Welcome to your first day of the YesWriWith challenge!  I hope you all feel proud of the words you recorded today!

Andrea, I can empathize with the challenge of fitting writer's workshop into a half-day kindergarten program. Do you have learning centers? If so, have children move through the writing center, drawing pictures and recording their words. Try to frequent the writing center as often as possible and always begin your stay by writing a sentence or two.    Another option would be to begin each day with writing.  Have journals out on the tables or student desks, and invite students to plunge into writing.  (I know that writing would not always be preceded by a mini-lesson, but it might be one way to increase writing time.)  Again, make sure your students see you writing, too.  Those of you who teach half-days, do you have suggestions?  Feel free to post them here.

Jill, I know it's hard to imagine that writing and conferencing can fit into a writing period. Write for the first five or ten minutes of your writer's workshop and then move into conferencing. Make sure you keep your conferences short and efficient.  And let us know how it goes!

I'm eager to see excerpts from you own writing folder!  Please feel free to share pieces here.

Kudos to all of you!