If...Then...Curriculum: assessment-based instruction, grade K -- A guide to the common core writing workshop, primary grades -- Writing pathways: performance assessments and learning progressions, grades K-5 -- Launching the writing workshop -- Writing for readers -- How-to books: writing to teach others -- Persuasive writing of all kinds: using words to make a change -- Anchor-chart notes -- Creak! Said the bed -- My first soccer game -- Freight train.