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Katie Wood Ray

Katie Wood Ray is the author of the Heinemann titles Already Ready (2008), Study Driven (2007), About the Authors (2004) and its DVD companion The Teaching Behind ABOUT THE AUTHORS (2005), and What You Know by Heart (2002).

A former Associate Professor at Western Carolina University Katie is now a full time writer and researcher of the teaching of writing. With a particular focus on the study of writing craft, she leads teacher workshops and summer institutes across the nation related to the teaching of writing. Her professional background includes both elementary and middle school teaching experience and two years as a staff developer at The Reading and Writing Project, Teachers College, Columbia University. She was also the coeditor of the journal Primary Voices K–6, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English.

Katie is also the author or coauthor of Spelling in Use: Looking Closely at Spelling in the Whole Language Classrooms (1996, NCTE), Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom (1999, NCTE), and The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They¹re All Hard Parts) (2001, NCTE). A frequent speaker at conferences and summer institutes around the country, Katie also has extensive experience teaching teachers in workshop and demonstration settings.

Katie Wood Ray is a Heinemann Professional Development presenter.


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Clock Watchers authors Stevi Quate and John McDermott find out just how dramatic an effect the Six C... How to Reach Your Clock Watchers

Tom Romano, author of Crafting Authentic Voice and Zigzag, and Penny Kittle, author of the NCTE awar... Can voice be taught?

Steve Zemelman and Harry Ross (authors of 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment) interview two teachers wh... 13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment

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