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EXPLODE THE CODE and Its Primers

Get Ready, Get Set, Go for the Code -- The Primers for the Explode the Code Series

Book A, Get Ready for The Code, teaches consonants b, f, m, k, r, and t. Get Ready for The Code, Get Set for The Code, and Go for The Code, which all introduce the consonant letters, comprise a three-book series of primers for the Explode The Code series. The exercises are designed to develop visual, auditory, and kinesthetic perception of the letters. Activities include tasks such as visual tracking, matching, tracing, copying, and identifying the letters and their sounds. Special emphasis is given to discriminating between similar objects and letters, to developing the motor control necessary to write legibly, and to developing the listening skills children need to follow directions carefully. By the time children finish the series they will have learned all of the lowercase consonant letters as well as their sounds and written forms, and will be ready for Book 1 of the Explode The Code series.

EXplCode.gif (7694 bytes)Explode The Code helps children learn to read by teaching them to use the sounds of letters. In a carefully sequenced program, a variety of exercises provides experience recognizing and combining sounds in order to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories, as well as to build vocabulary. Exercises contain practicing reading, writing, matching, spelling, and copying; simple directions and consistent formats so students can work independently; amusing illustrations, drawn by children; and cumulative review.

Tasks in the lessons of Books 1-6 include matching words to sharpen visual discrimination; matching words and sentences with appropriate pictures to strengthen reading comprehension; selecting, then copying, words from picture clues; sequencing letter sounds and reinforcing them kinesthetically by writing the whole word; reading for sentence comprehension; and spelling from memory for cumulative vocabulary.

A set of 54 illustrated cards to practice the sounds taught in Books 1-3 is also available.

The more advanced tasks in Books 7 and 8 include reading a story and then answering comprehension questions, making words by joining syllables, and building and strengthening vocabulary through crossword puzzles.

 

Title

Grade

Price

Cat. #

GET READY FOR THE CODE BOOK A K - 1 $7.25* EPS1780G
GET READY FOR THE CODE A-TEACHER'S GUIDE K - 1 $0.25* EPS1783G
GET SET FOR THE CODE BOOK B K - 1 $7.25* EPS1782G
GET SET FOR THE CODE B - TEACHER'S GUIDE K - 1 $0.25* EPS1785G
GO FOR THE CODE BOOK C K - 1 $7.25* EPS1784G
GO FOR THE CODE C-TEACHER'S GUIDE K - 1 $0..25* EPS1786G
EXPLODE THE CODE 1: Consonant Pretest; Short vowel. K - 1 $7.95* EPS1460G
EXPLODE THE CODE 1 1/2: Provides further practice in skills taught in Book 1 K - 1 $7.95* EPS1772G
EXPLODE THE CODE 2 : Initial consonant blends; final consonant blends. 1 $7.95* EPS1461G
EXPLODE THE CODE 2 1/2: Provides further practice in skills taught in Book 2 1 $7.95* EPS1774G
EXPLODE THE CODE 3: One-Syllable words ending in a long vowel 1 $7.95* EPS1462G
EXPLODE THE CODE 3 1/2:Provides further practice in skills taught in Book 3 1 $7.95* EPS1775G
EXPLODE THE CODE 4: Compound words; common endings; rules for syllable division between double and different consonants, with open and closed syllables, with syllables ending in -y and -le, diphthong syllables, and three-syllable words. 2 $7.95* EPS1463G
EXPLODE THE CODE 4 1/2:Provides further practice in skills taught in Book 4 2 $7.95* EPS1777G
EXPLODE THE CODE 5:Word families all-alk, old-olt-oll, -ild-ind; qu words; three-letter blends thr, shr, scr, str, spr, spl; diphtong -ey; three sounds of -ed 2 $7.95* EPS1464G
EXPLODE THE CODE 5 1/2: Provides further practice in skills taught in Book 5 2 $7.95* EPS1789G
EXPLODE THE CODE 6: Vowel plus r words; ar, or, er, ir, ur wor, war; diphthongs oo, ea, ie, oi, -oy, -ou, -ow, au-aw, igh, and ew-ui-ue-ou 3 $7.95* EPS1610G
EXPLODE THE CODE 6 1/2: Provides further practice in skills taught in Book 6 3 $7.95* EPS1790G
EXPLODE THE CODE 7: Soft c and g; silent consonants; ear, ei, eigh words; digraph ph 3 - 4 $7.95* EPS1646G
EXPLODE THE CODE 8: Suffixes and endings. 4 $7.95* EPS1647G
EXPLODE THE CODE KEYS 1-5 & 1 1/2-4 1/2 K - 3 $2.00 EPS1792G
EXPLODE THE CODE KEYS 6-8 3 - 4 $2.00 EPS1793G
EXPLODE THE CODE: CODE CARDS K - 2 $7.75 EPS1788G
PICTURE-LETTER CARDS-READY GET SET GO SERIES K - 1 $12.50 EPS1787G
SET OF 54 ILLUSTRATED CODE CARDS TO PRACTICE THE SOUNDS TAUGHT IN BOOKS 1-3 K - 1 $8.95* EPS1788-H

Beyond the CODE: Comprehension and Reasoning Skills

ByndCod1.gif (10926 bytes)Designed to develop important comprehension and thinking skills at the earliest level, these books contain stories with exercises that follow the same phonetic structure as the first four books in the Explode the Code Series. All four books in the series teach concepts such as consonant blends and digraphs. All the books have writing and spelling exercises before the stories that teach the new phonetic patterns and sight words. There are drawings beside many new words to help students understand the vocabulary. The short, fictional stories develop reading skills. the stories become a bit longer as the series progresses. Lively black and white drawings add humor and interest as they help  students understand the text. After the stories there are questions and exercises to develop comprehension and critical thinking. These can be used alone or in conjunction with Explode the Code.

Books currently available in the series (some are yet to be printed.)

    Beyond the Code, Book 1: Cat. #EPS:N1-2401. $7.95*
    Beyond the Code, Book 2: Cat. #EPS:N1-2402. $7.95*
    Beyond the Code, Book 3: Cat. #EPS:N1-2403. $7.95*
    Beyond the Code, Book 4: Cat. #EPS:N1-2404. $7.95*

   

 

 

 

 

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