Dona Herweck Rice 
Best Day Ever 
Level 2: Book 21

Make learning to read exciting for children with this decodable fiction book about a chimpanzee named Chimmy who wants to learn how to ride a bike! This book provides a built-in phonics review for young readers. Today, students need help with phonics concepts more than ever before. This illustrated book will engage young readers while they gain meaningful practice with several high-frequency words: cried, don’t, door, head, knew, ready, really, uncle. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 21 covers suffixes and spelling changes with -ed and -ing. Build reading skills and reading comprehension with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book!