The classroom / Marilyn Jody and Marianne Saccardi -- Let's go to the movies: rethinking the role of film in the elementary classroom / Michele Whipple -- The challenge of change: exploring literacy and learning in electronic environments / Charles Kinzer and Donald J. Leu, Jr. -- Integrating technology in the classroom / Linda Mcmillen -- "I know English so many, Mrs. Abbott": reciprocal discoveries in a linguistically diverse classroom / Suzette Abbott and Claudia Grose -- A Chinese boy's joyful initiation into American literacy / Jane S. Townsend and Danling Fu -- Finding the "right measure" of explanation for young Latina/o writers / Lilana Barro Zecker, Christine C. Pappas, and Sarah Cohen -- Doing his own thing: a Mexican-American kindergartner becomes literate at home and school / Margaret M. Mulhern -- In which Governor Bush's business council holds a pre-summit meeting in Texas / Denny Taylor -- A note on terms: conceptualizing phonics and whole language / Constance Weaver -- Believing in what's possible, taking action to make a difference / Ellen H. Brinkley -- The California reading situation: rhetoric and reality / Jeff McQuillan.