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Harper  \n“Everybody wants to learn to write and draw pictures,”  \nEmma (age 5)  \n“When you read, you can learn how to use that word in your writing and then you don’t have to ask for help because you can read and write!”  \nFaye (age 6)  \n“Good writers know their digger and sky letters,”  \nColton (age 5)  \n“We write to read,”  \nMacy Belle (age 6)  \nKindergarten classrooms can produce prolific, confident, and quality writers when writing becomes part of daily classroom life. When students have opportunities to read and write widely, they can begin to understand the complex process of writing and its connection to reading. As Smith (2005) indicated, reading is the“fundamental human activity,”(p. 1) and the most natural act in the world, as it is something that individuals do in their daily lives, in a number of settings, constantly. While reading can be considered as organic and natural, its connection and interdependence with writing is inherent. This natural and apparent connection between reading and writing was expressed by the kindergarteners in the classroom I visited over the course of an academic year. The assertion,“We write to read,” served as a mantra and class motto for this young group of five-and six-year-olds, who had already proclaimed the two subjects as interconnected and symbiotic in nature. When students learn to read and write, they  \nare learning how to “create a written expression for what can be said orally,”(Freire and Macedo, 1987, p.35) .  \nThese assertions and observations are not surprising as kindergarten classrooms mark places of discovery and exploration through social and academic engagements, all of which contribute to the foundational knowledge of reading and writing in the world. Students’ early literacy skills developed in kindergarten have a direct connection to future writing achievement in the later grades (Kent et al., 2014; Kim et al. , 2015) . For  \nmany, kindergarten is the first structured educational setting  \nexperienced by students. Yet, prior to this introduction into the classroom, students take part in extensive literacy experiences that are direct products of the world in which they live and interact. Freire and Macedo (1987) remind us that before we read the word, we read the world, which always, precedes reading the word. Long before our students come into a structured educational setting, where academic standards often eclipse authentic experiences, they have been taking part in literacy engagements  \nFigure 1. Home literacy activities might include things like drawing on the sidewalk. All photos courtesy of the author.  \n6 Dimensions • Volume 50/Number 2  \nFigure 2. Example of how a six-year-old structured their written pieces.  \nin their daily lives and through their home literacy practices. Research indicates that home literacy practices have a direct effect on their development of reading, language, and writing skills (Burgess et al., 2002; C. S. Puranik et al., 2018; Sénéchal & LeFevre, 2002; Sénéchal et al. , 1998) . There is emerging evidence that a child’s home literacy practices have a direct impact on a student’s emerging writing skills (D. Aram & Levin, 2001; C. S. Puranik et al., 2018; Skibbe et al., 2013) . Home literacy activities might include writing thank you notes, reading books, cooking family recipes, writing out to-do lists, or drawing on the sidewalk, as seen in Figure 1, which is a photo with my children.  \nAs a literacy educator, my interest in how students conceptualize writing is one that I devote a significant amount of time and interest. Understanding how students make sense of reading and writing at an early age can assist educators in designing and implementing literacy engagements that are both high quality and effective. I also wondered how primary students might use lived literacy observations and experiences from their own worlds and apply them to writing in general. Because students o","cbCaivxEeKnnGUim","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivxEeKnnGUim","pdf",202762,"English","# Writing as Connected to Reading\n## Classroom observations and student statements\n## Home literacy practices and skill development\n## Understanding writing organization in young children","[{\"question\":\"Why is the connection between reading and writing emphasized in kindergarten?\",\"answer\":\"Because writing becomes more meaningful when children see writing as tied to reading. The text frames reading as foundational and presents classroom learning as showing that writing supports understanding and expression tied to reading.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the document suggest about home literacy activities?\",\"answer\":\"Home literacy activities have a direct impact on developing reading, language, and writing skills. 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