We All Have Our Own Writing Process (Writing Wednesday)

I spent last week at the Quoddy Writing Retreat in Lubec, Maine. My colleague Angela teaches fifth- and sixth-grade writers. She tells her students that every writer works differently. Some students write inductively. They start with small stories and scattered facts, then hunt for the pattern that reveals the big idea. Other students start with the big idea. They find the stories and facts that support it afterward.Angela's lesson applies to any writer, young or old. It has real value for lesson planning and instructional strategies. Teachers, mentor teachers, and teacher coaches can use it directly: ask students how they naturally build an idea before you teach them how to organize one.This kind of insight comes from real conversations that happen between teachers who trust each other. New teachers need this kind of teacher support. Experienced teachers need the reminder too. Naming a student's writing process is a small move. It changes how a student sees their own thinking.Chapters: 0:00 - Intro & Setting: Happy Writing Wednesday opener, mention of the Quoddy Writing Retreat in Maine0:08 - Introducing Angela's Insight: Angela and her fifth and sixth grade writers, the idea that every writer has their own process0:18 - Inductive Writers: Students who start with small stories and facts, then find the pattern to reach a big idea0:28 - Big-Idea-First Writers: Students who start with the big idea, then find supporting facts and stories0:36 - Takeaway & Sign-off: Why this applies to writers of any age, closing with Happy Writing Wednesday🌿Ready to grow alongside your children? Book a coaching session with me here. We'll unlock the expert who is already within you and surround you with a community of educators committed to forever getting better through collective expertise: #OliviaWahlCoachingConsulting #Schoolutions #SchoolutionsPodcast #ForeverGettingBetter #5PracticesOfExpertTeachers #CuriosityDriven #EvidenceBasedClassroomReadyStrategies #WritingWednesday #HappyWritingWednesday #TeachingTips #ProfessionalDevelopment #InstructionalCoaching #TeacherSupport #WritingProcess #EffectiveTeaching #NewTeachers #TeacherMentors #EducationStrategiesWhen teachers, coaches, administrators, and families grow together, they create schools where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged, supported, and ready to thrive.When teachers, coaches, administrators, and families grow together, they create schools where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged, supported, and ready to thrive.