1. Reconceptualizing Spelling Instruction -- 2. How Spelling Begins -- 3. Five Stages of Invented Spelling -- 4. Assessing Invented Spelling: Snapshots of the Mind -- 5. What Makes an Expert Speller: The Phonetic, Semantic, Historical, and Visual Demands -- 6. A Workshop Approach to Teaching Spelling -- 7. Choosing Spelling Words -- 8. The Effective Schoolwide Spelling Curriculum -- Appendix A: Origins of English Words -- Appendix B: Word Lists Organized by Sound or Letter -- Appendix C: Five Hundred Words Most Frequently Used in Children's Writing -- Appendix D: Words Most Commonly Misspelled in Children's Writing -- Books about Process Writing and Spelling