Best practices in literacy instruction / Lesley Mandel Morrow, Linda B. Gambrell, Michael Pressley, editors ; foreword by Dorothy S. Strickland.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Principles of best practice : finding the common ground / Susan Anders Mazzoni and Linda B. Gambrell -- Toward a more complex view of balance in the literacy curriculum / P. David Pearson and Taffy E. Raphael -- Current practices in early literacy development / Lesley Mandel Morrow and Elizabeth Asbury -- What research says about teaching phonics / Patricia M. Cunningham -- Best practices in vocabulary instruction : what effective teachers do / Camille L.Z. Blachowicz and Peter J. Fisher -- Best practices in comprehension instruction / Cathy Collins Block and Michael Pressley -- Fluency in the classroom : strategies for whole-class and group work / Melanie R. Kuhn -- Building a sound writing program / Karen Bromley -- Material matters : using children's literature to charm readers (or Why Harry Potter and the Princess diaries matter) / Douglas Fisher, James Flood, and Diane Lapp -- Adolescent literacy / Lisa Patel Stevens and Thomas W. Bean -- Best practices in literacy assessment / Peter Winograd, Leila Flores-Dueñas, and Harriette Arrington -- Organizing effective literacy instruction : grouping strategies and instructional routines / D. Ray Reutzel -- See it change : a primer on the basal reader / Nancy L. Roser, James V. Hoffman, and Norma J. Carr -- Strategies for literacy development for students with disabilities / Kim Baker and Richard L. Allington -- Effective use of technology in literacy instruction / Michael C. McKenna, Linda D. Labbo, and David Reinking -- Achieving best practices in literacy instruction / James W. Cunningham and Kimberly H. Creamer.

Now in a revised and updated second edition, this bestselling book guides teachers in providing effective, engaging literacy instruction that meets the challenges of today's legislative mandates. Identified are principles of best practice that reflect cutting-edge scientific research as well as decades of hands-on classroom experience, and that were cited in the International Reading Association's 2002 position paper on evidence-based reading instruction. Leading researchers and practitioners review the latest findings on key areas of instruction and translate the research into easy-to-implement teaching strategies and ideas. Including updated coverage of early literacy, phonics, comprehension, assessment, adolescent literacy, and more, the second edition also features essential new chapters on vocabulary and fluency instruction