Are any of these scenarios familiar?

✏️ You’re a teacher. You’ve given your students a writing prompt. As you walk around, you notice one student staring at a blank page. They haven’t written a single word.

📚 You’re a coach or tutor. Your student has missing assignments, including a writing task. The teacher has left a note saying the student can still submit it. But when you ask your student about it, they shrug and say, I don’t even know where to start.

In our last newsletter, we explored what working memory is—our ability to take in information, manipulate it, and use it to complete a task. Now, let’s shift our focus to how this essential skill impacts students’ daily academic tasks—and, more importantly, how we can support them in strengthening it.