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Examining Scarborough’s Rope: Background Knowledge

Scarborough’s Reading Rope provides a model for understanding the components of skilled reading. This blog series examines each of the strands of the Language...

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New Products and Services: What’s New with PhD Science?

The PhD Science® team has been busy responding to the needs of our implementers. This summer, we are working hard to bring you new and updated products and services for...

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Make Student Learning Visible with High-Quality Assessments

Assessments are essential for making student learning visible. One of the reasons I love Eureka Math2™ is that it includes coherent, aligned assessments that offer...

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Unpacking Geodes®: Engaging Early Readers and Building Lasting Knowledge

When I was an elementary school teacher, I absolutely delighted in building a reading haven for my students. To me, the classroom library was not just a home for bound...

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Module Planning to Keep Students on Track

September 28, 2021

When my school started using Eureka Math®, teachers prepared to teach lessons one or a few at a time, usually just before students engaged with those...

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Speaking and Listening in Wit & Wisdom®

April 8, 2021

OVERVIEW

Speaking and listening are at the core of learning. As babies, we learn by listening. As we begin to speak, we quickly start to ask...

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Writing to Learn and Learning to Write with Wit & Wisdom®

February 26, 2021

THIS MONTH’S FOCUS To be successful in school, at work, and as citizens, students must learn to write. Writing well is complex, and teaching writing ...

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What Inspires Students to Love Reading? (Part 2)

December 2, 2018

In Part 1 of this blog series, we discussed the definition of volume of reading as well as why volume of reading is critical to building students’...

Instructional Design

What Inspires Students to Love Reading? (Part 1)

November 18, 2018

What exactly is a volume of reading? If you put the day’s schedule on the board for students to read, is that a volume of reading? Is reading a...

Instructional Design

Problem Sets: Time Frame Not Task Frame

February 21, 2017

FROM THE FIELD

What do we all need more of? TIME! Whether it is time to finish projects in our personal or professional lives, I don’t think I have...

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