language arts (primary)

Presents a comprehensive curriculum program designed to help teachers of kindergarten through second grade aid in their students' development as readers, writers, and language users, with resources for planning, assessment, evaluation, discussion, and trouble shooting.

The author describes her experiences teaching first-graders to read through a program that focuses on writing and reading workshops and the incorporation of children's literature in the daily life of the classroom.

Gives the teacher insight to help young children learn how to write to allow creativity and personal expression.