Contents:
I. A High-Quality Literacy Program: Make Way for Letters and Words 1. Word Solving: Investigating the Properties of Words, G. Pinnell 2. Word Matters: A Curriculum for Helping Children Become Word Solvers, I. Fountas II. Writing: Constructing Letters and Words 3. Interactive Writing: The How and Why of Teaching and Learning Letters, Sounds, and Words, B. Wiley 4. Becoming a Writer: Learning Through Interactive Writing, J. Henry 5. Kindergarten Explorations of Letters, Sounds, and Words, A. McCarrier & I. Patacca 6. Letter Learning in the Early Literacy Classroom, C. Lyons 7. Assessing Spelling Knowledge: The Child as a Reader and Writer, C. Jenkins III. Language Play and Word Study 8. Language Delights and Word Play: The Foundation for Literacy Learning, D. Booth 9. Sorting It Out Through Word Sorts, J. Zutell 10. Multilevel Word Study: Word Charts, Word Walls, and Word Sorts, D. Hall & P. Cunningham 11. Learning Links in Language and Literacy, D. DeFord IV. Reading: Taking Apart Letters and Words 12. Helping Young Readers Learn How to Problem Solve Words While Reading, B. Askew 13. Shared Reading: Investigating Letters and Words, S. Hundley & D. Powell V. Expert Voices: What Does the Research Say? 14. How Children Learn to Spell: Evidence from Decades of Research, S. Wilde 15. How Do Children Learn to Read? Evidence from Decades of Research, W. Stokes 16. Meeting the Literacy Challenge: The Role of Word Matters, I. Fountas & G. Pinnell