Improving Early Literacy offers teachers an arsenal of reading strategies for helping struggling emergent readers develop letter-name knowledge, sight word knowledge, phonics, and reading fluency skills. This book provides a comprehensive listing of various strategies incorporated into activities and worksheets and offers* a practical introduction to early literacy instruction* informal assessment devices based on proven research concepts* approaches, strategies, and materials for teaching early literacy skills* techniques for developing listening and oral language skills* ways to assess and implement letter-name knowledge and sight word knowledge* strategies for improving phonic analysis* enhancement of structural and contextual analysis* ways to expand vocabulary and comprehension* techniques for teaching emergent literacy to children with special needs