Preface

Introduction: Creating Collaborative Relations of Power in Litracy Teaching-Learning

Christine C. Pappas

Liliana Barro Zecker

Exploring Language Richness in a Bilingual Kindergarten Classroom

Sonia White Soltero

Pretend Reading Is for Everybody in Kindergarten---Even the Boys!

Demetrya Collier

Now I Know My ABC's, Plus a Whole Lot More! Using Alphabet Books With First Graders

Anne Barry

My Journey to Create a Writing Workshop for First Graders

Pamela Wolfer

Learning How to Scaffold Second Graders to Become Authors in a Bilingual Classroom

Sarah Cohen

Creating Safety Zones in Reading Aloud to Empower Second Graders as Readers

Hawa Jones

Fostering Second Graders' Participation in Literacy Activities Around a Novel Study

Renuka L. Mehra

It Is Never Too Late to Change! Rethinking Read-Alouds for Third Graders

Dorothy A. O'Malley

Promoting English Through English Read-Alouds in a Third-Grade Bilingual Classroom

Sonia Torres Pasewark

For the Love of Reading: Inquiries in Reading Aloud and Creating Literature Discussion Groups in Fourth Grade

Susan C. Jacobson

Reflections on Drama in a Sixth-Grade Classroom: A Year of Discovery

Paul Fowler

How to Loosen Tongues With Drama: Children Try in Their Own Way a Special-Education Classroom

Bernadine Braun

Teaching Research Writing: Our Search for Voice in the Eighth Grade

Michael Rassel

Summary and Ongoing Reflections: Struggles and Significance in Creating Collaborative Interactions and Talk in Urban Classrooms

Christine C. Pappas

Liliana Barro Zecker

Author Index

Subject Index