Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. The Basics
Chapter 4 2. Laying the Foundations: Ten Building Blocks to a Good Reading Foundation
Chapter 5 3. Tools and Strategies: Activities, Literature, and Music and Movement
Chapter 6 4. The Framework: Developing Decoding
Chapter 7 5. The Reading-Writing Relationship: Learning about reading Through Writing Experiences
Chapter 8 6. Building Comprehension Strategies
Chapter 9 7. How to Assess the Progress: Five Basic Assessment Tools to Monitor Your Child's Reading Development
Chapter 10 8. Continuous Progress: Strategies to Ensure Continued Reading Success
Chapter 11 Appendix A: One Hundred Fantastic Children's Literature Books
Chapter 12 Appendix B: One Hundred Great Children's Authors
Chapter 13 Appendix C: What Do Effective Readers Do?
Chapter 14 Glossary
Chapter 15 Bibliography
Chapter 16 About the Author