It is a research based method designed to improve decoding, increase reading fluency, and develop spelling accuracy.
With the help and guidance of the instructional guide, anyone can help a struggling student acquire the necessary skills to read and spell. Ellie's Code Instructional Guide and Ellie's Code Book are the foundation. Additional necessary materials are red, blue, and green color pencils, a No. 2 pencil with eraser, and 7 mm square graph paper notebook. This is all you need to get students to read and spell accurately. Four additional color coded books at gradual increased skill levels provide practice to improve fluency.
English is a hybrid language composed of French, German, Italian, Spanish, and several other languages. Hence, there is no consistent phonetic awareness of sounds, especially vowels, combinations of vowels, and silent letters. For many students, this makes learning to read English very difficult.
Ellies Code uses blue, green, and red to simplify decoding. Students first identify patterns in blue in words to find the smallest words within words. Green indicates changes, like plurals, verb endings, adverbs, and new words. Red highlights letters that are not pronounced but are important for spelling and decoding the rest of the word. Once fluency is achieved, students easily transfer their reading skills to black on white text.
The three colors help students improve spelling skills. Square centimeter graph paper is very important to teach spelling and take dictation.
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