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Dorothy saw that the teacher understood the power of naming, as well as of establishing habits of mind early in the school year, to provide a foundation for continued opportunities for getting to know more about each other in the future. Dorothy played the central role in creating the Whole Language Umbrella (WLU), an organization designed asa community of communities; under the Umbrella was a consortium of teacher support groups from across the United States, Canada,Australia,and New Zealand. Vygotsky defines the zone of proximal development as "the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (p. 86). Dottie King was preparing a piece for a state English journal issue focusing on writing and suggested I submit an article focusing on Vygotsky and the little strategy lesson that could.