This easy-to-use Teacher’s Guide expands on the skills presented in Explode the Code student Book 5 and Book 6, offering thorough instruction and various multisensory reinforcement options. Based on the Orton-Gillingham technique, lessons are easy to teach and clearly outlined in the following categories with the same format each time:
- Quick Review- solidify previously learned concepts.
- Phonological and Phonemic Awareness- recognize and manipulate sounds in spoken words through oral activities like isolating, blending, or segmenting phonemes.
- Phonics- reinforce sound-symbol relationships necessary for decoding.
- Vocabulary- introduce new words and sight words.
- Student Pages- ensure understanding of tasks students will complete.
- Comprehension- discuss, define, and understand words in a variety of ways.
- Fluency- build fluency with activities such as choral and echo reading, word automaticity, reading with expression, etc.
- Writing- practice writing words from lessons to ensure ability to encode.
- Differentiation instruction- options for a broad range of learning needs and styles (kinesthetic, visual/spatial, auditory, musical or linguistic) and group learning.
Includes Answers to student exercises and a post-test (given at the end of the book) to evaluate a student’s understanding of the material. Some coordinating materials are suggested, including the colorful Wall Chart with activity book and Code Cards. 62 pgs. sc.