Get Ready, Get Set, Go for The Code:

These three preliteracy primers address early literacy skills and letter formation. Twenty-one consonants and their sounds are introduced through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic activities. Students practice tracing, matching, tracking, copying, and following directions while learning all the consonants and their sounds.

Get Ready for The Code A
Consonants b, f, k, m, r, and t

Get Set for The Code B
Consonants d, h, j, n, p, and s

Go for The Code C
Consonants c, g, l, q, v, w, x, y, and z

Teacher`s Guide, Books A,B,C

Explode The Code:

Explode the Code books 1–8 provide comprehensive phonics skills instruction, including encoding, decoding, and writing exercises. The ample practice provided enables students to read words, phrases, sentences, and stories independently.  

Explode the Code “Half” books help teachers differentiate instruction for students who need additional reinforcement. Additional practice is provided for every skill taught in books 1– 6.

Books 1 and 1 ½
Consonant review
Short vowel sounds

Books 2 and 2 ½
Initial and final consonant blends

Books 3 and 3 ½
Long vowels including silent -e
Digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, ng, ck)
Trigraphs (-tch)
Vowel digraphs (ee-ea, ai-ay, oa-ow)

Books 4 and 4 ½
Compound words
Common endings (-ful, -ing, -est, -ed, -ness)
Syllable types (open, closed, ending in -y and -le, diphthong, and three-syllable words

Books 5 and 5 ½
Word families (all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind, qu words)
3-letter blends (thr, shr, scr, str, spr, spi)
Diphthong -ey
Three sounds of -ed

Books 6 and 6 ½
r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur)
Diphthongs (oo, oi-oy, ou-ow, au-aw, ew-ui-ue-ou)
Vowel digraphs (ea, ie, igh)

Book 7
Soft c and g
Silent consonants
Word patterns (ear, ei, eigh)
Digraph ph

Book 8
Advanced suffixes and endings

Code Cards
This set of 54 illustrated cards can be used to reinforce or extend the sounds taught in Explode The Code Books 1–3

Placement Test
A quick assessment designed to help teachers place their students in the appropriate level of the Explode The Code series.

Teacher’s Guide and Key, 1–2
Providing teachers with various options for instruction and reinforcement

Teacher’s Guide and Key, 3-4
Providing teachers with various options for instruction and reinforcement

Teacher’s Guide and Key, 5-6
Providing teachers with various options for instruction and reinforcement

Teacher’s Guide and Key, 7-8
Providing teachers with various options for instruction and reinforcement

Beyond The Code:

Beyond The Code is ideal for developing critical comprehension skills. These books feature charmingly illustrated stories that will engage students and develop comprehension skills as well as critical thinking skills. Writing and spelling exercises introduce new sight words and teach phonetic patterns.

Beyond The Code Book 1
Book 1 contains 3 charmingly illustrated stories–Zack the Dog, Six Kids Jog, and Help! 911–with introductory exercises on word families.

Beyond The Code Book 2
Beyond The Code Book 2 contains 7 engagingly illustrated stories: Plum; The Camp Out; Greg Can’t Sleep; Max; Good, Bad, or Best?; Stand up for Lemonade; and Lost in the City.

Beyond The Code Book 3
Beyond the Code Book 3’s engagingly illustrated stories include Kids Need Pets, What’s the Fuss?, Day Care for Dogs, A Fish That Can Fly!, and Kate and the Ten-Speed Bike.

Beyond The Code Book 4
Beyond The Code Book 4’s engagingly illustrated stories include Nelson Went Overboard for Dogs, What a Scare!, A Different Kind of Library, A Birthday to Remember, The Treasure Hunt, and A Wild Ride.