Try These Free Decodable Poems!

This download includes:

• Sample poems from Phases 2, 3 & 4  • Teachers' notes with scripts for guided/1:1 reading.

Getting Started:

1. Choose a poem matching your pupils' current phonics phase.
2. Use it for shared reading with your whole class.
3. Alternatively use it for a guided or 1:1 reading session.
4. Follow the teaching scripts for confidence and maximum impact.
5. Watch how engaged your pupils become!

Bonus Teaching Idea:

Use these poems as models you can innovate on in shared writing sessions and for the children to create their own during literacy lessons.

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Complete poem packs are available for each phase, giving you a whole year's worth of engaging, decodable reading material.

This is a pack of 14 poems matched to Phase 2 Sets 2-5 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 2 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: the seaside, minibeasts, pets, nature, ourselves, jobs, animals, tongue twisters, birthdays

List of poems:
Set 2: Dad
Set 3: Kid
Set 4: Cat, Moss
Set 5: On and in, Pack the bag, No fun, Can I?, on a log, Jack and Jill, Jack, Max, Kev and Will, We can... She sells a shell ship, I wish

This is a pack of 18 poems matched to Phase 2 Sets 2-5 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 2 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: pets, art, clothing, sports, camping, fantasy, minibeasts, surfing, monsters, number, fantasy, numbers, transport,  animals

List of poems:
Set 2: A tin
Set 3: A dog, Mop man kit
Set 4: On a sock, I lick, It is hot, I miss, Fun, fun, fun, Ten
Set 5: The run, Can a...?, The bus, A bug, Lots of..., On a...in a..., Is and is not, Can he, can we...?, With me

This is a pack of 12 poems matched to Phase 2 Sets 3-4 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 2 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: the seaside, pets, toys, clothes, colours, shopping, picnics, exercise & sports (including wheelchair sports), being ill.

List of poems:
Set 3: Nap, A cat sat
Set 4: Red, A hat, I run..., Sit and sip, Off I go, The doll, Lin, No fun, Nan, Ill

This is a pack of 6 poems matched to Phase 3 Sets 1 & 2 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 3 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: behaviour, animals, fantasy, belongings

List of poems:
Set 1: I moan too much, Did you?, They are..., Mad sheep
Set 2: As mad as can be, All

This is a pack of 7 poems matched to Phase 3 Sets 1 & 2 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 3 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: containers, up and down, places, hair, summer, the park

List of poems:
Set 1: It can..., Jars, Up and down
Set 2: They sit, Are you...?, Hair, Summer in the park

This is a pack of 8 poems matched to Phase 4 Sets 1 & 2 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 4 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: trips out, behaviour, monsters, minibeasts, food, comparate language, nature

List of poems:
Set 1: What do you do when you go out?
Set 2: Shall I?, Monsters, 5 Little insects, Lunchbox, Big, bigger, biggest, Being good, In the wood

This is a pack of 5 poems matched to Phase 5 Sets 1 & 2 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 5 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: people, names, playing, sounds, the sea, food

List of poems:
Set 1: Oh
Set 2: How it goes, Mr & Mrs, Playing, The king and queen's tea

This is a pack of 21 poems matched to Phase 5 Sets 3 & 4 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 5 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: riddles, water, jobs, fantasy, differences, bedtime, friends, animals, food, traditional tales, sport. sounds, spelling, weather

List of poems:
Set 3: What are they?, How it goes, Different, Who can work?*, Bedtime, Where do friends play?, The race
Set 2: Who can work?*, Oh how we laughed, What would you be?, Where?, My dog Titchy, Grandpa, What can water do?, Again and again, The brickie, What do creatures eat?, Once upon a time, Spelling, Goldilocks: Part 2, Oh little potato, In a breeze

This is a pack of 10 poems matched to Phase 5 Set 5 of the Little Wandle LaS revised programme. At the bottom of each poem is a note of which set of Phase 5 it links to and any focus graphemes/tricky words.  At the end of that line there is a guide to which book band the poem may fit with - this simply provides a guide to the level of difficulty of the text.  Please note, these have not been officially banded – I have used my teaching experience to identify the most likely band.

Teachers' notes for each poem can be used to support the planning of shared, guided or individual reading sessions.

Topics covered include: food, Australia, seasons, fantasy, behaviour, knights, holidays, machines, sport

List of poems:
Set 5: The breadmaker, Ozzie words, Seasons, Strange things, Mysteries, The knight with the knocking knees, School holidays, The invention, Tennis, Sauce

This download bundle contains the 65 poems from the Phase 2, 3 & 4 Core, More and Even More Phonics Poems downloads matched to The Little Wandle LaS Revised programme detailed above at a discounted price.

This download bundle contains the 36 poems from the Phase 5 Sets 1-5 Phonics Poems downloads matched to The Little Wandle LaS Revised programme detailed above at a discounted price.