A guide to the common core writing workshop: primary grades -- Resources for teaching writing CD-ROM, grade K -- 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 -- Writing pathways: performance assessments and learning progressions -- If... Then... curriculum: assessment-based instruction -- Freight train -- Creak! said the bed -- My first soccer game.