I. A Comprehensive Approach to Early Intervention 1. The Interactive Strategies Approach 2. Responsive Instruction 3. Motivation to Read and Write II. Learning the Alphabetic Code 4. Purposes and Conventions of Print 5. Phonological Awareness 6. Letter Naming and Letter Formation 7. Letter-Sound Association 8. The Alphabetic Principle and the Alphabetic Code-Early Development 9. Phonograms and Word Families 10. The Alphabetic Principle and the Alphabetic Code-Later Development 11. Morphological Units and Multisyllabic Words III. Word Learning 12. Strategic Word Learning 13. High-Frequency Word Learning IV. Meaning Construction 14. Fluency 15. Vocabulary and Oral Language Development 16. Comprehension and General Knowledge V. Implementing Intensified Instruction 17. Small-Group and One-to-One Intervention 18. Revisiting and Concluding References Index