How I teach the extended code

Once beginners have learned the basics of word reading (basic code, blending and segmenting, short vowel spotting, inflectional morphemes, split vowel digraphs, vowel-and affix-based strategies to decode long words), they’re ready to step up to the extended code.

To read words that include the extended code, beginners benefit from sequenced, cycled, and spaced repetition. They also benefit from listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Here’s how we do it:

Download our free extended code resource “I really, really need a jeep“: a silly <ee> <ea> sentence story workout here.

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