The curricula Cody supports

The short version

• Choose the curriculum you actually teach. Cody uses its lesson order when creating material.
• Your list may be short. Cody only shows the curricula available to your organization.
• Each student has a curriculum and Current Lesson. These provide the starting point for the student’s pattern profile.
• Organization owners can set a default curriculum. It is used when teachers create from a lesson.
• Changing a student’s curriculum clears their existing pattern progress. Review the warning before you continue.

What you may see

The curriculum menu is the most accurate list for your account. Depending on your organization, it may include some of these options:

Curriculum	How it is organized	What to know
UFLI Inspired	Numbered lessons	Choose the lesson that matches your UFLI instruction
Wilson Reading System	Steps and substeps, such as 3.1	Use Wilson’s own numbering when choosing a position
The Dyslexia Classroom A or B	Its own ordered sequence	Only appears when enabled for your organization
Custom Pattern Selection	A starting level followed by direct pattern management	Useful when no listed sequence matches your teaching

Your organization may have a curriculum not shown in this table. If it appears in your menu, it has been enabled for your workspace.

Choosing one

Choose the curriculum whose lesson order matches the instruction the student is receiving. Do not choose by lesson number alone. Lesson 12 in one curriculum can teach different patterns from Lesson 12 in another.

When you add a student, Cody asks for a curriculum and a starting lesson. If your organization offers only one curriculum, it may already be selected.

The starting lesson sits directly below the curriculum. Check both before selecting Create Student. Select the image to see it larger.

Different students in the same class can use different curricula. For example, a student may receive intervention through a different sequence from the one used for whole-class instruction.

Set the organization default

The default curriculum saves teachers from choosing a curriculum each time they create from a lesson.

Only the organization owner can change this setting:

1. Open Organization Settings from the left menu.
2. Find Default curriculum.
3. Choose the curriculum your organization normally uses.
4. Select Save Changes.

The default affects lesson-based creation. Each student’s own curriculum still controls material created for that student.

Before changing a student’s curriculum

Changing the curriculum resets the student’s pattern progress. All pattern assessments tied to the current curriculum are cleared. Lesson numbers and saved pattern states do not transfer to the new curriculum.

If you still need to change it:

1. Open the student and stay on Profile.
2. Select Change Curriculum.
3. Read the warning and select Continue.
4. Choose the new Curriculum and Starting Lesson.
5. Select Change, then review the student’s Phonetic Patterns.

Use Custom Pattern Selection

Custom Pattern Selection is for a student whose instruction does not match one listed sequence. This can apply to a mixed approach or individualized intervention.

Custom is not offered while you add a new student. First create the student with one of the offered curricula. Then open the student’s profile and use Change Curriculum to choose Custom Pattern Selection.

You choose a broad starting level during the change. Afterward, use Manage patterns or the Phonetic Patterns grid to mark individual patterns as Known, Target, or Unknown. The student list does not show a normal lesson selector for a Custom profile.

Related

• Scope and sequence: how phonics is ordered
• Reading the pattern grid
• Decodable text: what it is and why it matters