The importance of young children's writing in developing literacy was long neglected. In this brand-new book, written in the same familiar and joyful "I can do this in my classroom" voice that teachers loved in Kid Writing (1999), the authors show how reading, spelling, knowledge of the alphabet, and knowledge about speech sounds develop together and support each other in meaning-making among beginning writers. The Kid Writing process is the missing piece of the beginning literacy puzzle in many classrooms - it will show you how to get your students started writing from the very start of the school year!