Today we did six pages of  Explode The Code! After hearing years of rave reviews, I finally saw the book in a bookstore.  I don't really like to order things unseen, so I was really happy to actually see the book.  I got it at a Christian bookstore over the weekend & we broke it out today.  My son really enjoyed the book, and through some of it was really easy for him, I think it also reinforced skills we've learned earlier, and helped with the whole "sounding out" thing: /u/