"Writing and Sharing Connections was developed directly from a talented teacher's classroom. Using techniques of having students make connections to books read aloud, Deborah Wooten conducts a symphony of reading, writing, listening, speaking and thinking skills. Her strategies require students to create, describe and categorize the type of connections the make. I have observed her students probe deeply into layers of meaning as they discuss their responses to text."

----Dr. Bernice Cullinan, professor emeritus, New York University

Welcome to Writing and Sharing Connections. This exciting methodology for teaching and learning in the elementary classroom was developed by Dr. Deborah Wooten, a 23-year veteran of elementary classroom instruction and currently professor of reading and children's and young adult literature at the University of Tennessee.

If you are NEW to Writing and Sharing Connections.....

• Click on WHAT IS W&SC for an overview of the Connections process.
• Click on DR. WOOTEN'S BIO to find out more about Dr. Wooten.

If you are already using the Connections process in your classroom/school....

• Click on BOOKS for the recommended children's literature for each elementary grade level (3-5) and additional recommended books by subject.

If you are a PRINCIPAL or ADMINISTRATOR....

• Click on SEMINARS for information about WRITING AND SHARING CONNECTIONS seminars, professional development training and consultation in your schools.