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 recommendation 2a of the four recommendations: Teach students the writing process. Teachers can help students become effective writers by teaching and supporting them to apply a variety of strategies for each component of the writing process. Teachers should explain and demonstrate writing components and how they can be used alone or in combination in order to teach students to apply strategies flexibly throughout the writing process. 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.]