why: I'm reading this in preparation for training to become an instructor in the Colorado Writing Project.

when: start 6/4/13, end 6/5/13

how: as a hard copy book. I read most of it on my couch, and I filled the margins with thoughts scrawled in blue ink.

thoughts: Out of all of the books I've read abo

This is a great book for primary teachers trying to find the best way to get young children to write! The authors know young children love projects so they start their writers workshop with children making books. I always reread this book when preparing to teach 1st grade! My first graders are writi

A great resource if you are teaching Writing to Kinder or 1st especially.

Katie Wood Ray is my go to for writing in the classroom. Her insights, examples, and approaches to working with our youngest writers makes perfect sense. My students leave in May knowing they are authors and illustrators!

Changed everything about how I teach writing.

This is a great book! It really shows you how to get your students to engage in writing! I would recommend this book to teachers.

In About the Authors: Writing Workshop with Our Youngest Writers, Katie Wood Ray does an excellent job describing and detailing a writing workshop process for lower elementary students. First, Ray takes the reader (future teachers) through a step-by-step process of beginning to set up a writing work

In About the Authors: Writing Workshop with Our Youngest Writers, Katie Wood Ray does an excellent job describing and detailing a writing workshop process for lower elementary students. First, Ray takes the reader (future teachers) through a step-by-step process of beginning to set up a writing work