Purpose This article provides an evidence-based perspective on what school communities
can do to lower the prevalence of reading difficulties among their pupils through preventive …

Words Their Way's developmentally-driven, hands-on instructional approach has been a
phenomenon in word study, providing a practical way to study words with students. The keys …

Background: Language treatment for children with specific language impairment (SLI) often
takes months to achieve moderate results. Interventions often do not incorporate the …

This accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils
to become critical thinkers through the medium of picturebooks. By introducing children to …

This indispensable book gives preservice and practicing literacy coaches the tools they
need to build a successful schoolwide reading program. The authors, well-known experts in …

The term emergent literacy is used to describe pre-literate children's skills related to reading
and writing before their achievement of conventional literacy (Sulzby, 1985; Whitehurst & …

1. Introduction a. Present slide 1.1 and introduce the textbook and chapter 1 b. Present slide
1.2 and discuss the characteristics of each child described. c. Present slide 1.3 and review …

This study evaluated the effects of HeadsUp! Reading (HUR), a professional development
literacy workshop series, with and without supplementary mentoring on early childhood …

Purpose This study evaluated the extent to which the language of intervention, the child's
development in Spanish, and the effects of English vocabulary, use, proficiency, and …

This study investigated the relations among preschool teachers' behavior management,
children's task orientation, and children's emergent literacy and language development, as …