Research shows that writing about what we are learning is a way to solidify that learning in our minds. In this session, teachers will learn ways to use writing not only as a way to make content learning stick, but also as a way to teach crucial writing skills. We will explore ways to support nonfiction comprehension, allowing students to make more of their reading. Teachers will learn:

• Key, research-backed, comprehension strategies for reading nonfiction texts

• Methods to increase students' background information and vocabulary that allows learning to stick

• Low-stakes ways to use writing as a tool to learn content

• Ideas for bringing content into writing that increase students' understanding of structures, elaboration, grammar and vocabulary