Donald Bear is director of the E. L. Cord Foundation Center for Learning and Literacy where since 1986 he has worked with children who struggle to learn to read and write, directly through assessments and tutoring programs in the center and through Reading Buddies tutoring programs.

Donald is a professor in the Department of Educational Specialties in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has been a third and fourth grade classroom teacher. Donald has been involved in a number of grants and innovative professional development programs. Assessments that he has developed are widely used in statewide literacy programs. He conducts workshops and consults with school districts to develop their programs.

Recent studies and writings examine the synchrony of literacy development, word study with English-language learners, upper level word knowledge, and the literacy learning of preschoolers. He is a co-author of several books, including Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction.

Products

1.		Vocabulary Their Way: Word Study with Middle and Secondary Students By Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston, Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi $30.59
2.		Words Their Way Letter and Picture Sorts for Emergent Spellers, 2nd Edition By Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Francine R. Johnston, Shane R. Templeton $19.79
3.		Words Their Way: Emergent Sorts for Spanish-Speaking English Learners By Lori R. Helman, Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston $19.79
4.		Words Their Way Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers, 2nd Edition By Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston, Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi $19.79
5.		Words Their Way: Letter-Name Alphabetic Sorts for Spanish-Speaking English Learners By Lori R. Helman, Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston $19.79
6.		Words Their Way Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers, 2nd Edition By Francine R. Johnston, Marcia Invernizzi, Donald R. Bear, Shane R. Templeton $19.79
7.		Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name - Alphabetic Spellers, 2nd Edition By Francine R. Johnston, Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton $19.79
8.		Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Within Word Pattern Spellers, 2nd Edition By Marcia Invernizzi, Francine R. Johnston, Donald R. Bear, Shane R. Templeton $19.79
9.		Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, 4th Edition By Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston $40.80
10.		Words Their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Spelling, Phonics, and Vocabulary Instruction By Donald R. Bear, Lori R. Helman, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston $37.79
11.		Video to Accompany Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction, 3rd Edition By Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine R. Johnston $17.10