Reading is one of the easiest things to teach if you use dot patterns and decoding word lists. Dot patterns help the student recognize the individual lines that make up letters and numbers. Decoding word lists teach the student to isolate the parts of a word to make it easier to read. Students use highlighters to decode words into separate sound units or small words. This creates confident and fluent readers in a minimal amount of time. For example, if the word to be decoded was 'confident', the student would highlight 'con' in one color, 'fi' in another color and 'dent' in a third color. They then read the word as three small units instead of one overwhelming single word.

I can't stress enough how well this system works. Together, we can teach all kids to read.