PART I. FOUNDATIONS FOR EARLY LITERACY LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION

Staff Development for Early Literacy Teachers: A Plan to Facilitate Change

Lesley Mandel Morrow

Heather Casey

Courtney Haworth

Questions about Early Literacy Learning and Teaching That Need Asking---and Some That Don't

William H. Teale

A Multidimensional Approach to Beginning Literacy

Irene W. Gaskins

The Learner, the Teacher, the Text, and the Context: Sociocultural Approaches to Early Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners

Shelley Hong Xu

PART II. HOME LITERACY EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN

What Hannah Taught Emma and Why It Matters

Lisa Lenhart

Kathleen Roskos

Learning about the Literate Lives of Latino Families

Jeanne R. Paratore

Gigliana Melzi

Barbara Krol-Sinclair

PART III. PHONEMIC AWARENESS, CODE LEARNING, AND BOOK ACTING

Engaging Preschoolers in Code Learning: Some Thoughts about Preschool Teachers' Concerns

Judith A. Schickedanz

Concepts, Sounds, and the ABCs: A Diet for a Very Young Reader

Marcia Invernizzi

Book Acting: Storytelling and Drama in the Early Childhood Classroom

Lea M. McGee

PART IV. RECENT TRENDS IN LITERACY RESEARCH: TECHNOLOGY, FLUENCY, AND INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Early Literacy in a Digital Age: Moving from a Singular Book Literacy to the Multiple Literacies of Networked Information and Communication Technologies

Rachel A. Karchmer

Marla H. Mallette

Donald J. Leu, Jr.

No More ``Madfaces'': Motivation and Fluency Development with Struggling Readers

Steven A. Stahl

How Can I Help Them Pull It All Together?: A Guide to Fluent Reading Instruction

Melanie Kuhn

Bridging the Gap between Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

Nell K. Duke

V. Susan Bennett-Armistead

Ebony M. Roberts

Immersing Children in Nonfiction: Fostering Emergent Research and Writing

Renee M. Casbergue

Mary Beth Plauche

Organizing Expository Texts: A Look at the Possibilities

Carol Vukelich

Christine Evans

Bonnie Albertson

PART V. CONCLUSION

Caution, Apply with Care: Recommendations for Early Literacy Instruction

Diane M. Barone

Index