Hi Mary,Have you seen the program Being a Writer? It is written by the same 
people that wrote Reading with Meaning. I think it follows the same idea as the 
reading program. I enjoy using the Reading with Meaning, and am looking to 
writing program.There is also a company called Schoolwide. They have a website, 
I think it is www.schoolwide.com. It was developed by a reading specialist a 
couple of teachers trained by Teachers College at Columbia University. They 
offer kits that include lessons and books for teaching writing.  Some of the 
kits they offer are: Launching a Writer's Notebook, Personal Narrative etc. 
They also offer a program called Testing Fundamentals which we use to help with 
test prepartion. Hope this is helpful,Anne ----- Original Message -----From: 
Mary Kendall Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2008 6:33 amSubject: [MOSAIC] Writing 
programs & philosophyTo: [email protected]> Our school division has 
studied both editions of Mosaic of > Thought and we> now have the new 
Strategies That Work. In addition, we all > worked with> Reading with Meaning. 
As we begin to look at new and better ways > to teach> writing, we are 
wondering if there is any writing book or > program out there> that offers a 
book similar to Mosaic that allows adults to > experience the> ideas. Mosaic 
has the beautiful introductory passages that ask > the reader to> go through 
the process they are about to discuss. This is both > useful and> very 
meaningful to all of us as readers. Is there anything > similar in> writing?> > 
I'd love to hear all your thoughts of various writing programs > to look at> 
for grades 1-4. Many thanks to each of you.> > Mary Kendall> > > > 
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