Designed to help teachers meet the literacy instruction guidelines as identified by the National Reading Panel (2000) and create an effective literacy program in their school or district while improving their understanding and practices of comprehension.

KEY TOPICS: Explores five of the major components essential to creating an effective literacy program and presents teachers with friendly tips and strategies to implement at their own school.  Each of the five books in the series focuses on one key component: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension and offers recommendations for incorporating appropriate reading materials, fostering productive home-school connections, and promoting a desire for students to learn to read and write throughout the five part series.