LITERACY AND THE INCLUSIVE CLASSROOM -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 2: KEY IDEAS IN LITERACY DEVELOPMENT -- THE HEART OF A TEACHER -- THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 3: SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GENERAL EDUCATION -- INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS -- RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION -- STRENGTHENING THE RTI FRAMEWORK -- CURRICULUM BASED MEASUREMENT -- THE FIVE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF LITERACY INSTRUCTION -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 4: PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND PHONICS -- PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS -- WHAT IS A PHONEME? -- PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS: INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES -- PHONEMIC AWARENESS ACTIVITIES -- PHONEMIC AWARENESS PROGRAMS (COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE) -- ASSESSING PHONEMIC AWARENESS: INFORMAL MEASURES -- THE ALPHABETIC PRINCIPLE -- PHONICS -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 5: WORD RECOGNITION AND WORD ANALYSIS -- AUTOMATICITY -- MORPHOLOGICAL AWARENESS -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 6: VOCABULARY AND FLUENCY -- VOCABULARY -- FLUENCY -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 7: COMPREHENSION -- STRATEGY INSTRUCTION -- COMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION -- CHAPTER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 8: ASSESSMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING -- ASSESSMENT -- INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING -- PROCEDURAL FORMAT -- RESOURCES -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 9: READING PROGRAM ESSENTIALS.

CORE READING INSTRUCTION -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 10: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- QUALITIES OF GOOD CHILDREN'S BOOKS -- PICTURE BOOKS -- DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURALISM -- POETRY -- TRADITIONAL LITERATURE: FOLKTALES, FAIRY TALES, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- Chapter 11: WRITING CONVENTIONS -- WORD CHOICE -- TEACH DICTIONARY SKILLS -- WORD USAGE -- FORMING PAST TENSE -- WRITING AND GRAMMAR -- GRAMMAR REVIEW -- GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN EXPRESSION ASSIGNMENTS -- MECHANICS REVIEW -- WRITING AND TEXT STRUCTURE -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- Chapter 12: THE WRITING PROCESS -- EXPOSITORY WRITING -- NARRATIVE WRITING -- FINDING BALANCE -- QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND DISCUSSION -- CHAPTER APPLICATION EXERCISES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.