This text draws on interviews, assignments, field notes, and observations from a flipped writing methodology course conducted with pre-service elementary teachers. It powerfully illustrates the benefits of using flipped methodologies in K-6 instruction to engage students, teachers, and families in authentic writing practices.

Introduction: Preservice Teachers Unprepared to Teach Writing: I Hate Writing and You Want Me to Teach Students to Write? Part 1: Consuming Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Writing through Flipped Learning 1. Teacher Educators Use Flipped Learning: Writing Shoulder to Shoulder 2. Flipped Writing Methodology Course: Somersaulting Through the Process 3. Writing Workshop: Writing for One Person to Make the Impossible Possible Part 2: Applying Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Writing through Academic Service Learning 4. Teach Writing: Connecting with Students and Families through Writing Clinics 5. Celebrate Writing: Connecting Students, Families, and Published Children's Book Authors and Illustrators through Writing Events 6. Evaluate Writing: Discovering Authentic Learning Opportunities through Writing Contests Part 3: Transferring Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Writing to Future Classrooms 7. Transfer Flipped Learning Opportunities: Building Home/School Connections Virtually 8. Transfer Writing Pedagogy: Becoming An Agent of Change in the Elementary Writing Classroom 9. Conclusion: Teach Writing