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Sarah Webb

Sarah Webb is the senior curriculum designer for multilingual learners in Humanities at Great Minds. Before joining Great Minds, she was an English learner teacher and instructional coach in Dayton, Ohio.

Sarah Webb

How Families Can Engage Students in Science-Related Conversation
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How Families Can Engage Students in Science-Related Conversation

August 30, 2022
Family engagement has a direct positive impact on a student’s learning success. During every step of the learning process, students must have the...
Explaining Louisiana’s New Knowledge-Rich, More Equitable Reading Test
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Explaining Louisiana’s New Knowledge-Rich, More Equitable Reading Test

August 30, 2022
Louisiana is making important strides to innovate when it comes to state reading assessments, and Lior Klirs, director of assessment for the Great...
How to Engage Students in Class Discussion
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How to Engage Students in Class Discussion

August 25, 2022
Today, science classes have activities that connect to and build on knowledge. Students often design their investigations rather than follow...
Making the Most of Geodes: A Science of Reading Based Approach
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Making the Most of Geodes: A Science of Reading Based Approach

August 24, 2022
Whether you already have a robust Geodes® library or have just begun building your collection, you may have some questions about how to best use...
Sticking to the Deep Dive: One Teacher’s Approach to Language Instruction
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Sticking to the Deep Dive: One Teacher’s Approach to Language Instruction

August 19, 2022
This Month’s Focus  The Humanities team at Great Minds® stays updated on the current scientific research on literacy. We bring research to life in...
Examining Scarborough’s Rope: Language Structures
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Examining Scarborough’s Rope: Language Structures

August 19, 2022
Scarborough’s Reading Rope provides a model for understanding the components of skilled reading. This blog series examines each of the strands of the...

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