Click to enlargeVR Codes & Sequences
Letter codes, number codes, alphabet positions and sequences.
- 10 code and sequence question types, one a week
- A technique guide for every type, with worked examples
- 60 laddered questions per type
- Two 40-question mixed tests
- Answer key with working, a progress chart and a 12-week plan
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How this book is used in our course
The book runs on a 12-week plan. Each week introduces one question type: read its technique guide and worked examples, then work through the laddered sets, marking as you go. Weeks 11 and 12 are two timed mixed tests. Scores go on the progress chart. Any type scoring under 90% is repeated before the next week begins, using the working in the answer key to find the exact step that went wrong.
Where it sits in the series
- Previous book in the series: Book 1, VR Techniques Foundations
- Next book in the series: Book 3, VR Word Skills
What's inside VR Mastery 2
Four real pages from the book, so you can see exactly what your child will work from. All 10 sample pages are in the viewer.
One question type a week, 60 questions on it, then two weeks of mixed testing.
Alphabet fluency, letter series, letter connections, letter codes, decoding, word-to-number codes, letters for numbers, number series, number relationships, complete the calculation. Guide and examples on day one, a set of ten each day after that, mistakes corrected and re-tried. Ten weeks of depth on the types that reward method more than vocabulary.
Five steps that crack any letter code, and the two ways children get them wrong.
Write the code under the word. Count how far each letter moves. If it is not one simple move, check the reversed alphabet, where partners add up to 27. Use the same rule on every letter of the new word, then check one or two again. The guide warns against moving letters the wrong way and rushing the last letters.
60 letter-code questions, each with its own code.
"If the code for NINE is SNSJ, what is the code for BLANK?" Sixty of these in one week, laddered from accessible to more demanding, with five GL-style options each. By the end of the week the method is automatic.
40 questions across all ten types in 35 minutes.
Weeks 11 and 12 bring the term together. Test conditions are printed at the top: work quietly, read every instruction, skip and come back if stuck. Review every error after Test A, then compare with Test B.
All 10 question types in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 4 books in VR Mastery
VR Techniques Foundations
Every question type met once, gently, with vocabulary drawn from English Mastery Vocabulary 1.
VR Word Skills
18 word-based question types: meanings, hidden and compound words, anagrams, ladders and more.
VR Foundations Test Book
12 mixed tests of everything in Books 1–3.
VR Foundations Test Book 2
12 more mixed tests, all new questions, done just before Year 5.