Explode The Code Workbooks 1-8

A phonics bestseller for over 30 years, Explode The Code has helped millions of students nationwide build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. This research-based and teacher-tested program meets and exceeds “No Child Left Behind” requirements and National Reading Panel Standards.

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.

Teacher’s Guides expand on the skills presented in the student books, providing teachers with various options for instruction and reinforcement.

The wide variety of activities may be adapted for whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one learning situations. Each lesson addresses the principles of effective reading instruction and follows the same easy-to-use format:

Quick Review / Link to Prior Knowledge

Phonemic and Phonological Awareness

Phonics

Vocabulary

Completing Student Pages

Fluency

Comprehension

Writing

Differentiating Instruction

Plus! Placement Tests, an English Language Learners Guide, and ancillary materials to enhance instruction.

Skills Addressed:

Books 1 and 1 ½ Consonant review Short vowel sounds • Short a • Short a with final consonant sounds • Short i • Short u • Short e • Short o Books 2 and 2 ½ Initial and final consonant blends • Initial blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, sk, sl, pl, cr, dr, gr, br, fr, pr, tr, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw) • Ending blends (mp, sk, st, fr, lt, nt, lf, lp, nd, nk) 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) 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)

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 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) Book 7 Soft c and g Silent consonants Word patterns (ear, ei, eigh) Digraph ph Book 8 Suffixes and endings including: • -ness, -less • -ous • -or • -ist • -ity • -ture • -ment • -able, -ible • -sion, -tion • -ance, -ence • -tive, -sive • -ify • -ize • -ti-, -ci-

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