Great Minds Blog | Liz Rowoldt

Liz Rowoldt

Liz Rowoldt is an advocate for high quality instructional materials. She supports Great Minds curriculum resource reviews in IN, IL, WI, MN, ND, and SD.

Liz Rowoldt

Challenging, High-Quality Instructional Materials Support Impressive Gains in English Language Arts

May 4, 2022

Before becoming the director of curriculum and instruction at Friendship Aspire Academy–Pine Bluff, Angela Dixon was a Friendship Aspire educator in...

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Unpacking Geodes: Engaging Early Readers and Building Lasting Knowledge

May 3, 2022

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...

Eureka Math Professional Development Featured Implementation Support Cross-Curricular

We are all math teachers. We are all language teachers.

May 3, 2022

Perhaps you’ve heard the adage that math is a universal language. Some people may think that, because 1 + 1 = 2 is the same in any language,...

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Why a Bronx School Switched Its English Language Arts Curriculum Mid-Pandemic

May 2, 2022

When school leaders at P.S. 236 in the Bronx, NY, found that Units of Study, a reading curriculum produced by Columbia University’s Teachers College,...