Stacey Shubitz and Lynne Dorfman warmly welcome you to experience writing workshop for the first time or in a new light with Welcome to Writing Workshop. Through strategic routines, tips, resources, and short focused video clips, teachers can create the sights and sounds of a thriving writing workshop where: both students and teachers are working authors; students spend most of their time writing—not just learning about it; student choice is encouraged to help create engaged writers, not compliant ones; students are part of the formative assessment process; students will look forward to writing time—not dread it. From explanations of writing process and writing traits to small-group strategy lessons and minilessons, this book will provide the know-how to feel confident and comfortable in the teaching of writers.

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Chapter 1: What is writing workshop? -- Chapter 2: The "write" environment -- Chapter 3: A community of writers -- Chapter 4: Classroom management -- Chapter 5: Whole-class instruction -- Chapter 6: Independent writing time -- Chapter 7: Conferring -- Chapter 8: Small-group instruction -- Chapter 9: Share sessions -- Chapter 10: Strategic instruction in grammar conventions and spelling.