About LitLab.ai

LitLab.ai bridges the gap from decoding to fluency through rigorous student practice and high-quality content. It is specifically designed to improve instructional fidelity of four Tier 1 phonics programs (UFLI, CKLA, Fundations, Reading Horizons).

On LitLab, educators and students have the power to generate personalized decodable content — or select from ~1000 pre-made authentic digital decodables. The student practice platform offers oral reading fluency, building confident readers at every step of your existing scope & sequence.

• What is decodable content?

LitLab.ai is built on evidence-based reading practices (in other words, we’re a “Science of Reading” program). We’ve been working with researchers since Day 1 and have an ESSA Tier IV Evidence certification.

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LitLab’s products

Custom decodable generators

Use AI to create, edit, and assign 2 types of decodable texts:

1. Fiction decodables (illustrated) with a specific phonics skill focus (teachers and students)
2. Non-fiction decodables for building background knowledge (teachers only)

Grab-and-go decodables

Browse through 1,000+ grab-and-go decodable stories aligned to your phonics program:

• These decodables include:
  • Comprehension questions
  • Printable activities
  • A vocabulary guide that explains precisely how this aligns to your phonics program.
• All content is downloadable in several different formats.
• We routinely release new content including seasonal content!

Student-centered fluency practice

On LitLab**,** students can read assigned stories in an accessible e-reader built specifically for developing readers. They can also create & read their own personalized stories precisely align to a skill from your phonics program.

Students can:

• Read aloud their stories into a microphone (which surfaces fluency data for teachers!)
• Listen to stories read aloud.
• Click any unknown vocab words and hear how they’re pronounced, as well as listen to definitions.

Teachers see a dashboard with relevant student reading and progress data.

How do educators use LitLab?

Thousands of educators use LitLab to generate and access instructional materials aligned to their core phonics program:

• K-5 teachers use these decodables to support whole-class phonics instruction, small-group phonics instruction, ELA blocks, and centers.
• Interventionists, special educators & literacy specialists of all grades (K-12) use this to meet the very specific needs of Tier II/III intervention students.

In addition to that, thousands of students use LitLab for effective independent practice:

• In small-groups and centers to reinforce phonics skills taught in class.
• In place of Epic, RaZ Kids, and other non-SoR independent practice tools

Getting Started video (5 min)