Volume 22, Number 2   2019          ISSN: 1930-9325  

  

Letters, Words, Books and Video Tape  
 

CONTENTS 

 

Letter from the Editor 

Dr. Rebecca A. Shore 

 

Research Articles  

1. Head Start Teachers’ Beliefs and Reported Practices for Letter Knowledge 
Hope K. Gerde             1-21 

 
2. Teacher Talk During Children’s Play in Head Start Preschools: Differences in Quantity, 

differences in Quality 

Judy Hicks Paulick         22-38 

 
3. The Effects of a Whole Classroom Repeated Book Reading Intervention on the 

Language Development of Children in Head Start 

Alina Mihai and Gretchen Butera        39-60 

  

4. The Impact of Video Self-Reflection on Teacher Practice 
Michelle Grantham-Caston and Cynthia F. DiCarlo     61-75  

  

Research-to-Practice Summaries  

5. Current Practices for Teaching Letter and Letter Sound Knowledge in Preschool 

Including Strategies for Improving Instruction in these Areas  

Hope K. Gerde           76-83 

 

6. Supporting Dual Language Learners’ Language Development Using Relevant 

Teacher Talk during Playtime  

Judy Hicks Paulick         84-88  

 

7. “Let’s Read this Book Again!”: Using Repeated Book Reading to Support Literal and 

Inferential Language Skills in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms 

Alina Mihai and Gretchen Butera        89-98 

 

8. Video Self-Reflection 
Michelle Grantham-Caston and Cynthia DiCarlo               99-102