Introduction / Judith M. Newman. p. 1-6.

1. Insights from recent reading and writing research and their implications for developing whole language curriculum / Judith M. Newman. p. 7-36.

2. What teachers are demonstrating / Meredith Hutchings. p. 37-44.

3. Andrew and Molly: writers and context in concert / Wayne Serebrin. p. 45-54.

4. Using children's books to teach reading / Judith M. Newman. p. 55-64.

5. From sunny days to green onions: on journal writing / Sumitra Unia. p. 65-72.

6. To Judith: a look at a Child's writing development through his letters / Judith M. Newman. p. 73-82.

7. Learning to spell / Olga Scibior. p. 83-90.

8. The message board: language comes alive / Reta Boyd. p. 91-98.

9. What about reading? / Judith M. Newman. p. 99-110.

10. Text organization: its value for literacy development / Susan Church. p. 111-122.

11. Conferencing: writing as a collaborative activity / Judith M. Newman. p. 123-130.

12. It makes yo feel needed: students as teachers / Judy Mossip. p. 131-136.

13. Activity cards / Winniefred Kwak ; Judith M. Newman. p. 137-144.

14. Mealworms: learning about written language through science activities / Judith M. Newman. p. 145-152.

15. The war of the words / Susan Church. p. 153-162.

16. Yes, they can learn / James Boyer. p. 163-168.

17. Danny: a case history of an instructionally induced reading problem / Susan Church ; Judith M. Newman. p. 169-180.

18. Yes, that's an interesting idea, but....: on developing whole language curriculum / Judith M. Newman. p. 181-186.