1. An Introduction to Word Recognition: What You Need to Know about How Words Work 2. Assessing Word Knowledge: A Comprehensive Look at the Word Knowledge Zone 3. The Emergent Reader and Writer: Building Foundational Skills That Facilitate Word Learning 4. The Emergent Reader's Toolkit: Activities and Student Strategies 5. The Beginning Reader and Writer: Building a Bank of Known Words 6. The Beginning Reader's Toolkit: Activities and Student Strategies 7. The Transitional Reader and Writer: Building Automatic Word Knowledge for Fluency 8. The Transitional Reader's Toolkit: Activities and Student Strategies