Writing and Reading Connections

Writing skills are essential for success in 21st-century schools and workplaces, but most classrooms devote far more time to reading. This insightful professional development resource and text discusses why and how to integrate writing and reading instruction in grades K-12 and beyond. Contributors explore how to harness writing-reading connections in such areas as phonics and spelling, vocabulary, and understanding genre and text structure, as well as across content areas. Considerations in teaching emergent bilingual students and struggling learners are highlighted. User-friendly features include classroom examples and action questions that facilitate learning and application.