This comprehensive and balanced look at literacy practice has long been one of the most popular reading methods books available. It begins by introducing seven principles for comprehensive reading instruction, and then explains the theoretical foundations of teaching reading. Part I builds on those foundations with specific methods in Part II, and then in Part III it describes how to create a variety of learning centers, and how to plan developmentally appropriate reading curriculum for students in both K-3 and 4-8 classrooms. Chapters 12 and 13 provide a continuum of knowledge by describing classroom organization and curriculum for grades 4-6 and 6-8.. For teachers and future elementary school teachers of reading.