Many tens of thousands of preservice and inservice teachers have relied on this highly regarded text from leading experts, now in a revised and updated sixth edition. The latest knowledge about literacy teaching and learning is distilled into flexible strategies for helping all PreK-12 learners succeed. The book addresses major components of literacy, the needs of specific populations, motivation, assessment, approaches to organizing instruction, and more. Each chapter features bulleted previews of key points; reviews of the research evidence; recommendations for best practices in action, including examples from exemplary classrooms; and engagement activities that help teachers apply the knowledge and strategies they have learned. New to this edition: (1) Incorporates the latest research findings and instructional practices; (2) Chapters on new topics: developmental word study and the physiological, emotional, and behavioral foundations of literacy learning; (3) Chapters offering fresh, expanded perspectives on writing and vocabulary; and (4) Increased attention to timely issues: classroom learning communities, teaching English learners, and the use of digital tools and multimodal texts. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Evidence-Based Best Practices for Developing Literate Communities (Jacquelynn A. Malloy, Barbara A. Marinak, and Linda B. Gambrell); (2) Current Issues and Best Practices in Literacy Instruction (Christina L. Madda, Vicki B. Griffo, P. David Pearson, and Taffy E. Raphael); (3) Best Practices for Motivating Students to Read (John T. Guthrie and Ana Taboada Barber); (4) Best Practices in Early Literacy: Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade (Lesley Mandel Morrow, Susan M. Dougherty, and Diane H. Tracey); (5) Best Practices to Change the Trajectory of Struggling Readers (Victoria J. Risko and Doris Walker-Dalhouse); (6) Best Practices for Teaching Dual-Language Learners: Leveraging Everyday Literacies (Michael Domínguez and Kris D. Gutiérrez); (7) Best Practices in Adolescent Literacy Instruction (Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey); (8) Best Practices for Developmental Word Study in Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling (Donald R. Bear); (9) Best Practices in Vocabulary Instruction (Kathy Ganske); (10) Best Practices in Narrative Text Comprehension Instruction (Janice F. Almasi and Susan J. Hart); (11) Best Practices in Informational Text Comprehension Instruction (Nell K. Duke and Nicole M. Martin); (12) Best Practices in Fluency Instruction (Melanie Kuhn, Timothy Rasinski, and Chase Young); (13) Best Practices in Teaching Writing (Troy Hicks); (14) Best Practices in Reading Assessment, (Peter Afflerbach, Byeong-Young Cho, Maria Elliker Crassas, and Jong-Yun Kim); (15) Best Practices in Teaching the New Literacies of Online Research and Comprehension (Lisa Zawilinski, Elena Forzani, Nicole Timbrell, and Donald J. Leu); (16) Organizing Effective Literacy Instruction: Differentiating Instruction to Meet Student Needs (D. Ray Reutzel and Sarah K. Clark); (17) Best Practices in the Physiological, Emotional, and Behavioral Foundations of Literacy Achievement (Diane H. Tracey); (18) Building Strong Home, School, and Community Partnerships through Culturally Relevant Teaching (Jeanne R. Paratore, Patricia A. Edwards, and Lisa M. O'Brien); and (19) Best Practices in Professional Learning for Improving Literacy Instruction in Schools (Sharon Walpole, John Z. Strong, and Cary B. Riches).