Hero the Pilot: Level 1: Book 21

Make learning to read fun for children with this decodable fiction book about a robot named Hero who wants to become a pilot! This book provides a built-in phonics review for early readers. Today, students need help learning how to read more than ever before. This illustrated book engages and excites young readers while they gain practice with several high-frequency words: air, down, new, now, old. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 21 covers vowel teams (long a, e, i, o, u). Build foundational reading skills with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book! | How can Hero the robot become a pilot? Find out in this decodable book, which covers phonics and phonemic awareness concepts for early readers. Students engage with high-frequency words and build foundational reading skills with this fun fiction book! |

Jody Smith, M.A., has worked for over 30 years in education, as both as classroom teacher and more recently as an instructional coach for kindergarten through second grade teachers. She supports teachers in understanding why and how to implement the science of reading in their literacy instruction. In addition, Jody develops curriculum and has authored a wide range of resources that translate educational research into practical classroom strategies, including What the Science of Reading Says: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood.