Explode The Code books 1–8 provide comprehensive phonics skills instruction, including encoding, decoding, and writing exercises. The ample practice provided enables students to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories independently.
Explode The Code “Half” books help teachers differentiate instruction for students who need additional reinforcement. Additional practice is provided for every skill taught in books 1– 6.
Skills Addressed
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Books 1 and 1 ½
Consonant review
Short vowel sounds
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Books 2 and 2 ½
Initial and final consonant blends
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Books 3 and 3 ½
Long vowels including silent -e Digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, ng, ck)
Trigraphs (-tch)
Vowel digraphs (ee-ea, ai-ay, oa-ow)
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Books 4 and 4 ½
Compound words
Common endings (-ful, -ing, -est, -ed, -ness)
Syllable types (open, closed, ending in -y and -le, diphthong, and three-syllable words
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Books 5 and 5 ½ Word families (all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind, qu words)
3-letter blends (thr, shr, scr, str, spr, spi)
Diphthong -ey Three sounds of -ed
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Books 6 and 6 ½
r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur)
Diphthongs (oo, oi-oy, ou-ow, au-aw, ew-ui-ue-ou)
Vowel digraphs (ea, ie, igh)
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Book 7
Soft c and g
Silent consonants
Word patterns (ear, ei, eigh)
Digraph ph
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Book 8
Advanced suffixes and endings
View sample pages or download a lesson from many of the books in this series.
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