Beyond the Knowledge Gap: Cognitive Load, Writing, and Literacy
What is the knowledge gap, and how do we narrow it once students arrive in our middle school ELA classrooms? Join Natalie Wexler as she explains why writing is the most powerful lever we have for building the kind of knowledge needed to fuel reading comprehension and academic success. In addition, she’ll share why writing is the most difficult thing we ask students to do and offer two tips to make writing instruction in 6–8 ELA classrooms more effective.
4:15 p.m. PST