1. Factors Influencing Second Language Literacy Development: A Road map for Teachers, Lori Helman 2. Culturally Responsive Instruction: Application to Multiethnic, Multilingual Classrooms, Kathryn H. Au 3. Explicit Language Instruction: A Key to Academic Success for English Learners, Susana Dutro, Raquel Mendia NAA+/-ez, & Lori Helman 4. Improving the Language and Literacy Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals, Georgia Earnest GarcA a & Christina P. DeNicolo 5. The Literacy Development of Emergent Bilinguals: What Do We Know about Each Student's Literacy Development?, Donald R. Bear & Regina E. Smith 6. Emergent Literacy: Planting the Seeds for Accomplished Reading and Writing, Lori Helman 7. Opening Doors to Texts: Planning Effective Phonics Instruction with Emergent Bilinguals, Lori Helman 8. English Learners and Fluency Development: More Than Speed and Accuracy, M. Kristiina Montero & Melanie R. Kuhn 9. Exploring Ways to Foster the Reading Comprehension of English Learners: Learning from Yeng and Luis, Cynthia H. Brock, Rachel G. Salas, Suzette Serafini Youngs, & Eleni Oikonomidoy 10. Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners across the Elementary Grades, Rebecca D. Silverman, Ana Taboada Barber, C. Brie Doyle, & Shane Templeton 11. Examining Teacher Dispositions toward Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students, Julie L. Pennington & Rachel G. Salas 12. Collaborative Practices to Support Implementation of the Common Core State Standards with KaEURO"5 English Learners, Andrea Honigsfeld & Maria G. Dove with Christine Seebach & Kyriaki Dimitrakakis 13. Effective Instructional Practices for Emergent Bilinguals, Lori Helman 14. Literacy Development with English Learners: Concluding Thoughts, Lori Helman Index