Explode the Code Book 8 introduces students to more complex morphemic units including suffixes and irregular endings and is ideal for students in grades 2-4. Skills addressed through a variety of encoding, decoding, and writing exercises include common suffixes and endings including: -ness -less, -ous, -or, -ist, -it, -ture, -ment, -able, -ible, -sion, -tion, -ance, -ence, -tive, -sive, -ify, -ize, -ti-, and -ci. Students will also practice combining word parts to create multisyllabic words. Three review lessons are included along with a posttest.

Explode the Code is a proven Orton-Gillingham based program using systematic phonics instruction with multisensory activities. Students progress through the workbooks and build essential reading skills, including phonological and phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and more. Designed to cover skills ranging from preschool to 4^th grade, the workbooks are organized by skill level without grade levels printed on the covers. This makes them perfect for remediation as well as for beginning readers, since older children can progress confidently without the pressure of feeling behind. There are three sets of workbooks that loosely correlate with the following grades:

• Preliteracy Primers: Get Ready for the Code, Get Set for the Code, and Go for the Code are all perfect for preschool through 1^st grade.
• Explode the Code: Books 1-3 are ideal for 1^st grade and books 4-6 are great for 2^nd grade. Books 7 and 8 are excellent for 3^rd and 4^th graders. There are also 1/2 level books between each level that provide extra practice before moving up.
• Beyond the Code: Book 1 for Grade 1, Book 2 for Grade 2, Book 3 for Grades 2-3, and Book 4 for Grades 3-4.