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    Content Stages Self-Study Series: Reaching Further with the Content Stages

    This month’s blog builds on the Self-Study Series content from July and October. July’s post presented Read and Reflect activities that helped educators build knowledge...

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    Using Wit & Wisdom and Geodes to Strengthen Fluency in Grades K–2

    Wit & Wisdom® lessons incorporate best fluency practices for every grade. In this post, we explore fluency instruction for students in Grades K–2. Liza Vaughn, a PD...

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    Aha Moments in the Teaching with a Focus on Urgency Coaching Series

    This fall, Great Minds® is expanding the Wit & Wisdom® Coaching Series with a new offering: Teaching with a Focus on Urgency. In this post, implementation leader Kelly...

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    Navigating Year One of Wit & Wisdom® Implementation

    May 6, 2021
    Be patient and trust the process. Give yourself and your students some grace, especially during the pandemic. And know that your students will...
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    Academics and Social and Emotional Learning? Absolutely.

    April 20, 2021
    For many years, I coached teachers on the art of incorporating social-emotional skills into classroom instruction. Many educators initially reacted...
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    Data Stories High-Quality Curriculum Virtual Learning

    Amid Many Changes, Quality Curriculum and Instruction Remain Central

    April 19, 2021
    Superintendent Shawn Kimble and his leadership team were clear. Despite the many challenges caused by the pandemic, the district was not about to...
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    Quality Curriculum Anchors District’s Response to the Pandemic

    April 14, 2021
    For Sumner County Schools north of Nashville in Gallatin, Tennessee, quality curriculum has been a great equalizer, ensuring that all students have...
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    Helping English Learners Find Their Voice

    April 8, 2021
    I studied French for eight years in school before I moved to Paris and found out I was still pretty bad at speaking French. Disheartened as I was, I...
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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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    Wit & Wisdom® is “Transformational;” PhD Science® Boosts Science Learning

    March 3, 2021
    “Wit & Wisdom has been transformational, a real game-changer for us,” says Becky Michael, language arts content area specialist in Scottsbluff...
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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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    Making the Shift to a Content-Focused Curriculum

    February 17, 2021
    When it came time to select a new English language arts curriculum during the 2019–2020 school year, educators at Clayton Elementary School in...
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    Preparing for Statewide and Standardized Assessments with Wit & Wisdom®

    February 3, 2021
    THIS MONTH’S FOCUS Teachers of English language arts (ELA) know the complexity of their discipline. Reading comprehension is an internal cognitive...
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    Louisiana Leads with Content Leader Program

    January 25, 2021
    There’s no magic wand to conjure successful curriculum implementation. To be successful, teachers must intensely prepare for instruction by, among...
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    A Blueprint for Breaking Barriers

    January 23, 2021
    On October 26, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. posed a profound yet simple question to a group of junior high school students: What is your life’s...

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