Teaching Early Writing and Reading Together: Mini-Lessons that Link K-2 Literacy Instruction

The writing/reading connection means more than having your students write under the influence of literature that they have read! Noted author and educator Connie Campbell Dierking shows you how to develop a literacy-connected classroom, including using oral storytelling to scaffold primary reading and writing. She supplies more than 50 mini-lessons organized by their classroom function to help you explicitly teach foundational literacy skills during writer s workshop or whole-class and small-group reading instruction. Dierking encourages you to make the most of the writing/reading connection by thinking about some basic questions when you re crafting your literacy instruction: * How can I connect the conversations in reading and writing workshop? * What can I learn about the readers in my classroom through their writing? * What can my students learn about reading through writing? * How can I teach young writers to support their readers? * How can I teach readers how to use a writer s supports intentionally? Transform your K-2 literacy instruction. Teach writing and reading together.