Orton-Gillingham Decodable Stories: Level 7: A Day at the Farm (Level 7 Orton-Gillingham Decodable Stories Book 3)

Orton-Gillingham Decodable Stories: Level 7 – A Day at the Farm is a structured decodable reader designed for developing readers learning through the Orton-Gillingham approach.

This Level 7 story builds on previously taught short-vowel words, digraphs, consonant clusters, silent-e words, r-controlled vowels, suffixes, and two-syllable words.

Readers practise final y making the long e sound in words such as sunny, yummy, and greedy, along with common vowel teams including ay, ai, oa, ue, and ie in words such as day, played, hay, wait, goats, blue, and pie.

Carefully controlled text helps children apply their phonics knowledge to connected reading while building accurate decoding, fluency, confidence, and growing independence.

Is This the Right Level?

Level 7 is designed for readers who:

• Can read previously taught short-vowel, silent-e, r-controlled, and two-syllable words
• Are ready to practise common vowel teams
• Are learning final y making the long e sound
• Benefit from carefully controlled text and repeated reading

Phonics Skills Practised

• Final y /ē/, as in sunny, yummy, and greedy
• ay, as in day, played, way, and hay
• ai, as in wait
• oa, as in goats
• ue, as in blue
• ie, as in pie
• Review of previously taught phonics patterns

Sight Words Practised

a, would, should, they, go, their, one, through, do, we, of, the, other, said, cherry, were, to, you, what, have, she, was, me, want, are, your, horse

These words can be reviewed before reading. Most other words are intended to be decoded using phonics skills the reader has already learned.

About the Story

Jane wakes up on a sunny day and invites her friends over. After playing tennis and swimming, they decide to ride their bikes to the farm.

At the farm, the friends race through a maze, zoom down a blue slide, feed goats and sheep, eat homemade cherry pie, and go for a horse ride through the woods. When the weather turns windy and a storm approaches, they ride home just in time.

The clear sequence, repeated sentence patterns, and controlled vocabulary give developing readers meaningful practice using phonics skills in a complete story.

Who This Book Is For

• Orton-Gillingham tutors
• Structured literacy and reading intervention teachers
• Parents and homeschool families
• Children who benefit from explicit, systematic phonics instruction
• Readers who need controlled practice to build confidence and fluency

Key Features

• Carefully controlled Level 7 text
• Focused vowel-team practice
• Final y /ē/ practice
• Cumulative review of previously taught phonics skills
• Clear, predictable sentence structures
• Repetition that supports fluency
• Designed for guided and repeated reading

Written by Tammy Harris, an Orton-Gillingham certified reading tutor with over eight years of experience supporting students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties.

This book is intended for educational reading practice and is not a substitute for professional instruction or individualized educational planning.