The premise -- The basics -- The given -- The method -- Phonics -- Sound awareness -- Letter-sound association -- The baby vs. the bathwater -- Decoding -- Linguistic clusters -- Syllable rules and patterns -- Syllable identification -- Sight vocabulary -- Contextual analysis -- Oral reading -- Fluency -- Comprehension -- Visual processing -- Books -- Words -- Phonemic processing -- Language processing -- Affective support -- A cautionary tale -- The practice -- Guidelines -- Application -- Informal assessment.