Are you frustrated and wondering why your child or student is not making adequate progress in reading and spelling in spite of all your great efforts and attempts to teach him/her? Please allow Ellie's Code Instructional Guide to show you step by step how to learn simple and efficient strategies to teach your child or student how to decode and spell the English language with ease and enjoyment. This instructional guide contains a brief introduction which explains how this method works and why the particular three colors in the code were chosen to facilitate reading. It includes a summary guide for color-code usage with samples. It also explains the importance of the identification of spelling patterns. The lesson plan, suggestions, and strategies are simple and easy to follow. Ellie's Code story is included to follow along with the reader. It contains two high frequency color-coded word lists which are broken down into 16 sub-lists and 28 sub-lists, respectively. It has progress charts for each list and color-coded practice test sheets for each of the complete word lists, which may be scanned and reproduced for the student. Patience, consistency, repetition, and encouragement are requested, as this method was designed for a child who processes decoding skills differently.