The reader will

• Understand the role of decoding instruction in the development of skilled reading and the dyslexic reader’s difficulty with decoding
• Know the research that supports explicit, systematic decoding and fluency instruction
• Learn key elements of decoding instruction, including phonemic awareness, letter recognition, sound–symbol correspondences, syllable types, syllable division patterns, and morphology, and structured procedures for introducing and practicing these elements
• Understand the importance of fluency and activities that develop the rate and prosody of reading