Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Focus on the Learner
1. Understanding Our Role as Teachers: Facing the Challenges of Helping All Students Learn to Read and Write, Jeanne Shay Schumm and Maria Elena Arguelles
2. No Two Learners Learn Alike: The Importance of Assessment and Differentiated Instruction, Jeanne Shay Schumm and Maria Elena Arguelles
3. No Two Learners Are Alike: Learners with Linguistic and Cultural Differences, Mary A. Avalos
II. Focus on the Foundations of Reading
4. In the Beginning: Phonological Awareness, Elizabeth D. Cramer
5. The Alphabetic Principle, Phonics, and Spelling: Teaching Students the Code, Ana Maria Pazos Rego
6. Toward Independence: Sight Words and Structural Analysis, Peggy D. Cuevas
7. Practice Makes Permanent: Working toward Fluency, Jodi Crum Marshall and Yvonne C. Campbell
8. Once Upon a Time: Comprehending Narrative Text, Adriana L. Medina and Paola Pilonieta
9. Making Sense of Knowledge: Comprehending Expository Text, Michele Mits Cash and Jeanne Shay Schumm
10. The Wonder of Words: Learning and Expanding Vocabulary, Lina Lopez Chiappone
11. The Magic of Literature: Trade Books in the Classroom, Jeanne Bergeron
12. The Parallel Bar: Writing Assessment and Instruction, Adriana L. Medina
III. Focus on Connections
13. The Digital Connection: An Exploration of Computer-Mediated Reading Instruction, William E. Blanton and Rita M. Menendez
14. Putting It All Together in Classroom and Resource Settings: Organizational Frameworks for Differentiated Instruction, Jeanne Shay Schumm
Appendix A. Student Reading and Writing Profile
Appendix B. Frequently Asked Questions About Informal Reading Inventories--Revisited
Appendix C. Assessment References
Appendix D. Children's Literature References
Appendix E. Research Skills
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