NCTE — National Council of Teachers of English
Humanizing the Teaching of Writing for Elementary Grades
Join the NCTE constituent group Literacies and Languages for All (LLA) for a discussion with LLA member Grace Kang, coauthor of Writing Reimagined: Bridging Critical Theories and Pedagogical Practices in Elementary Classrooms (2026), which offers a powerful vision for rethinking writing instruction.
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Humanizing the Teaching of Writing for Elementary Grades Wednesday, September 23 | 7:00 p.m. ET
- Develop a foundational understanding of Critical Humanizing Writing Pedagogy as a framework that positions writing as a relational, identity-centered, and justice-oriented practice.
- Examine the possibilities of this framework for reimagining writing instruction, including how it expands notions of who counts as a writer, what counts as writing, and what becomes possible in elementary classrooms.
- Share and reflect on ways to enact more humanizing writing instruction in elementary classrooms.
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- Develop a foundational understanding of Critical Humanizing Writing Pedagogy as a framework that positions writing as a relational, identity-centered, and justice-oriented practice.
- Examine the possibilities of this framework for reimagining writing instruction, including how it expands notions of who counts as a writer, what counts as writing, and what becomes possible in elementary classrooms.
- Share and reflect on ways to enact more humanizing writing instruction in elementary classrooms.
FACILITATOR
Lenny Sánchez, LLA President and professor and program chair of Language and Literacy Education in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.
Descriptions on this page are excerpted from NCTE's own published materials.