This document discusses strategies for teaching emergent and beginning literacy learners. It defines emergent learners as those building foundational skills like oral language and phonemic awareness, while beginning learners are working on skills like phonics, fluency, and comprehension. Both benefit from teacher modeling and print-rich environments. The document provides examples of instructional strategies for each group, such as using picture cards to teach phonemic awareness for emergent learners and repeated reading to build fluency for beginning learners. It emphasizes assessing students' skills and differentiating instruction based on their level.