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Crystal May

Crystal spent 25 years working in public schools as an elementary teacher and instructional coach. She now supports districts in the Midwest as an Implementation Leader with Great Minds.

Crystal May

Wit & Wisdom Rises to the Top in Thoughtfully Crafted Curriculum Pilot

May 25, 2023

The time had come in Westside Community Schools (NE) to search for a new K–8 English language arts curriculum. With new state ELA standards in place,...

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Achievement Descriptors and Student Understanding

May 23, 2023

You’ve heard it before: Mastery builds over time. But what does that look like? Eureka Math2® Achievement Descriptors (ADs) detail how skills and...

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Building a Library to Support a Purposeful, Joyful Volume of Reading

May 16, 2023

This month, we turn our attention to the Volume of Reading libraries in Wit & Wisdom® and Arts & Letters™. The Volume of Reading text lists were...

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Build Real-World Science Knowledge Through Real-World Connections

May 10, 2023

What are phenomena? Scientific phenomena are observable events that students can ask questions about and that can be explained or predicted through...

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Unlocking Reading Comprehension: The Power of Activating Prior Knowledge

May 10, 2023

Hi Teacher Friends, Lori and Melissa from the Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast are taking over this month’s blog. We’ve hosted over 150 podcast...