Growing Up Writing: Mini-Lessons for Emergent and Beginning Writers

Introduce the effective power of the mini-lesson format into your classroom and discover the skills you need to teach your young writers. With fifty-nine mini-lessons organized by the function they serve in the kindergarten classroom, and calendars that outline skills expectations for your students' first year of writing instruction, this resource helps you customize the power of Writers' Workshop so you can meet the needs of your emergent writers.

Connie Dierking is originally from northeast Kansas. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a Master's degree in Special Education, both from Kansas State University. During the past 24 years, Connie has experienced the joys of teaching kindergarten, second grade, third grade, and exceptional education students. She is involved in the Pinellas County Center for Learning Student Achievement Institute, a research and development program that supports classroom research in Best Practices. She is also a writing demonstration teacher for Pinellas County Schools.

Sherra Jones earned a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from the University of South Florida. She is a charter member of the Classroom Learning System Cadre which trains teachers in Best Practices for classroom implementation. She conducts writing training for teachers and parents on reading and writing strategies. Her 20 years of teaching includes preschool, kindergarten, and first grade. She teaches first grade at Curtis Fundamental Elementary in Clearwater, Florida, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.