Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover

Brand new fully decodable texts that develop phonics and comprehension skills.


Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover is a brand new, fully decodable Australian reading program for Years F–2.

Aligned to Letters and Sounds and incorporating a research-based Comprehension Skills Framework - the program supports the development of both strong phonic and comprehension skills in students.

See how the series is aligned to the Oxford Reading Level and the Letters and Sounds phonics sequence and how they work in conjunction. Download the chart here.

Each paired fiction and non-fiction text within the Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover decodable series are aligned to the same curriculum theme supporting educators to link phonic and comprehension instruction with KLAs from F-2, such as Social and Emotional Learning,
Humanities and Social Sciences and more. Download the curriculum alignment chart here.

Fiction and non-fiction texts

There are 52 fiction and non-fiction texts with curriculum-aligned themes including Science and Social Emotional Learning.

Fully decodable texts

Texts introduce new high-frequency words using the proven phonic framework and are leveled to the Oxford Reading Levels 1–8.

Coaching notes

Teachers get supported all the way with coaching notes that give guidance for monitoring, practicing, teaching, and modeling.

Digital resources

Access a wide range of digital resources on Oxford Owl including phonics and comprehension coaching notes, post-reading activity sheets and extensive phonics and comprehension support materials

Take a look inside Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover!

Take a quick look inside Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover or access the complete series sample pages by clicking the link below.

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Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover Evaluation Pack


ORFC Discover is underpinned by a unique phonics and comprehension approach that supports every student to become a successful reader.

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Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover: Introduction

An Introduction to Oxford Reading for Comprehension Discover

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Listen as Joanna Lake (Product Manager: Primary, Licensing & Export, OUP ANZ) introduces this brand new, fully decodable Australian reading program for Years F–2. Aligned to Letters and Sounds and incorporating a research-based Comprehension Skills Framework - the program supports the development of both strong phonic and comprehension skills in students.

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Fully-decodable texts


The 52 fiction and non-fiction texts are fully decodable which are fully aligned to the Letters and Sounds phonics framework.

New sounds and high-frequency words are introduced in themed pairs of
fiction and non-fiction.

They are meticulously levelled to phonic and wider word reading criteria across Oxford Reading Levels 1-8

Phonic and Comprehension Coaching


The series provides support for embedding phonic knowledge, with guidance for the practice of newly introduced sounds and high-frequency words.

Includes guidance for explicitly teaching and modelling comprehension strategies.

Comprehension questions are provided to monitor students’ use of
comprehension skills during reading, including before-, during- and
after-reading materials.

Comprehensive Guidance for Teaching


The Teacher Handbook includes a detailed overview of the phonics
framework and introduction of high-frequency words.

Supports teaching, modelling and developing comprehension strategies and skills - including the use of the metacognitive strategy ‘thinking aloud’.

Outlines and explains the Comprehension Skills Framework and its
application across the series.

Digital Resources


Access a wide range of digital support resources on Oxford Owl, including:

  • All 52 Phonics and Comprehension Coaching notes.
  • 52 Post-reading Activity Sheets.
  • Extensive phonics and comprehension support materials.

There is 12-month complimentary access to eBooks of all 52 titles is available to schools that adopt the full print series.

Explore the Phonic Sequence

See how the series is aligned to the Oxford Reading Level and the Letters and Sounds phonics sequence and how they work in conjunction.

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Explore the Comprehension Skills Framework

The Comprehension Skills Framework is based on the findings of multiple international studies into how children develop reading comprehension and the effective teaching of comprehension.

View videos of educator and literacy specialist Susan Taylor explaining the Comprehension Skills Framework.

Comprehension Skill Category Linked Comprehension Strategies

Finding information

  • Determine importance
  • Monitor comprehension
  • Activate prior knowledge
  • Ask questions
  • Visualise

Making connections and inferences

  • Infer
  • Predict
  • Monitor comprehension
  • Visualise
  • Ask questions
  • Activate prior knowledge
  • Determine importance

Understanding vocabulary

  • Monitor comprehension
  • Infer
  • Visualise
  • Ask questions

Using structure and organisation to make meaning

  • Monitor comprehension
  • Determine importance
  • Infer
  • Activate prior knowledge

Appreciating and understanding author’s toolkit

  • Infer
  • Activate prior knowledge
  • Ask questions
  • Visualise

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