Set 8
Covers adjacent consonants with long vowels
Set 9
Covers: ay (day), ou (shouted), ea (seat), ir (bird), ie (cried), ue (blue), u (human)
Set 10
Covers: o (post), i (kind), a (gazing), e (we), a–e (wakes), i–e (like), o–e (home), e–e (these), ie (thief), aw (jaws)
Set 11
Covers: y (funny), ea (sweater), wh (whale), y (try), ow (window), g (giant), ph (phone), le (cable), al (metal), c (ice), ve (have), o–e (some), se (house), ce (fence), ey (key), ou (you)
Set 12
Covers: or (worst), oul (could), are (dare), au (taunt), oor (poor), tch (watch), ture (pictures), a (recall), a (what), ear (learn), st (castle), sc (scientists), ch (technology)
Set 13
Covers: ey (they), ea (great), kn (knock), ere (here), su (measured), si (television), dge (bridge), ge (strange), y (crystal), y (mystery), ti (protection), ci (delicious), our (tourist), ore (before)
Book Samples
Get a sneak peak of books in the series.
Pink
You might be surprised to learn that many creatures in nature are pink. Think pink!
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The Great Bok Gathering
Nick and his family realize that there are thousands of Boks living nearby. What do they do next?
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