Explode the Code lesson plans offer proven methods for teaching kids phonics.
Click here to see sample pages.This resource provides a quick assessment of phonics skills and helps teachers place students in the appropriate Explode The Code book. Test results can point to specific areas where students need improvement. This resource provides a description of four tests and two that are optional along with instructions for administration, scoring and analysis. Also includes reproducible test forms and summary sheets. This test is appropriate to use for books A, B and C and 1-3.
Format: Soft Cover, 8.5 x 11 inches
Author: Nancy M. Hall, Rena Price
Date Published: 2005
Recommended Grades: K-4
Features:
- Primer-level tests assess phonemic awareness and sound-letter correspondence
- Elementary and intermediate level tests assess spelling and reading
- Optional tests assess word identification and syllabication
Explode The Code provides a sequential, systematic approach to phonics in which students blend sounds to build vocabulary and read words, phrases, sentences, and stories. Frequent review of previously learned concepts helps increase retention. Each workbook in this series contains exercises that incorporate reading, writing, matching and copying. The consistent format of the books helps facilitate independent work. This series includes primers—Get Ready for The Code, Get Set for The Code, and Go for The Code—which introduce initial consonant sounds. In addition, Beyond The Code provides a comprehension component introducing basic comprehension skills with phonetically controlled stories.
Skills Addressed:
- Consonant sounds
- Short vowel sounds
- 2- and 3-letter initial and final consonant blends
- Digraphs and trigraphs
- Diphthongs
- Compound and multisyllabic words
- Syllable types and syllable division
- Common endings (-ing, -ful, etc.)
- Word families
- r-controlled vowels
- Sounds of c and g
- Silent letters
- Common prefixes and suffixes
- Comprehension skills
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