The Decodable Series Cheat Sheet

Two printable pages. Page one is a find-your-skill checklist: the 10 phonics skills in teaching order, each with words to try with your child, a plain-language readiness cue, and the series to start with. Page two is the full matrix — every series in this catalog mapped to every skill. Pin it above your desk and stop guessing which set comes next.

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What's on it

Page one answers "what skill is my child on?" Find the first row where they stumble on the example words — that's the skill to shop for. Each row has a readiness cue and the series with the most sets built for exactly that skill, picked by the catalog data, not by us.

Page two answers "which series covers it?" The 10 skills run down the side, every decodable series gets a column, and a checkmark means that series includes at least one set teaching that skill.

  • Skill-first, not brand-first. Start from what your student needs, then find the series that teaches it.
  • Built from publishers' own words. Every checkmark traces back to a publisher's stated scope and sequence — the same sourcing rule as the rest of the catalog (how that works).
  • Always current. It's generated straight from this catalog, so it reflects the latest series and sets.

Want prices, levels, formats, and where to buy for any of these? That's what the full catalog is for — the cheat sheet is the map, the catalog is the detail.