Teaching phonics with Explode the Code lesson plans helps kids recognize and combine phonetic sounds in order to read words.
Explode the Code phonics lesson plans provide beginning readers with experience recognizing and combining phonetic sounds in order to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories. Book 4 is 94 pages designed for the first grade level.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Book 4 includes 12 lessons focusing on compound words, common endings, syllable division, vowel digraphs, and finally a posttest measures skills aquired from these lessons.
Lesson 1 - compound words
Lesson 2 - Common endings ful, ing, est, ed, ness
Lesson 3 - syllable division between double consonants
Lesson 4 - syllable division between different consonants
Lesson 5 - Review Lesson
Lesson 6 - Open and closed syllables
Lesson 7 - Syllable division with open syllables
Lesson 8 - Syllable division with closed syllables
Lesson 9 - Syllable division with syllables ending in y
Lesson 10 - Syllable division with syllables ending in le
Lesson 11 - vowel digraph syllables: ai, ay, ea, ee, oa, ow
Lesson 12 - Syllable division with three-syllable words
Posttest
KEY BENEFITS
Explode the Code lessons and tests provide beginning readers with the following key benefits:
Practice reading, writing, matching, spelling, and copying.
Cumulative review reinforces long-term retention.
Simple directions and consistent formats allow students to work independently.
Practice in visual discrimination
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Written by Nancy M. Hall, published by Educators Publishing Service, Inc. Nancy Hall is an experienced teacher, tutor, and educational consultant with degrees from Middlebury College and Lesley College as well as Language Therapist Certification from Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has focused on both teaching and assessment, with a specialty in reading, writing, and spelling. She operates an independent testing service to evaluate students experiencing learning problems. She is also the author of a spelling curriculum called Spellwell. |
