Explode The Code Scope and Sequence

Short vowels

• Short a

• Short a with final consonants

• Short i

• Short u

• Short e

• Short o

1–3

Book 1

Initial and final consonant blends

• Initial blends (bl, cl, fl, gl, sk, sl, pl, cr, dr, gr, br, fr, pr, tr, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, tw)

• Final blends (mp, sk, st, fr, lt, nt, lf, lp, nd, nk)

1–3

Book 2

Long vowel sounds (open syllables and silent –e), consonant digraphs and trigraphs

• y as a vowel • Silent-e • Consonant digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, -tch, -ng, -ck)

• Vowel digraphs (ee, ea, ai, ay, oa, ow)

1–3

Book 3

Compound words, word endings, syllable division, and syllable types

• Compound words

• Common word endings (-ful, -ing, -est, ed, -ness)

• Syllable types (open, closed, Cle, silent-e, digraph)

• Syllabication with 2- and 3-syllable words

1–3

Book 4

Word families, 3–letter blends, qu, sounds of –ed

• Sounds of -ed

• Words ending in -ey

• Word families (all-alk, old-olt-oll, ild-ind)

• 3-letter blends (thr-, shr-, scr-, str-, spr, spl-)

• qu words

2–4

Book 5

R-controlled vowels, diphthongs

• r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur, war, wor) • Silent letters (-igh)

• Vowel diphthongs (oo, ea, ie, oi, oy, ou, ow, au, aw, ew, ui, ue)

2–4

Book 6

Soft c and g, silent consonants

• Soft c and g

• Silent letters (-dge, -mb, kn, wr, silent t, silent h, ph)

• Sounds of ear

• ei and eigh words

2–4

Book 7

Suffixes and endings

Common suffixes and endings including:

• -ness, -less, -ous, -or

• -ist, -ity, -ture, -ment

• -able, -ible, -sion, -tion

• -ance, -ence, -tive, -sive

• -ify, -ize, -ti-, -ci-

2–4

Book 8