Free AI decodable text generator for teachers
Edform's AI decodable text generator writes short stories that beginning readers can sound out: mostly words with the phonics pattern you're teaching, only the sight words you choose, plus questions and a phonics activity.
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What is a decodable text generator?
A decodable text generator writes short readers made mostly of words that students can sound out with the phonics they've learned. Enter the phonics focus, such as short a in CVC words or the digraph sh, list the high-frequency words your students know, add a topic if you like and choose a very short, short or medium length. Edform writes a tiny titled story with short, repetitive sentences, then lists the target-pattern words and sight words used, three simple comprehension questions and a phonics activity such as a word sort or word building. Use More variants for a fresh story on the same pattern, then print it for guided reading or send it home.
How it works
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Describe your topic or paste your material.
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Choose the grade and a few options.
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Get a ready result, improve it in one click, and download or print it.
Great for
- Practicing a new phonics pattern in guided reading
- Sending home extra decodable reading practice
- Creating texts for small-group reading intervention
- Matching stories to your phonics scope and sequence
- Writing several stories on one pattern for repeated reading
- Following the reading with a word sort
Questions teachers ask
What is a decodable text?
A text made mostly of words that follow the phonics patterns students have learned, so they can read it by sounding words out.
Which phonics patterns can I use?
Any pattern you describe: CVC words, blends, digraphs, silent e, vowel teams and more.
Can I limit the sight words?
Yes. List the sight words your students know, and the text uses only those besides decodable words and the most basic common words.
Can I print the stories?
Yes. Print them or download them as Word for guided reading groups or take-home practice.
Should I check the words?
Yes. AI drafts, the teacher reviews. Scan the story for words your students haven't learned yet and change them by editing the text.
Is it free?
Yes. Create a free Edform account: the free Basic plan includes 5 AI points a month, and each result or change uses one point. Pro gives you 300 points a month.
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