Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: reclaiming writing / Richard J. Meyer and Kathryn F. Whitmore -- 2. Shoshana learns to write: a longitudinal study / Yetta M. Goodman and Kenneth S. Goodman -- Chapter 2 Extension: Reclaiming identities and learning to write / Bobbie Kabuto -- 3. Artful bookmaking: learning by design / S. Rebecca Leigh -- Chapter 3 Extension: The circus of design / S. Rebecca Leigh -- 4. Learning to respond to writers' workshop / Allen Koshewa -- Chapter 4 Extension: Learning authentic genres in a community of writers / Michael L. Shaw -- 5. When the water goes bad and other essential reasons to argue and write about science in elementary classrooms / Lori Norton-Meier and Brian Hand -- Chapter 5 Extension: Young mathematicians writing for real reasons / Elisa Waingort -- 6. Teaching the joy of writing through wikis / Shannon Blady and Roxanne Henkin -- Chapter 6 Extension: After-school technology possibilities / Lindsay Laurich and Kathryn F. Whitmore -- 7. Supporting writers as they learn to spell: a holistic approach / Maryann Manning and Marilee Ransom -- Chapter 7 Extension: Constructivist spelling, yes! constructivist grammar, too! / Sandra Wilde -- 8. Reworking writing workshop / Kathryn Mitchell Pierce -- Chapter 8 Extension: Creating gems of writing / Dick Koblitz -- 9. Writing pictures, drawing stories: reclaiming multimodal composing in first grade / Prisca Martens ... [et al.] -- Chapter 9 Extension: Reclaiming multimodal responses in fifth grade / Renita Schmidt -- 10. Sing me a song of writing: transforming the writing curriculum with the help of one child's determination / Jane Baskwill -- Chapter 10 Extension: Trusting students' visions for a participatory video project / Lenny Sanchez -- 11. Using multiple languages to write with passion and purpose / Katie Van Sluys -- Chapter 11 Extension: Translanguaging: a language space for multilinguals / Susana Ibarra Johnson and Richard J. Meyer -- 12. Intentional moves to build community in writers' workshop / Amy Seely Flint and Sanjuana Rodriguez -- Chapter 12 Extension: Uncovering children's expository writing within home and community lives / Charlene Klassen Endrizzi -- 13. "Learning how to mean": writing and gardening in two urban schools / Patricia Paugh, Mary Moran, and Geoff Rose -- Chapter 13 Extension: "So My grandpa knows what way to drive the tractor:" Children engage rural ways of knowing / Lori Norton-Meier -- 14. Producing cultural imaginaries in the playshop / Karen Wohlwend and Carmen Liliana Medina -- Chapter 14 Extension: The girls go to the '70s and the '80s: self-produced videos and play / Chuck Jurich and Richard J. Meyer -- Chapter 15 Extension: Writing as designing: reclaiming the social and multimodal aspects of writing / Candace R. Kuby -- 16. Democratic writing in video production: reclaiming the social nature of writing practices / Chuck Jurich and Richard J. Meyer -- Chapter 16 Extension: Democratic writing and multiliteracies work in schools and community centers / Linda Skidmore Coggin and Carmen Liliana Medina -- 17. Listening to compose spaces for identities, relationships, and actions / Richard J. Meyer and Kathryn F. Whitmore.