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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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    Geodes knowledge building Science of Reading

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

    August 22, 2023
    Geodes® allow students to apply their growing decoding and word recognition skills in the context of authentic, content-rich books. Geodes are...
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    Featured knowledge building

    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...
    Geodes knowledge building

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

    January 25, 2022
    From the very first page of their very first book, every reader should build knowledge of the world around them while practicing foundational skills....
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    Early Literacy Data Stories knowledge building

    "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.
    High-Quality Curriculum knowledge building

    The Story of Geodes, Part 2

    July 6, 2017
    Note: Great Minds® featured Geodes®, a new library of books for emerging readers, at the ASCD Empower19 conference in Chicago. Remarks follow. Part 1...

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