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Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for Our Youngest Writers

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This book is WONDERFUL. It clearly lays out mini-lessons in a way that makes you feel like you are watching them in action. It lists trade books to use as examples to tie into workshop. The format of the book is very reader-friendly and is not overly technical. I love that it is centered on kindergarten writers, although it is certainly useful for other primary grades as well. There are also some good ideas about setting up workshop, strategies, management and assessing/monitoring writers.
The book teaches you how to help Kindergarteners find their voices, to be true authors and illustrators of their stories. It gave my class ownership and pride in their drawing, writing and most importantly their message.
I can't wait to start the year off with the book, the writing my class did improved dramatically in the short time I used the book this year.

Great book. I like the specifics of how to teach children that they have stories to tell and can eventually write about them.

The book is laid out and organized really well but it was not what I was looking for.
This book deals with the very beginning of writing with Kindergarteners. I wanted a resource to help with how to take my students from drawing to writing and helping them choose a topic. I think the description of the book was misleading. I will keep the book and may use some of the ideas at the beginning of the new school year.

I just got this book and I love it! I read the first 31 pages and I'm ready to begin on Monday with my kindergarten students. This book is all I needed to begin writer's workshop! It's written so well, even a novice workshop teacher can follow it! Super book!

A must for anyone working with Pre-K, K, and First grade writers. This walks you right through how young children come to writing naturally - and if allowed to do so will LOVE it. This is how we set up our own Writing Workshop, and is how I taught our University's Language Arts methods class to pre-service educators (juniors in college) - delivering that language arts instruction through Writing Workshop. This book explains it well - offering a variety of ways to approach each lesson. Great literature tie-ins, too.

I received this book quickly from when I placed my order and it was perfect!