Phonics Category: Affixes
What do you call cowboy robots living on Mars? Cowbots! This four-book series follows the Cowbots as they make friends, tend to the animals on Falling Star Ranch, and have lots of adventures on the red planet. It’s a rollicking good time made even better by the opportunities readers get to practice their decoding skills, develop morphology, build comprehension, and discover the joy of reading. Yee haw!
Written specifically for older students, Cowbots provides age-appropriate, multifaceted content in texts that focus on morphology and are also decodable, ensuring students remain engaged as they continue their journey to reading fluency. Vibrant illustrations keep students excited to continue reading all four books.
With an emphasis on affixes, these books are ideal for use as part of a phonics program or for independent reading.
Corresponding evidence-based Lesson Plans to support systematic instruction are available on Digital Reader. A spiral-bound teaching resource that includes lesson plans will be available for purchase in early 2027.
