In our second grade classroom, students will be participating daily in a writer's workshop. Through writer’s workshop, the children experience and practice all the stages involved in the writing process. At the beginning of our writer’s workshop, I will use a mini-lesson that targets a specific writing skill. The mini-lesson will usually last ten to fifteen minutes. Following the mini-lesson, the students will be given independent writing time. During this time, I will be holding writing conferences to discuss writing with small groups of children and/or individual students. This independent writing time usually lasts 30-40 minutes. Afterwards, the students will participate in a sharing session. During share time, several students share a piece of writing in the author’s chair while all others listen. The students are taught to carefully listen to each author and give appropriate feedback.