Overview - Crack the Code

A step-by-step phonemic awareness and visual-auditory-motor program for helping all children to achieve literacy success.
  • SHORT VOWELS
  • SUFFIXES
  • LONG VOWELS
  • O VOWELS
  • R VOWELS
  • ENDING VOWELS
  • PREFIXES AND MORE SUFFIXES
  • SPELLING HIGH FREQUENCY IRREGULAR SIGHT WORDS
  • BIG WORDS (2 OR MORE SYLLABLES)
  • APPENDIX
SHORT VOWELS

Lesson 1 – (start short /a/ sound) – segment and blend (1st sound) – CVC words
Lesson 2 – (short /a/ sound) – segment and blend (1st and last sounds) – CVC words
Lesson 3 (start short /o/ sound) – segment and blend – CVC words
Lesson 4 (start short /i/ sound) – segment and blend – CVC words
Lesson 5 (start short /u/ sound) – segment and blend – CVC words
Lesson 6 (start short /e/ sound) – segment and blend – CVC words
Lesson 7 – 3-sound CVC words – read and write (easy consonants)
Lesson 8 – 3-sound CVC words – read and write (all consonants)
Lesson 9 – 3-sound CVC Words with consonant diagraphs ‘sh’, ‘ch’ and ‘th’
Lesson 10 – 4-sound CCVC and CVCC Words
Lesson 11 – 5-sound CCVCC and CCCVC Words
Lesson 12 – 3/4/5-sound Words
Lesson 13 – Short Vowel Sentences
Lesson 14 – 3/4/5-sound Words with Tricky Letters tr, str, dr, qu, x, nk and ng
Lesson 15 – Short Vowel Spelling Rules (six rules)
Lesson 16 – Short Vowel Sentences with Tricky Letters and Short Vowel Rules

SUFFIXES

Lesson 17 – Base Words and Suffixes (including rule 6 from Lesson 14)
Lesson 18 – Short Vowel Sentences with Tricky Letters, Short Vowel Rules and Base Words and Suffixes

LONG VOWELS

Lesson 19 – Long Vowels
Lesson 20 – Short and Long Vowels

Lesson 21 – Short and Long Vowel Sentences with Short Vowel Rules, Short Vowel Base Words and Suffixes

Lesson 22 – Long Vowel and Consonant Endings

Lesson 23 – Short and Long Vowel Words with Long Vowel Endings, Nonsense Short and Long Vowel Words and Long Vowel Endings

Lesson 24 – Short and Long Vowel Sentences with Short Vowel Rules, Short Vowel Base Words and Suffixes and Long Vowel Endings

Lesson 25 – Long Vowel Base Words with Suffixes
Lesson 26 – Short and Long Vowel Base Words and Suffixes
Lesson 27 – Short and Long Vowel Sentences with Rules, Suffixes and Endings

O VOWELS

Lesson 28 – O Vowels
Lesson 29 – Short, Long and O Vowel Words. Short, Long and O Vowel Nonsense Words
Lesson 30 – Short, Long and O Vowel Sentences

R VOWELS

Lesson 31 – R Vowels
Lesson 32 – Short, Long, O and R Vowel Words. Short, Long, O and R Vowel Nonsense Words
Lesson 33 – Short, Long, O and R Vowel Sentences

ENDING VOWELS

Lesson 34 – Ending Vowels
Lesson 35 – Ending Vowels Sentences
Lesson 36 – All Vowel Words. All Vowel Nonsense Words
Lesson 37 – All Vowel Sentences

PREFIXES AND MORE SUFFIXES

Lesson 38 – Prefixes and More Suffixes
Lesson 39 – All Vowel Base Words with Prefixes and Suffixes Sentences

SPELLING HIGH FREQUENCY IRREGULAR SIGHT WORDS

Lesson 40 – Spelling Common Irregular Sight Words

BIG WORDS (2 OR MORE SYLLABLES)

Lesson 41 – Open and Closed Syllables
Lesson 42 – Common Ending Syllables
Lesson 43 – Family Ending Syllables
Lesson 44 – Common and Family Ending Syllable Sentences
Lesson 45 – Multiple Sound Letters
Lesson 46 – Two Syllable Words. Two Syllable Nonsense Words
Lesson 47 – Two Syllable Sentences
Lesson 48 – Three Syllable Words. Three Syllable Nonsense Words
Lesson 49 – Three Syllable Sentences
Lesson 50 – Four Syllable Words. Four Syllable Nonsense Words
Lesson 51 – Four Syllable Sentences
Lesson 52 – Five Syllable Words. Five Syllable Nonsense Words
Lesson 53 – Five Syllable Sentences
Lesson 54 – Mixed Syllable Extension Words (of Higher Level Vocabulary)
Lesson 55 – Mixed Syllable Extension Sentences

APPENDIX

High Frequency Irregular Sight Word Spelling Procedure
High Frequency Irregular Sight Word Spelling Master Sheet (150 Words)
High Frequency Irregular Sight Word Spelling Error Record Sheet


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