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Explode the Code

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.

Get Ready for the Code Book A Get Ready for The Code Book A introduces students to the sounds of initial consonants. It also prepares students for reading and writing through letter formation, tracking skills, and phonemic awareness activities. Exercises reinforce letter formation, phonemic awareness, and sound-letter correspondence. Grades K-1.
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Get Set for the Code Book B Introduces students to the sounds of initial consonants. It also prepares students for reading and writing through letter formation, tracking skills, and phonemic awareness activities
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Get for the Code Book C Introduces students to the sounds of initial and final consonants. This book prepares students for reading and writing through letter formation, tracking skills, and phonemic awareness activities.
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Explode the Code Book 1 Introduces students to the sounds of short vowels. The exercises begin with short a and then follow with short i, short u, short e, and short o. Students practice blending sounds to read and write CVC words. In addition, several review lessons are included.
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Explode the Code Book 2 Introduces students to the sounds of initial and final consonant blends. The exercises begin with beginning l blends and progress through to ending blends. Students practice blending sounds to read and write one-syllable words. In addition, several review lessons are included.
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Explode the Code Book 3 The exercises in Explode The Code Book 3 begin with words that present y as a vowel, then progress to long vowels with silent-e, and finally to consonant and vowel digraphs. Students practice blending sounds to read and write one-syllable words that include digraphs and long vowel sounds. In addition, several review lessons are included.
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Explode the Code Book 4 Introduces students to compound words, common word endings, and syllabication. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multisyllabic words. The exercises also introduce students to syllable types and the rules of syllabication. In addition, several review lessons are included.
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Explode the Code Book 5 Introduces students to the word endings -ed and -ey, word families including all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind, the digraph qu, and 3-letter blends. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multi-syllabic words. In addition, several review lessons are included.
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Explode the Code Book 6 Introduces students to the r-controlled vowels, silent letters (-igh), and vowel diphthongs. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multisyllabic words. In addition, several review lessons are included.
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Explode the Code Book 7 Introduces students to the sounds of soft c and g, silent consonant patterns such as -dge, -mb, kn, wr, and silent t and silent h words. In addition, this book teaches the sounds of ear, ei, eigh, and ph words. Students practice blending sounds to read and write multisyllabic words and phrases. Several review lessons are included along with a posttest.
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Explode the Code Book 8 Introduces students to more complex morphemic units including suffixes and irregular endings. Students combine word parts to create multisyllabic words and increase their vocabulary by learning the meanings of common suffixes and endings. Several review lessons are included along with a posttest.
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