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Welcome to Wit & Wisdom®
Art Image:
The Boating Party: Mary Cassatt; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Text Cover Images:
All Quiet on the Western Front: © 1929, 1930 Little Brown and Company; copyright renewed 1957, 1958 Erich Maria Remarque
Amos & Boris: © 1971 William Steig
Bud, Not Buddy: Text copyright © 1999 by Christopher Paul Curtis; cover art copyright © 2012 by Eva Kolenko
Cinderella: © 1954 Marcia Brown, © renewed 1982 Marcia Brown
Code Talker: © 2005 Joseph Bruchac
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster: © 2012 Mary M. Cerullo / Clyde F. E. Roper
I Am Malala: © 2013 Salarzai Limited
Love That Dog: © 2001 Sharon Creech
The Midwife’s Apprentice: Text © 1995 Karen Cushman
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas: n/a
Rap a Tap Tap: © 2002 Leo and Diane Dillon
Shark Attack! © 1998, 2009, 2015, Dorling Kindersley Limited
Sky Tree: © 1995 Thomas Locker Inc.
Stone Soup: © 1947 Marcia Brown
The Crossover: © 2014 Kwame Alexander
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau: © 2009 Dan Yaccarino
The Odyssey: Retelling © 2012 Gillian Cross. Illustrations © 2012 Neil Packer
The Phantom Tollbooth: Text © 1961 Norman Juster, renewed 1989 Norman Juster. Illustrations © 1961 Jules Feiffer, renewed 1989 Jules Feiffer
The Year at Maple Tree Farm: © 1978 Alice and Martin Provensen
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains: © 1992 Elizabeth Hall; cover art © 2010 by Larry Rostandt
Tomás and the Library Lady: Text © 1997 Pat Mora. Illustrations © 1997 Raul Colón
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? © 2003 by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
What to Expect from Coaching
EDUimages by All4Ed. Male and female middle school teachers in library 2. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/male-and-female-middle-school-teachers-in-library-2/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Two male middle school math teachers. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/two-male-middle-school-math-teachers.
Flag by Oksana Latysheva from NounProject.com
Aguilar, Elena. The Art of Coaching: Effective Strategies for School Transformation, 2013, https://www.edutopia.org/blog/coaching-impact-teachers-principals-students-elena-Aguilar.
Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Instructional Coaching: Professional Development Strategies That Improve Instruction, https://www.annenberginstitute.org/sites/default/files/InstructionalCoaching.pdf.
Short, Jim, and Stephanie Hirsh. The Elements: Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2020, http://witeng.link/0977.
What to Expect in Focus on Fluency
Book Cover—The Legend of the Bluebonnet: © 1983 Tomie dePaola
EDUimages for All4Ed. Close-up of female teacher during faculty meeting. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/close-up-of-female-teacher-during-faculty-meeting.
EDUimages by All4Ed. High school teachers. Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/high-school-teachers.
Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock.
Rasinski, Timothy. “Why Reading Fluency Should Be Hot!” The Reading Teacher, vol. 65, no. 8, 2012, pp. 516–522.
The Noun Project. Back Arrow by Morten Halvorsen from NounProject.com, https://thenounproject.com/icon/back-arrow-1828978/.
The Noun Project. Read by alfian dwi hartanto from NounProject.com, https://thenounproject.com/icon/read-4080677/.
Knowledge and Skills in Wit & Wisdom®
Willingham, Daniel T. “How Knowledge Helps: It Speeds and Strengthens Reading Comprehension, Learning—and Thinking.” American Educator, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006. http://witeng.link/0869.
Text Cover Images:
A River of Words: Text © 2008 Jen Bryant. Illustrations © 2008 Melissa Sweet
Action Jackson: No copyright information found; Authors: Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; Illustrator: Andrew Parker
Adelita: No copyright information available; by Tomie dePaola
All Quiet on the Western Front: © 1929, 1930 Little Brown and Company; copyright renewed 1957, 1958 Erich Maria Remarque
Alvin Ailey: Text © 1993 Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrations © 1993 Brian Pinkney
Amos & Boris: © 1971 William Steig
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella: Text © 1998 Tony Johnston, Illustrations © 1998 James Warhola
Bone Button Borscht: No copyright information found; Author Aubrey Davis; Illustrator Dušan Petričić
Bud, Not Buddy: Text copyright © 1999 by Christopher Paul Curtis; cover art copyright © 2012 by Eva Kolenko
Cendrillon: Text © 1998 Robert D. San Souci, Illustrations © 1998 Brian Pinkney
Cinderella: © 1954 Marcia Brown, © renewed 1982 Marcia Brown
Code Talker: © 2005 Joseph Bruchac
Coming to America: Text © 1996 Betsy Maestro. Illustrations © 1996 Susannah Ryan
Emma’s Rug: © 1996 Allen Say
Family Pictures: No copyright information found; Paintings and stories by Carmen Lomas Garza
Farewell to Manzanar: © 1973 James D. Houston
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster: © 2012 Mary M. Cerullo / Clyde F. E. Roper
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella: Text © 2007 Paul Fleischman, Illustrations © 2007 Julie Paschkis
Good Enough to Eat: © 1999 Lizzy Rockwell
Grandfather’s Journey: © 1993 Allen Say
I Am Malala: © 2013 Salarzai Limited
Love That Dog: © 2001 Sharon Creech
Moonshot: © 2009 Brian Floca
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas: n/a
One Giant Leap: Text © 2009 Robert Burleigh. Illustrations © 2009 Mike Wimmer
Rap a Tap Tap: © 2002 Leo and Diane Dillon
Shark Attack! © 1998, 2009, 2015, Dorling Kindersley Limited
Sky Tree: © 1995 Thomas Locker Inc.
Starry Messenger: © 1996 Peter Sís
Stone Soup: © 1947 Marcia Brown
Tea with Milk: © 1999 Allen Say
The Crossover: © 2014 Kwame Alexander
The Digestive System: © 2012 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
The Digestive System: © 2008 Scholastic, Inc.
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau: © 2009 Dan Yaccarino
The Keeping Quilt: Text © 1988 Patricia Polacco
The Korean Cinderella: Text © 1993 Shirley Climo, Illustrations © 1993 Ruth Heller
The Midwife’s Apprentice: Text © 1995 Karen Cushman
The Odyssey: Retelling © 2012 Gillian Cross. Illustrations © 2012 Neil Packer
The Phantom Tollbooth: Text © 1961 Norman Juster, renewed 1989 Norman Juster. Illustrations © 1961 Jules Feiffer, renewed 1989 Jules Feiffer
The River Between Us: Text © Richard Peck, 2003
The Rough-Face Girl: Text © 1992 Rafe Martin, Illustrations © 1992 David Shannon
The Vegetables We Eat: © 2007 Gail Gibbons
The Year at Maple Tree Farm: © 1978 Alice and Martin Provensen
Tomás and the Library Lady: Text © 1997 Pat Mora. Illustrations © 1997 Raul Colón
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? © 2003 by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
When Marian Sang: Jacket art © 2002 by Brian Selznick; Text © 2002 by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Zathura: © 2002 Chris Van Allsberg
What to Expect in Getting Started with Geodes®
Cervetti, Gina N., Carolyn A. Jaynes, and Elfrieda H. Hiebert. “Increasing Opportunities to Acquire Knowledge Through Reading” Reading More, Reading Better: Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy, edited by Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Guilford, 2009.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Female history teacher. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
What to Expect in Launch Wit & Wisdom®
EDUimages by All4Ed. Female history teacher. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/female-history-teacher/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. High school teachers. Photo by Allison Shelley. The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/high-school-teachers/.
Short, Jim, and Stephanie Hirsh. The Elements: Transforming Teaching through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2020, http://witeng.link/0977.
Text Cover Images:
All Quiet on the Western Front: © 1929, 1930 Little Brown and Company; copyright renewed 1957, 1958 Erich Maria Remarque
Bud Not Buddy: Text and Foreword © Christopher Paul Curtis. Cover art © Eva Kolenko. Introduction © Kwame Alexander
Cinderella: © 1954 Marcia Brown, © renewed 1982 Marcia Brown
Code Talker: © 2005 Joseph Bruchac
I Am Malala: © 2013 Salarzai Limited
Jacques Cousteau: © 2009 Dan Yaccarino
Love That Dog: © 2001 Sharon Creech
Rap a Tap Tap: © 2002 Leo and Diane Dillon
Sky Tree: © 1995 Thomas Locker Inc.
Stone Soup: © 1947 Marcia Brown
The Crossover: © 2014 Kwame Alexander
The Midwife’s Apprentice: Text © 1995 Karen Cushman
The Odyssey: Retelling © 2012 Gillian Cross. Illustrations © 2012 Neil Packer.
The Phantom Tollbooth: Text © Norman Juster, renewed 1989 Norman Juster. Illustrations © 1961 Jules Feiffer, renewed 1989 Jules Feiffer
The Year at Maple Tree Farm: © 1978 Alice and Martin Provensen
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains: © 1992 Elizabeth Hall
Tomas and the Library Lady: Text © 1997 Pat Mora. Illustrations © 1997 Raul Colón
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?: © 2003 Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Art as Text in Wit & Wisdom slide,
(top row, left) Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA (top row, right) Emmanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, public domain courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, www.metmuseum.org
(second row, left) Albert Bierstadt, Among the Sierra Nevada, California, 1868, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (second row, right) Ansel Adams, School Children, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-ds-04491]
(third row, left) Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(bottom row, left) Alfred Stieglitz, The Steerage, Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY
(bottom row, second from left) Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, [LC-DIG-fsa-8b29516]
(bottom row, third from left) Ansel Adams, Roy Takeno, outside Free Press Office, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-ds-04491]
(bottom row, fourth from left) Chief Joseph, Nez Percé chief, head-and-shoulders portrait facing front, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [LC-USZC4-5785]
(bottom row, fifth from left) George Catlin, The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, 1844/1845, Paul Mellon Collection. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
(bottom row, sixth from left) Gilbert Stuart, Portrait of George Washington, Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
(bottom row, seventh from left) Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
(bottom row, right) Albrecht Dürer, Young Hare, 1502, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
What to Expect in Lead Wit & Wisdom®
EDUimages by All4Ed. History teachers planning. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
EDUimages by All4Ed. Male and female middle school teachers in library 2. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
EDUimages by All4Ed. Teacher leads high school research class. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
EDUimages by All4Ed. Two male middle school math teachers. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Short, Jim, and Stephanie Hirsh. The Elements: Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2020, http://witeng.link/0977.
Text Cover Images:
Bone Button Borscht: © No copyright information found; Author Aubrey Davis; Illustrator Dušan Petričić
Good Enough to Eat: © 1999 Lizzy Rockwell
Stone Soup: © 1947 Marcia Brown
The Digestive System: © 2012 Teacher Created Materials Inc.
The Digestive System: © 2008 Scholastic Inc.
The Vegetables We Eat: © 2007 Gail Gibbons
What to Expect in Module and Lesson Study
EDUimages by All4Ed. Four elementary students. Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
EDUimages by All4Ed. Science teachers collaborate. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Short, Jim, and Stephanie Hirsh. The Elements: Transforming Teaching Through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2020, http://witeng.link/0977.
Text Cover Images:
Amos & Boris: © 1971 William Steig
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau: © 2009 Dan Yaccarino
Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster: © 2012 Mary M. Cerullo/Clyde F. E. Roper
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Sea: n/a
Shark Attack! (DK Readers Level 3): © 1998, 2009, 2015, Dorling Kindersley Limited
What to Expect in Professional Learning
Cover Image: EDUimages by All4Ed. Seventh-grade social studies teachers. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/seventh-grade-social-studies-teachers/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Close-up of female teacher during faculty meeting. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/close-up-of-female-teacher-during-faculty-meeting/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Male and female middle school teachers in library 2. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/male-and-female-middle-school-teachers-in-library-2/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Close-up of female kindergarten teacher. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/close-up-of-female-kindergarten-teacher/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Male and female middle school teachers in library. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/male-and-female-middle-school-teachers-in-library/.
Rivet Education. Professional Learning Partner Guide. Rivet Education, 2022, https://plpartnerguide.org.
Short, Jim, and Stephanie Hirsh. The Elements: Transforming Teaching through Curriculum-Based Professional Learning. Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2020, http://witeng.link/0977.
Images not credited are the property of Great Minds.
What to Expect in Testing and Wit & Wisdom®
Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and Learning First. “The Problem with ‘Finding the Main Idea’.” Jan. 2019, https://learningfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-problem-with-finding-the-main-idea-1.pdf.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages/https://images.all4ed.org/license/
Wattenberg, Ruth. “Inside the Common Core Reading Tests: Why the Best Prep Is a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum.” Knowledge Matters, Issue Brief 7, Sept. 2016. http://witeng.link/0891.
What to Expect in Writing
EDUimages by All4Ed. Close-up of female kindergarten teacher. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/close-up-of-female-kindergarten-teacher/.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Close-up of female teacher during faculty meeting. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUImages, https://images.all4ed.org/close-up-of-female-teacher-during-faculty-meeting.
EDUimages by All4Ed. Two male middle schoolers and two female middle schoolers workin. Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages, https://images.all4ed.org/two-male-middle-schoolers-and-two-female-middle-schoolers-workin.
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Anchor Books, 1995.
National Writing Project and Carl Nagin. “Why Writing Matters.” Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools, 2006, https://archive.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/524.
The Noun Project. Perspective by IconMark, NounProject.com, https://thenounproject.com/icon/perspective-3531741/.