Clarifying the place of phonics and spelling in a whole language program, this book presents classroom-tested strategies, models, and activities to help students make graphophonic connections, giving them the tools they need to become confident, lifelong readers and writers. Chapters in the book are: (1) Phonics and Spelling in Perspective; (2) The Whole Picture; (3) Daily Reading; (4) Daily Writing; (5) Writing/Reading from Shared Experiences; (6) Recording, Evaluating, and Reporting; and (7) Keeping Parents Informed. Phonic elements for sound charts, consonant sounds, vowels and diphthongs, letters of the new alphabet, a poem written in the standard alphabet and the new alphabet, and checklists for emergent, novice, or independent readers and spellers are attached. (RS)