Decodable Safari Texts | Nonfiction Decodable Passages for Kindergarten

This set of nonfiction decodable passages will help your students practice their beginning phonics and decoding skills. Your Kindergarteners will love learning about animals from these decodable passages! These decodable passages will help your students: Practice specific phonics skills in context Develop strong decoding skills Learn to recognize high frequency words in context Recognize and utilize very simple text features Practice beginning nonfiction reading comprehension skills Experience reading SUCCESS! Here’s what’s included: 16 decodable passages about animals (single page format) Professional photographs of each animal (not clipart)  1 lesson plan per decodable text 1 writing prompt per decodable text 1 set of comprehension questions per decodable text 1 graphic organizer per text Color and B&W versions of each component Skills covered: VC and CVC words Digraphs with short vowels Consonant blends with short vowels Animals included: African yellow bat, hippo, lion,