The skills and strategies students practice to become proficient writers also nudge them closer to becoming proficient readers, so how can K-2 teachers connect reading and writing instruction in meaningful ways that allow students to go deeper in their thinking? This revised second edition provides tips, tools, and mini-lessons for integrating reading, writing, and speaking and listening. Each operational, print awareness, craft, and foundational writing mini-lesson identifies the connecting point to reading and speaking and listening with Target Skills� that can and should be revisited and reinforced during your reading blockand any content area.

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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. Connie is currently a regional coordinator for Reading First Professional Development and also travels the country conducting workshops on reading and writing. During the past 24 years, Connie has experienced the joys of teaching kindergarten, second grade, third grade, and exceptional education students. She also was a writing demonstration teacher for Pinellas County Schools and worked with the Pinellas County Center for Learning Student Achievement Institute, a research and development program that supports classroom research in Best Practices. Connie is the co-author of Literature Models to Teach Expository Writing, Teaching Writing Skills with Children's Literature, Growing Up Writing, and most recently, Teaching Early Writing and Reading Together.

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