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    5 Tips to Help You Get Started with Geodes

    This month, we dive into Geodes®. These readable books help students practice foundational skills and build knowledge. Because the product design allows for flexible...

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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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    Across Oceans, Geodes Make the Grade

    Geodes® books are across the pond. Really far across the pond—8,436 miles from creator Great Minds® headquarters in Washington, D.C., to Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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    Switching to Geodes, Wit & Wisdom, and Fundations Already Paying Off

    September 1, 2022
    Switching from the CKLA’s Grades K–2 curriculum in 2021–2022 to the combination of Wit & Wisdom® (English language arts), Geodes® (content-rich books...
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    Early Literacy Implementation Support Geodes

    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...
    Early Literacy Featured Data Stories

    Across Oceans, Geodes Make the Grade

    June 10, 2021
    Geodes® books are across the pond. Really far across the pond—8,436 miles from creator Great Minds® headquarters in Washington, D.C., to Chiang Mai,...
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    Early Literacy Data Stories Dyslexia

    Geodes® Help Students Cross the Bridge to Learning

    April 23, 2020
    In Geodes®, Ann King has finally found what she’s been after for the last 15 years for her students with dyslexia: a set of texts they can read that...
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    Early Adopter Finds Geodes Align Perfectly with Research

    April 8, 2020
    The first thing teachers notice and love about Geodes® is the quality of the materials. “The texture of the books. The illustrations. These feel good...
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    "Reading to Learn" in Grade 1, Thanks to Geodes®

    March 18, 2020
    The conventional wisdom says that students learn to read, and then they read to learn.
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    Early Literacy Data Stories Equity

    Using Geodes® to Promote Educational Equity

    March 4, 2020
    For Katie Ellis, the Geodes® library is more than an early literacy program. It’s a way to promote equity for students who have historically been...
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    The Story of Geodes, Part 1

    November 11, 2019
    Note: Great Minds® featured Geodes®, a new library of books for emerging readers, at the ASCD Empower19 conference in Chicago. Remarks follow. Part 2...
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    Knowledge Building in Early Literacy to Develop Lifelong Readers

    August 23, 2019
    Great Minds® embraces the research that knowledge building should start at the outset of a student’s education. But what does that look like for...

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