February 16, 2024 • Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House visits with bestselling writer David Arnold to talk about creating vivid characterizations in the premiere episode of “Writing Lessons”, a ...

In the hands of students, a curved piece of wood becomes a smile, a crown, an oversized ear. The shape’s “meaning” changes with its position or role, a message that also holds true in learning to ...

A new study has shown the far-reaching implications of handwriting skills in early childhood. In an Australian first, Murdoch University researchers Dr Anabela Malpique, Dr Deborah Pino-Pasternak and ...

New research led by MSU Professor Gary Troia sheds light on how elementary teachers approach writing instruction. — and how their preparation, knowledge and beliefs shape classroom practice. The ...

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared on The Character Tree’s blog. When we were just a couple weeks into distance learning, I started to really miss writing workshop time. Over ...

"There's been a shift with technology, we use Chromebooks as much as we can, utilize Google docs to type instead of write," Lisa Luppino says. Luppino says she still teaches handwriting, but that more ...

Our Essential Lessons are a sequence of lessons that form the backbone of the Writing Program curriculum, illustrating what we want all students to learn across our program’s diverse course topics.