Research-based, direct, systematic, multisensory instruction, and abundant practice and reinforcement opportunities develop student skills in phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling.
The Explode The Code® series has helped millions of students build the essential literacy skills needed for reading success: phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. Explode The Code 2nd Edition is a proven Orton-Gillingham based program, perfectly suited for early literacy skills instruction.
Before students can learn to read, they must be able to recognize letters. They must also be aware that the sounds of spoken language work together to make up words—that is, they must have phonemic awareness.
Explode The Code workbooks 1–8, and half books 1½–6 ½ for extra practice, provide comprehensive phonics instruction, including encoding, decoding, and writing exercises. This ample practice enables students to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories independently. Learning to read means breaking the alphabetic code. Creative art and laugh-out-loud sentences appeal to beginning readers of all ages! Types of exercises include:
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. Features include:
