About the Authors: Writing Workshop for our Youngest Authors by Katie Wood Ray and Lisa B. Cleaveland

why: I'll be training to become a teacher consultant for the Colorado Writing Project this month. I need to read up on writer's workshop in the elementary grades.

when: start 5/30 end 6/2

how: I have a hard copy of this one. I'm reading it at my dining room table, pen in hand to fill the margins with thoughts.

thoughts: I'm struck by how much of the ideas and approaches here for writers in grades K-2 are totally and completely relevant to writers in grades 9-12 and beyond even. I really loved reading this book. This reminded me of the essence of writer's workshop--it's about engaging students as writers who love to create, to imagine, to make things with words. It's about building a community of practice surrounding this. This book really shows how to do that, and I'm pretty sure I'll keep it within easy reach in my office at school to pull out ideas to use with my high school students.

Click on the book image to get to the page for this book on its publisher's website.

review haiku:
remember this please,
writer's workshop should be fun
inspire your authors