The City of Roses: Level 2: Book 29

Make learning to read fun for children with this decodable fiction book about a family who is taking a trip to Portland, the city of roses! This book offers a built-in phonics review for young readers. Today, students need help with phonics concepts more than ever before. This book will engage and excite young readers while they gain practice with contractions and several high-frequency words: can’t didn’t, isn’t, it’s. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 29 covers contractions such as “aren’t” and “I’m.” Develop reading skills and reading comprehension with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book! | This family is taking a trip to Portland, the city of roses! This decodable book covers phonics and phonemic awareness concepts for young readers. Students engage with high-frequency words and develop reading comprehension with this fiction book. |

Dani Neiley is a writer and editor who has worked on countless book series for Teacher Created Materials, including Exploring Social Studies: California, Primary Source Readers: Around the United States, Primary Source Readers: Around the World, Book Adventures: Classroom Libraries, and Smithsonian STEAM Readers: Earth & Space Science, Life Science, and Physical Science. Her favorite books to write have included Our Rocky Mountains, Watching Plants Grow, and Bunny’s Magic Day. She received two B.A.s in English Literature and Screenwriting from Chapman University. She lives in the foothills of Colorado and loves to explore the great outdoors.