What is constructivism? / Constance Kamii -- Literacy acquisition and the representation of language / Emilia Ferreiro -- Principles of spelling found in the first two grades / Francois Siegrist and Hermina Sinclair -- Spelling in kindergarten : a constructivist analysis comparing Spanish-speaking and English-speaking children / Constance Kamii ... [et al.] -- Learning to read in New Zealand / Brian Cutting, and Jerry L. Milligan -- Shared book experience : teaching reading using favorite books / Don Holdaway -- Modeled writing : reflections on the constructive process / Maryann Manning and Gary Manning -- Reading to know / Barbara A. Lewis and Roberta Long -- An approach to assessment in early literacy / Brenda S. Engel.