Decodable stories matched to the phonics lesson your child is on

How does InkStak make a decodable story?

1. Turn on Kid Reads. It is the first switch on the Create screen. The age slider becomes four reading levels.
2. Choose the level and the lesson. Slide to the exact lesson your child is on; the line under the slider names the sound pattern it adds. All the way right is the whole level.
3. Read it together. Start with the Words to look for page, then read the story. Every word is one your child can sound out at that point, or a sight word they are learning.

What are the reading levels?

Each level adds a few new sound patterns to everything the levels before it use. Stories are short at the very start of Level 1, about 30 words and 3 pictures, and grow as your child moves through the lessons, up to about 350 words at Level 4.

Why are they useful?

• Practice that matches the lesson. A child can sound out every word, so reading is decoding, not guessing from the pictures.
• A word page first. The story’s own words, grouped by sound, then its heart words: the ones learned by sight. Read them together, then find them in the story.
• Stories that still move. Every page moves the story on rather than repeating itself, and a plot too big for the level is told in a simpler version, in words your child can read.
• Their own characters. Character names are always allowed, so a child can read a story about themselves, a sibling or the family dog.
• Ready to print. Save a PDF or Word document for the classroom or the fridge; the word page comes with it.

New to decodable books? Read What are decodable stories?

Which plans include it?

Kid Reads is on every plan, including Free (5 stories a month). Teachers who make stories every day will want Creator ($9.99 CAD a month) for unlimited stories. See all plans.