National Day on Writing® Celebrating Writing in Our Classrooms - National Council of Teachers of English

Visit the Literacy & NCTE blog daily for a special series on “Celebrating Writing in Our Classrooms.”

"Writing Helps Students Think, and They Know It: Reminding Students of the Power of the Pen" by Natalie Kopp

"Beyond the Rhyme: Teaching Poetry for Liberation" by Gary R. Gray Jr.

"Exploring Identity through Names" by C. Deahl

"Collecting to Write: 'The Museum'" by Bronwyn Baker

"Building Writers’ Confidence through Letter Writing in Fourth Grade" by Jessica Dao

"Flying Words as Kites" by Carol Jago

"Are You Listening? Finding Spaces to Listen to our Young Writers" by Christy Hermann Thompson

"Are You Pleased with This?" by Jennifer Ochoa

"Writing in Our PreK-12 Classrooms" by Carmela Valdez

"What I Mean When I Say We Are a Community of Writers" by Stella Villalba

"Students as Experts in the Writing Classroom" by Dr. Julie Johnson, PhD

"Slowing Down to Find Joy" by Katie Papesh

"Empowering Student Voices: How Multimodal Writing Shapes Identity and Self-Expression" by Rocio Rivas

"Building a Writing Community through Name Study" by Angie House