Click here to read excerpts from Chapter 7 in Student Successes with Thinking Maps: Empowering Students From Thinking to Writing.

Write... from the Beginning
Write... from the Beginning, by Jane Buckner, Ed.S., is a developmental writing program focused on early childhood training in those criteria that are necessary for successful writing achievement beyond the primary years. Teachers within a school develop a common, targeted focus and shared accountability for schoolwide writing performance.

Write... from the Beginning is designed to be implemented in those schools that have received training in the Thinking Maps® common visual language. The program includes both narrative and expository writing for grade levels K through 5. Teachers build upon and extend the instruction of the previous grade level by using Improvement Rubrics and Focused Mini-Lessons so that high student writing achievement is expected on state and local writing tests.

Materials
Write... from the Beginning
Training/Resource Manual
This is the Write... from the Beginning training / resource manual for all teachers in grades K-5. It utilizes Thinking Maps® to give both students and teachers the knowledge and skills necessary for age-appropriate writing instruction and achievement.








Write... from the Beginning   
Training of Trainers Guide
This is a special resource manual for those interested in becoming trainers in Write... from the Beginning. This manual, in conjunction with the intensive Training of Trainers professional development plan, prepares skilled educators to train others in the use of Write... from the Beginning within their own region, district, or school.

Click here to read excerpts from Chapter 7 in Student Successes with Thinking Maps: Empowering Students From Thinking to Writing.