Reflection Questions from the book
1. Discuss emergent literacy, how oral language concepts can be assessed and taught, explain phonological awareness and methods to acquire them, and explain the meaning of early intervention.

2. Describe what is meant by reading comprehension and good comprehenders, discuss different ways to assess reading comprehension, explain the difference between assessing reading comprehension and teaching reading comprehension, and the differences between comprehension skills and strategies.

3. Discuss three basic ways that teachers can help children acquire new words; explain what is meant by vocabulary consciousness, three levels of knowing a word, how to assess reading vocabulary, and explain guidelines for effective vocabulary instruction