Coaching Wit & Wisdom Educators: Building a Relationship for Effective Curriculum-Based Coaching

This month, Amina Naseer shares her reflections on some of the principles that ground Wit & Wisdom®’s approach to coaching. Educators can experience...

Supporting Equitable English Language Arts Instruction Through Knowledge-Building Text Sets

Every child deserves access to rigorous grade-level content. Too often, early literacy instruction focuses only on word recognition and not on...

The Science of Reading: What is prior knowledge and why is it important?

Dr. Hollis Scarborough’s Reading Rope famously shows us that reading is one of the most complex things that we do on a routine basis. Skilled reading...

Two Teachers Share How Adopting Wit & Wisdom® Shifted Test Preparation

Over a decade ago, E.D. Hirsch and Robert Pondiscio argued that reading tests are actually tests of knowledge. In other words, the more a student...

Keep, Stop, Start: Preparing for a State Assessment

This Month’s Focus Our focus this month turns to state testing. Testing occurs each spring, but for many educators testing feels particularly...

All Students Can Read Complex Texts

Research shows that meeting students where they are by providing easy-to-access texts will not prepare students for reading beyond the classroom....

How To Make English Language Arts Accessible For Multilingual Learners

After spending many years teaching grade 4, I took a leap into a middle school English learner teaching position. Within a week, I had a grade 5...

North Carolina District Gets Spotlight for Literacy Efforts

It’s great to see Jackson County Public Schools get the attention it deserves for taking important steps to improve literacy education. The...

Maximizing Middle School Instructional Time with Reading Homework

I remember flipping through the Wit & Wisdom® Teacher Edition for the first time six years ago. I relished the thoughtful organization and...

Tools for Mastering Pacing

“Trust in the process” was a common phrase I heard as I began implementing Wit & Wisdom® in my classroom. So I did just that, placing my trust in the...

Coaching Classroom Educators: Maximizing Instructional Time with Wit & Wisdom®

Our focus this month is on maximizing instructional time. In this leadership blog post, Andrea Baldwin shares a process that Wit & Wisdom...

Bringing Equitable and Engaging Writing Practices to the Elementary Classroom

Tanisha Washington, a regional director of implementation services for Wit & Wisdom®, shares her story of getting elementary students to write with...

Are you interested in learning more about implementation strategies?

Explore simple yet crucial tips and articles for Math, Science and ELA.

Sign up for Great Minds Monthly Newsletters