Instruction covers: Introduction to prefixes and suffixes; The 1-1-1 rule; Rules for "Y"; Changing Y to I; Process for breaking up words into syllables for decoding; Working with open and closed syllables; Identifying accented syllables; how to encode and decode multisyllabic words; Schwa words; learning how to syllabicate words that end with -le and words spelled with double vowels (lion) that aren't vowel teams. Course includes ideas for practice activities and a variety of 'ditties' to help the students remember a rule.