Engage young children with this creative and strategic approach for building early literacy skills! This practical resource provides word lists, literature selections, and teaching strategies for building young learners' vocabulary and comprehension skills. Based on original research conducted by the author and Edward Fry, the lists are comprised of words used frequently by children in their writing, as well as additional words to enhance vocabulary and learning. Each thematic chapter offers: Literacy integrations for reading and writing in the classroomWriting prompts to integrate with journal activitiesRead-aloud suggestions from children's literatureThink-alouds to enhance vocabularySuggestions for parent involvement