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Decodable Text Generator

Stop scouring the internet for reading passages that actually match the phonics skills you just taught. By selecting your target phonics patterns—like short vowels, blends, or silent e—and a topic of interest, this decodable text generator instantly creates engaging stories that are fully accessible to your early readers. It helps you provide the specific practice students need to build fluency and confidence without frustration.

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How to Use the Decodable Text Generator in 3 Steps

Creating targeted reading practice is effortless with this decodable text generator.

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Select Phonics Skills

Select the specific phonics skills you want to target (e.g., CVC words, digraphs sh/th).

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Choose Topic

Choose a topic or theme that your students enjoy (e.g., space, animals, superheroes).

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Generate Story

Generate a custom story or passage that strictly adheres to the decoding rules you set.

Build reading confidence, one sound at a time.

Stop searching for the perfect decodable text and start creating stories that match your exact phonics scope.

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Why Use the Decodable Text Generator?

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Aligned to the Science of Reading

Effective reading instruction requires systematic practice. This AI decodable text generator ensures that the text your students read reinforces the explicit instruction they just received. Unlike leveled readers which often rely on guessing from pictures, these texts force students to apply their decoding skills, cementing their phonemic awareness and orthographic mapping.

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Infinite Practice Material

Students often memorize the few decodable books available in the classroom library. With a free decodable text generator, you can create unlimited new stories focusing on the same skill. If a student is struggling with "long a," you can generate five different stories about "Kate and the Cake" or "Dave and the Wave" until they master the pattern.

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Engagement Meets Rigor

Decodable texts have a reputation for being boring ("The cat sat on the mat"). This tool changes that. By allowing you to input high-interest topics, the decodable text AI generator weaves phonics practice into narratives about dinosaurs, video games, or current events. It keeps students interested in the *content* while they practice the *skill*.

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Support for Older Struggling Readers

Finding decodable text for older students is a huge challenge; most CVC books look like they are for babies. This tool allows you to generate age-appropriate stories (e.g., about sports or friendship) using simple code. It respects the dignity of older learners who need foundational support.

Who is this Tool Built For?

This decodable text generator is an essential resource for anyone teaching the foundations of reading.

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Kindergarten & 1st Grade Teachers

Daily Practice

Provide daily practice. Use the cvc word story generator features to create take-home readers that align perfectly with your weekly phonics focus, ensuring parents are practicing the right words.

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Reading Specialists & Interventionists

Target Specific Gaps

Target specific gaps. The phonics aligned text generator allows you to create hyper-focused passages for small groups. If a group needs practice with "r-controlled vowels," you can generate a text that is saturated with those patterns.

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Special Education Teachers

Scaffold Reading Success

Scaffold reading success. The decodable text for dyslexia capabilities ensure that students with processing challenges have access to text that follows logical rules, reducing anxiety and guessing.

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ELL / ESL Teachers

Build Vocabulary & Phonics

Build vocabulary and phonics simultaneously. The decodable text for esl options help you introduce English sound patterns in a structured way, providing a safe environment for pronunciation practice.

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Curriculum & Standards Alignment

This tool is directly aligned with foundational reading standards (RF.K.3, RF.1.3, etc.) found in Common Core and state guidelines. It supports a structured literacy approach, which is mandated in many states, by providing the "connected text" practice required to move students from isolated word reading to fluency.

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What Teachers Are Saying About Decodable Text Generator

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The decodable text generator is the best thing that's happened to my literacy block. I used to spend hours writing my own sentences for the letter 'p'. Now I have a whole story in seconds.

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Jennifer H.
Kindergarten Teacher, Florida
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I work with 4th graders reading at a 1st-grade level. Finding decodable text for older students was impossible until I found this. They actually like reading the stories because they aren't about bunnies.

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Mark T.
Reading Interventionist, Texas
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The ufli decodable text generator alignment is great. It matches the scope and sequence of our district's program perfectly. It feels like an extension of the curriculum.

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Sarah L.
1st Grade Teacher, New York
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I love that it's a free AI decodable text generator option. Our school has no budget for new books, so being able to print these out for students to keep is a game changer.

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Jessica M.
Title I Teacher, Ohio
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The stories from the phonics story generator are surprisingly funny. My kids actually laughed at a story about a 'pug on a rug'. It makes phonics time much more enjoyable.

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David B.
2nd Grade, California
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This is a must-have for Orton-Gillingham decodable texts. It saves me so much prep time for my tutoring sessions.

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Emily R.
Private Tutor, Massachusetts

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the decodable text generator?expand_more

The decodable text generator is a literacy tool in TeachQuill that creates reading passages controlled by specific phonics rules. It uses AI to write stories where the majority of words can be sounded out based on the skills the student has learned, minimizing the need for guessing.

How does the decodable text generator work?expand_more

You select the phonics patterns you want to include (e.g., "short a," "ending blends," "silent e"). The AI decodable text generator then constructs a coherent narrative using primarily words that follow those patterns, along with a few necessary high-frequency words.

Why use decodable text generator for my class?expand_more

It builds the neural pathways for reading. By using science of reading decodable texts, you force the brain to connect sounds to letters (decoding) rather than relying on pictures or context clues (guessing), which is essential for becoming a proficient reader.

Is there a free decodable text generator?expand_more

Yes, TeachQuill offers a decodable text generator free version. We are committed to supporting early literacy and believe every teacher should have access to quality phonics resources.

Can I create texts for older students?expand_more

Yes. The tool excels at creating decodable text for struggling readers in upper grades. You can input more mature topics (like sports, history, or science) while keeping the decoding level simple, respecting the student's age and interests.

Does it align with programs like UFLI or Wilson?expand_more

Yes. Because you can select specific phonics features, it acts as a flexible ufli decodable text generator or companion to any structured literacy scope and sequence. You just check the boxes that match your current lesson.

Can I edit the text?expand_more

Yes. You can edit the generated text to swap out words or adjust the difficulty further before printing or sharing with students.