Last summer I was fortunate to be part of the National Writing Project at UW-Milwaukee. I spent five weeks of my summer vacation in graduate school to learn how to become a better writer and a better teacher of writing. Each member of the writing group chose a writing topic and developed a 90 minute presentation. I chose Writing Workshop. Day one of the 2010-11 school year I implemented writing workshop with my fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. We write together four out of five days of the week after a mini lesson with the whole class. Teacher and students write at the same time. There are no prompts. The students write about what is on their minds and in their hearts. I no longer hear questions such as, "Do I have to write a whole page?" or "Do I really have to write today?" Instead, the students ask about writing workshop on the days we just have to accomplish other tasks such as required testing! My students and I are becoming better writers and having a great deal of fun together!