Basic Code

Free resources to use with the foundation year of schooling – Part One – Basic Code.

Alphabet Classroom Display	A picture for each letter of the alphabet classroom display.
Camera Word Display	Large camera words cards to display in your classroom to increase recognition and fluency by getting those tricky words embedded!
100% Decodable Word Cards – Unit 1	100% decodable word cards from Unit 1 to display around your classroom.
Grapheme Cards	Large colourful grapheme cards from each unit of the Basic Code. One phoneme per card.

Sequence at a Glance	What phonemes you are teaching, and in what order you are teaching them.
Camera Word List	List of all camera words from the Basic Code.
Guided Reading Session Plan	An example of a guided reading lesson from the Get Reading Right Toolkit Part One.
Picture Dictionary	Use this picture dictionary to help build vocabulary. All words from our Practice Books are here with their corresponding pictures.
Basic Code Completion Certificates	Print out these certificates to give to your students once they have cracked the Basic Code.
Reading With Expression Cards	Use these cards to get children reading with expression. For instructions on how to introduce the cards, click here.
Decodable Bookmarks	Bookmarks that summarise in one sentence, the purpose of home reader, helping to guide parental expectations so they can most effectively help their child. For instructions on when to send which bookmark home, click here.

Phoneme Dominoes	Print out and cut these phoneme dominoes to increase phoneme recognition. Match the phonemes to play.
Flip Book Unit 1	Staple the pages together and cut along the dotted lines. Get your students to make lots of decodable words using the target phonemes from Unit 1 by simply flicking through the pages.
Flip Book Unit 2	Staple the pages together and cut along the dotted lines. Get your students to make lots of decodable words using the target phonemes from Unit 2 by simply flicking through the pages.
Flip Book Unit 3	Staple the pages together and cut along the dotted lines. Get your students to make lots of decodable words using the target phonemes from Unit 3 by simply flicking through the pages.
Letter Cards – Spelling Game	Fill in the boxes to match the pictures using your magnetic letters or simply write the phonemes in each box. This games takes you systematically through Unit 1 with increasing word difficulty.
Snake Sentence Jumbles	Cut out each snake and then cut each word. Jumble up the parts so that the children have to read the words and make complete sentences by putting the snake back together.