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Heggerty Decodable Texts

Every Heggerty decodable title, organized by grade level and series, with the phonics focus for each book. Titles open in myHeggerty and require an active myHeggerty account.

131 titles across 10 series

Titles are listed in the order Heggerty recommends teaching them. Each book builds on the phonics concepts introduced in the books before it, so working through a series in sequence gives students review alongside every new pattern.

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Kindergarten

Grade K, Series 1

8 titles
01 The Big Red Hat Short vowels; suffix -s 02 Can It Dig? Short vowels; suffix -s 03 Bess Gets a Bell Bonus letters; consonant digraphs 04 The Mom and Pop Shop Consonant digraphs 05 Grandma Has a Drill Consonant blends 06 We All Help Clean Consonant blends 07 Farmer Luke Sleeps Late Long vowels: CVCe 08 Lake Hills Drive Long vowels: CVCe

Kindergarten

Grade K, Series 2

17 titles
01 Tap, Tap, Tap! CVC words with short a; plural ending -s 02 Hats for Cam CVC words with short a and i 03 The Frog CVC words with short o 04 Jack is Back! CVC words with short a, i, and o; words with -ck 05 Vets Help Pets CVC words with short a, e, i, and o 06 Max and Rex CVC words with short a, e, i, and o 07 Hop On! Bonus letters: -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz 08 Lots of Shells Consonant digraph sh 09 Chad and Chip Consonant digraphs ch, wh 10 Fun with Paint Consonant l blends 11 I Can, Too! Consonant s blends 12 Mike and Grandpa CVCe long vowels: a, i 13 Noses CVCe long vowels: o, u 14 Trucks CVCe long vowels: a, i, o, u 15 The Kite Mess CVCe long vowel e; y as a vowel 16 Clay Pots Short vowel VC and CVC; long vowel CVCe; consonant blends; consonant digraphs 17 Lily’s Big Parade Short vowel VC and CVC; long vowel CVCe; consonant blends; consonant digraphs; y as a vowel; bonus letters

Kindergarten

Grade K, Series 3

12 titles
01 Come and See VC and CVC words with short a 02 A Map for Pam VC and CVC words with short a 03 Play Ball! VC and CVC words with short a, i 04 Help with Hats VC and CVC words with short a, i 05 What Can Dogs Do? Short vowels: a, i, o 06 A Look at a Fox VC and CVC words 07 We Are at the Zoo! VC and CVC words with short a, i, e 08 A Look at Ships Consonant digraph sh 09 The Glass Beach Consonant l blends 10 Fluff and Stuff About Sheep Consonant l blends; s blends 11 The Lost Bone Long vowel CVCe: o, u 12 Kate, Nate, and Tate Long vowel CVCe words

Grade 1

Grade 1, Series 1

12 titles
01 Jack’s Junk Consonant digraphs; endings -ng, -nk 02 Socks That Match? Consonant digraphs; endings -s, -ed, -ing 03 What Is a Dock? Consonant digraphs; endings -nk, -ng, -s 04 When an Egg Hatches Consonant digraphs; ending -s 05 The Cluck Cluck Club Long vowel CVCe; consonant blends; ending -ed 06 Life Skills for Kids Long vowel CVCe; vowel teams; endings -s, -ing 07 Road Signs Consonant blends; vowel teams 08 Spring Has Sprung Consonant blends; consonant clusters; r-controlled vowels; vowel teams 09 Hedgehog Tastes a Rainbow Compound words; -ge, -dge; suffix -ful 10 Knit, Frog, Tink Multisyllabic words; prefixes re- and un- 11 Lil Dreams of Music Complex vowels; diphthongs; multisyllabic words 12 The Moon Is Missing Contractions; complex vowels; diphthongs

Grade 1

Grade 1, Series 2

17 titles
01 Tag Can Nap CVC words with short a 02 Be Like Me! VC and CVC words; ending -s 03 Pals for Pug Consonant digraphs sh and ch; short u 04 Bunches of Bugs Consonant digraphs th and wh; trigraph -tch 05 Go, Fish! Bonus letters; ending -nk 06 The Maze Game CVCe long a; CVCe long i 07 Moles CVCe long vowels; consonant blends 08 Drums r-blends; final consonant blends; inflectional ending -ing 09 A Scarf for Fern r-controlled vowels ar and er; consonant clusters 10 Bananas on the Way! r-controlled vowels; vowel teams 11 Dean Sets Sail Vowel teams: long e and long o 12 The Moon Vowel teams ue and ui; complex vowels ew and oo 13 What’s Inside? Complex vowels; contractions 14 In the Ground Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow 15 What Is Wool? Silent letters: kn, gn, wr, mb 16 Puddle Play Closed syllables; consonant + le syllables 17 Thank You, Uncle Felix! Consonant + le syllables

Grade 1

Grade 1, Series 3

12 titles
01 A Toy for Ted Review: one-syllable words with short vowels 02 Building a Mud Hut VC and CVC words with short vowels; ending -s 03 What Are Whales? Consonant digraphs: th, wh 04 What Are Shells? Bonus letters -ff, -ll, -ss, -zz; qu 05 Let’s Have a Vote Long vowel CVCe: o, u, e 06 Let’s Learn About Drums Consonant r blends; hard and soft c and g 07 Pip the Bat r-controlled vowels: or, ir, ur 08 Riding the Rails Vowel teams: ee, ea, ey 09 Who Took My Lunch? Contractions 10 Join In! Diphthongs: oi, oy 11 Writers at Work Silent letters: gn, wr, kn, mb 12 Puppets Syllable division: closed syllables

Grade 2

Grade 2, Series 1

12 titles
01 Splash and Stretch Consonant digraphs; consonant blends; consonant clusters; ending -ed 02 It’s Called Fishing Consonant blends; consonant digraphs; multisyllabic words 03 Granny’s Birthday Gift CVCe; y as a vowel; vowel teams; r-controlled vowels 04 Want or Need? CVCe; vowel teams; r-controlled vowels 05 Riddles Consonant + le; diphthongs; complex vowels 06 The Young Detective Complex vowels; diphthongs; multisyllabic words: VCV pattern 07 Sunrise to Sunset Compound words 08 Sports for All Initial schwa; compound words; homophones 09 A Wishful Thought Prefixes and suffixes 10 Below the Water’s Surface Prefixes and suffixes 11 Dear Danny Suffixes; multisyllabic words 12 Pointing the Way Final stable syllables; suffixes

Grade 2

Grade 2, Series 2

17 titles
01 The Bat Box Short vowels a, i, and o; endings -s and -ed 02 A Patch of Land Short vowels e and u; consonant digraphs 03 The Book Trip Consonant blends; silent e 04 Dog School for Duke Silent e; long vowel teams: ai, ay, ea, ee 05 Greetings, Earth! Long vowel teams oa, oe, ow; r-controlled vowels with syllable division 06 Looking for Moose Complex vowels: ew and oo 07 A Good Life Complex vowel oo; complex vowels au, aw, alk, alt 08 A Home for Puffins Diphthongs oi and oy; diphthongs ow and ou; multisyllabic words 09 Rapunzel Multisyllabic words: consonant + le; r-controlled vowels; silent letters 10 Ways to Go Initial schwa; compound words 11 A Letter for Kevin Compound words; contractions 12 Arctic Animals Homophones; suffixes: -er, -est, -ly 13 The Wonderful Book Suffixes -ful and -less; prefixes dis-, re-, un- 14 Covered Wagon Life Prefixes mis- and pre-; three-syllable words with prefixes and suffixes 15 Bluegrass Music Final stable syllables: -sion, -tion, -sure, -ture; suffixes 16 What Will You Be? Low-frequency spellings; consonant digraphs 17 Choose Your Shoes! Multisyllabic words with r-controlled vowels; vowel teams; compound words; contractions

Grade 2

Grade 2, Series 3

12 titles
01 Have You Met a Duck? Short vowels: e, u 02 The Game of Baseball CVCe and CCVCe; soft c and g; y as a vowel 03 Time for Recess! Silent e; long vowel teams: ai, ay, ea, ee 04 Make Your Own Snowman! Long vowel teams: oa, oe, ow, ie, igh 05 The Cookie Cousins Complex vowels: oo, ou 06 The Princess and the Playground Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow 07 Books on a Bus Words with schwa 08 Norman’s Big Hit Compound words 09 Nature’s Mighty Helpers Suffixes: -ful, -less 10 Nana’s Cookies Prefixes: mis-, re- 11 Capybara Loves to Chill Low-frequency spellings 12 Hendrix Starts a Band Silent letters; compound words; contractions

Grade 3

Intermediate Readers, Grade 3, Series 1

12 titles
01 Just One Friend Suffixes -ed, -ing, -s, -es; consonant -le 02 Bridges Suffix -ed; r-controlled vowels; scribal o; consonant -le 03 Chasing Shadows y as a vowel /ē/; suffixes -ed, -ing, -s, -es; consonant -le; complex vowels; schwa and stress 04 Sleep and Dreams Homophones; homographs; complex vowels 05 Finding Feathered Friends r-controlled vowels; suffix -ed; consonant -le 06 Birds Compound words; r-controlled vowels; complex vowels; possessives 07 Outstanding Friends to the Rescue Complex words; complex vowels; suffixes -ing, -ed, -ly; silent letters; prefix un- 08 What Causes the Seasons? r-controlled vowels; suffixes -er, -est; possessives 09 Conversations with Gracie Final stable syllable; suffixes -ed, -ing, -ly, -ion 10 American Sign Language Suffixes -less, -ful, -ion; prefix un-; final stable syllable; complex vowels; schwa and stress 11 Adventure Awaits Suffix -ion; complex vowels; homographs; silent letters 12 The Wright Brothers Suffix -ion

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