The Art of Teaching Writing

I have really enjoyed reading and discussing this book. We have divided it up and then report back to the group, but we could spend an entire afternoon for a week with this book. It is so applicable to all of our classrooms. Since I am transitioning to second grade this year I have really focused on the "Between" chapter that discusses second and third graders. The range of development in each second and third grade classroom is humongus! To have a writers' workshop and mingle with the children and see each one's level of comprehension and creativity is an open-ended tool that I am anxious to employ in my room.