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BEC Decodables
BEC Decodables
Digital + Print • Grades K-1
Instructive, Comprehensible, and Engaging Texts
Build decoding and comprehension skills for Grades K-1.
- Instructive books practice phonics skills in an explicit, systematic, & spiraled way.
- Comprehensible texts incorporate natural sounding speech and sentence patterns.
- Engaging and interesting stories with vivid design ignite students’ desire to read.
- Support teachers with concise & explicit lessons on critical reading & writing skills.
- Involve families with take-home books to build student confidence & home libraries.
- Provides a variety of formats to fit any instructional model or budget.
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Featured in Trusted Decodable Text Guides
“At least 50% of a phonics lesson should be spent on applying a skill to reading and writing. It’s in the application that the learning sticks. Decodable texts are the critical application tool.”
—Wiley Blevins, Ed.D.
Literacy Expert and Benchmark Education Consultant
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Drive instruction with a systematic, purposeful scope and sequence vetted by consultant Wiley Blevins.
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Explicit, direct instruction and practice with a built-in review and repetition cycle teaches mastery to transfer.
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Texts encourage students to blend and not guess unfamiliar words.
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Supports key literary, science, and social studies topics.
- Comprehensible stories make sense and include content worth talking about.
- Reinforces phonics skills taught in the classroom within the context of a story.
- Includes familiar storylines to ensure ease of reading and empower young readers to feel self-reliant.
- Offers authentic practice with phonics skills and sight words ensures ease of reading.
- Engaging and enjoyable readers nurture a love of reading, anytime, anywhere!
- Support students in making reading a habitual practice.
- Enables students to experience the joy of reading independently.
- Decodable texts offer a balance of fiction and informational text for knowledge building and reading for pleasure.
Teacher components include:
- Teacher Cards for each title support reading, writing, listening, and speaking, with essential fluency-building instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, and high-frequency words, along with before, during, and after reading tips for book talks, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
- Explicit small-group lessons targeted to each element being taught.
- Support for a wide range of students, including English Learners
- Flexible packaging supports multiple school needs while delivering tailored, student-centered instruction.
- Single-copy classroom sets.
- 6-packs sets with Teacher Cards.
- All print resources available digitally on Benchmark Universe.
- On-demand professional development available 24/7 at Benchmark Academy.
- Take Home books and Home-School Connection activities support family engagement.
- Access BEC Decodables eBooks on tablets or desktops, or mobile through Benchmark Universe.
- Print & digital availability allows for a variety of learning environments.
- eBooks offer a wide variety of tools including virtual sticky notes, annotations, and the ability to assign books, helping to engage students with virtual instruction.
The University of Florida Literary Institute’s Foundations Toolbox offers a Decodable Text Guide.
UFLI has correlated BEC Decodables, along with other series, to align to their Foundations scope and sequence.
To support educators using that program, Benchmark Education has created a UFLI-specific offering that delivers only the titles cited in the order of UFLI Foundations instruction.
Brochure
Learn more about BEC Decodables.
Scope and Sequence
See the systematic scope and sequence
developed by Wiley Blevins.
Virtual Sampler
Experience BEC Decodables with sample pages of student texts and teacher support materials.
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Y65398 BEC Decodables Collection Gr. K Take Home Book 25-Copy Set - 39-Titles Consumables 1-Year WW-Y65976BEC Decodable Grade K Take Home Books are smaller size, black-and-white copies to promote fluency, build home libraries, and involve families.
$205.00Grade K -
BEC Decodables Collection Gr. 1 Take Home Book 25-Copy Set - 72-Titles Consumables 1-Year WW-Y65977BEC Decodable Grade 1 Take Home Books are smaller size, black-and-white copies to promote fluency, build home libraries, and involve families.
$375.00Grade 1 -
BEC Decodables Collection Gr. K Single-Copy Set - 39 Titles WW-Y65921BEC Decodables provide 39 instructive, comprehensible and engaging decodable readers to reinforce phonics skills typically taught at Kindergarten.
$205.00Grade K -
BEC Decodables Collection Gr. 1 Single-Copy Set - 72 Titles WW-Y65922BEC Decodables provide 72 instructive, comprehensible and engaging decodable readers to reinforce phonics skills typically taught at first grade.
$380.00Grade 1 -
BEC Decodables Collection Gr. K Decodable Books and Teacher Card Set - 39 Titles WW-Y65973BEC Decodables provide 6-pack sets and instructional teacher cards for 39 instructive, comprehensible and engaging decodable readers to reinforce phonics skills typically taught at Kindergarten.
$1,120.00Grade K