The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers," offers educators four specific, evidence-based recommendations that address the challenge of teaching writing in elementary school. This summary focuses on the fourth of the four recommendations: Create an engaged community of writers. To enhance student motivation to write, teachers should create a supportive environment where students feel like they are part of a community of writers. When teachers participate in writing activities, they convey to students that writing is important, valuable, and rewarding. Teachers can foster students' motivation to write by allowing them to choose their own topics or modify teacher-provided prompts. Teachers should create regular, structured opportunities for students to collaborate with them on writing and to provide feedback to each other. Teachers can also communicate the value they place on students' writing by publishing it. This brief document provides steps to carry out the recommendation and identifies potential roadblocks and suggests ways to address them. [For "Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers: A Practice Guide. NCEE 2012-4058," see ED533112.]