Changing trends in literacy education -- Emergent literacy, language development, and cognitive development -- Assessment and evaluation in the reading and writing program -- Phonics and phonemic awareness -- Vocabulary development -- Developing approaches for fluency and comprehension -- Reading, writing, and literature in the content areas: kindergarten through fourth grades -- Reading, writing, and literature in the content areas: fourth through eighth grades -- The reading and writing connection -- Literacy instruction for ELL students, multicultural education, and students with special needs -- Computer-assisted instruction and reading and writing -- Putting it all together: literacy instruction that works