By the time they reach preschool or kindergarten, young children are already writers. They don't have much experience,
but they're filled with stories to tell and ideas to express--they want to show the world what they know and see.
All they need is a nurturing teacher like you to recognize the writer at work within them. All you need to help
them is Already Ready.
Taking an exciting, new approach to working with our youngest students, Already Ready shows you how, by respecting
children as writers, engaged in bookmaking, you can gently nudge them toward a lifetime of joyful writing. Katie
Wood Ray and Matt Glover guide you through fundamental concepts of early writing. Providing numerous, helpful examples
of early writing--complete with transcriptions--they demonstrate how to:
make sense of children's writing and interpret how they represent sounds, ideas, and images
see important developmental signs in writers that you can use to help them grow further
recognize the thinking young children engage in and discover that it's the same thinking more experienced
writers use to craft purposeful, thoughtful pieces.
Table of Contents
I. Building Understandings About Young Writers
1. What It Means to Be a Writer
2. Composition and the Importance of Making of Picture Books
3. Rethinking the Meaning of Writing Development
4. Understanding Dimensions of Composition Development
5. The Child�s Image of Self as Writer: Managing the Balance of Initiation and Demonstration
II. Teaching Practices That Nurture Young Writers
6. Understanding the Teaching Context
7. Supporting Young Writers Through Read-Aloud
8. Understanding Side-by-Side Teaching
9. Building a Repertoire of Responsive Actions for Side-by-Side Teaching
10. Supporting Young Writers with Share Time
