Florida Charter School Celebrates Early Literacy Success with Geodes

Geodes® books have been in use at Odyssey Charter School (FL) in grades K–2 since the 2021–2022 school year. We sat down with four Odyssey educators...

Geodes-Focused Summer Program Supports EL Students in Gloucester Public Schools

Katina Tibbetts has been an educator for nearly 10 years, starting as an AmeriCorps teacher in Philadelphia. After completing her master's degree in...

One Text, Three Ways: Small-Group Instruction with Geodes

Geodes® allow students to apply their growing decoding and word recognition skills in the context of authentic, content-rich books. Geodes are...

Geodes, Wit & Wisdom, and Fundations Support Data-Driven, Differentiated Literacy Instruction

We recently sat down with Danielle Gaither—an educator of 22 years in Asheville, North Carolina—to talk about her experience implementing Geodes®...

Building Vocabulary, Knowledge, and Literacy Skills in Washington School

We recently sat down with Dr. Kat Smith—an educator on Fairchild Air Force Base outside of Spokane, Washington—to learn more about her experience...

Geodes, Spalding, and Wit & Wisdom Boost Engagement in Florence K–8 School

We recently sat down with Michelle Fryhover—an educator in Florence, Arizona—to learn more about her experience supporting Geodes implementation...

Geodes Help Bring Intention and Cohesion to Literacy Instruction

We recently sat down with Laura Lojko—an educator in Washington, DC—to learn more about her experience implementing Geodes alongside Wit & Wisdom and...

Voices From the Field: The Power of Science of Reading-Aligned Instructional Materials

The science of reading continues to dominate national education discourse, which means many are becoming familiar with what the science of reading...

Making the Most of Geodes: A Science of Reading Based Approach

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...

Phonics and Decoding: Building Knowledge with a Phonics Approach to Reading

From the very first page of their very first book, every reader should build knowledge of the world around them while practicing foundational skills....

The Story of Geodes, Part 1

Note: Great Minds® featured Geodes®, a new library of books for emerging readers, at the ASCD Empower19 conference in Chicago. Remarks follow. Part 2...

Knowledge Building in Early Literacy to Develop Lifelong Readers

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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