Topic 1.  Comprehension, Critical Thinking and Response to Literature
Text:  Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis (2000).  Strategies that work.  Portland, ME:  Stenhouse Publishers.

Topic 2.  Teaching Students to Write for Multiple Purposes
Text:  Text:  Gail Tompkins (2004).  Teaching Writing:  Balancing Process and Product (4th ed.).  NY:  Prentice Hall

Topic Area 3.  Word Study
Text:  Donald R. Bear (Author), et al. (2003) Words Their Way, 3rd edition.  NY: Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0131113380)

Topic Area 4.  Putting it all Together to Create Fluent, Strategic Readers and Writers
Text:  Timothy V. Rasinski (2003).  The Fluent Reader: Oral Reading Strategies for Building Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension.  NY:  Scholastic Professional Books (ISBN: 0439332087)