"When Annie and Lottie visit the neighborhood zoo for a class trip, they are disappointed to discover the zoo might close. With a town vote approaching, the girls worked to convince people to spend the towns money to fix up the zoo. Will their efforts pay off to keep the zoo open? Stairway Decodables is a supplemental phonics resource thats perfect for supporting small group instruction, independent reading, or reading practice at home. This title provides practice in decoding words with the vowel combinations eigh, ie, ei"--.