Teacher Inquiries in Literacy Teaching-Learning Book

Contents: Preface. C.C. Pappas, L.B. Zecker, Introduction: Creating Collaborative Relations of Power in Literacy Teaching-Learning. S.W. Soltero, Exploring Language Richness in a Bilingual Kindergarten Classroom. D. Collier, Pretend Reading Is for Everybody in Kindergarten--Even the Boys! A. Barry, Now I Know My ABC's, Plus a Whole Lot More! Using Alphabet Books With First Graders. P. Wolfer, My Journey to Create a Writing Workshop for First Graders. S. Cohen, Learning How to Scaffold Second Graders to Become Authors in a Bilingual Classroom. H. Jones, Creating Safety Zones in Reading Aloud to Empower Second Graders as Readers. R.L. Mehra, Fostering Second Graders' Participation in Literacy Activities Around a Novel Study. D.A. O'Malley, It Is Never Too Late to Change! Rethinking Read-Alouds for Third Graders. S.T. Pasewark, Promoting English Through English Read-Alouds in a Third-Grade Bilingual Classroom. S.C. Jacobson, For the Love of Reading: Inquiries in Reading Aloud and Creating Literature Discussion Groups in Fourth Grade. P. Fowler, Reflections on Drama in a Sixth-Grade Classroom: A Year of Discovery. B. Braun, How to Loosen Tongues With Drama: Children Try in Their Own Way in a Special-Education Classroom. M. Rassel, Teaching Research Writing: Our Search for Voice in the Eighth Grade. C.C. Pappas, L.B. Zecker, Summary and Ongoing Reflections: Struggles and Significance in Creating Collaborative Interactions and Talk in Urban Classrooms.