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Wow!  What a super few pages!  I loved having so many ideas right at my finger tips!!  I started today focusing on writing what they would say and it made a tremendous difference in one child! It was unbelievable!  I have in my plans to do the minilessons on beg. mid and end right after spring holidays!!  I want to go back through these pages as I am doing plans for the rest of the year.  What great ideas!!!  I am loving it!

I am excited about this book also!  What good choices that were made!    I have wanted to learn about writers workshop and now here I am.  I like thinking about conceiving, crafting, and correcting.  It gives me direction to give them.  I also felt comfortable to hear that most children find the hardest part of writing is correcting.  They just want to go straight to the finished project. I also was struck by how many decisions a good writer learns to make on their own.  Best practice says that children should be responsible for choosing their topic and this book agrees. We spend alot of our time in our class talking about books.  I am excited to continue reading so that we can write even more.