READING TO LEARN WHILE LEARNING TO READ
Geodes® Review Materials
Supporting you in bringing rich knowledge-building books to the classroom.
Access a variety of review resources and implementation support materials to see how you can engage your emerging readers with Geodes, a collection of breakthrough books for emerging and developing readers designed to cultivate a deep reading experience.
HOW TO REVIEW GEODES
LEVEL K
MODULE 1:
The Five Senses
TEXT SET 1:
Explore South America
LEVEL 1
MODULE 1:
A World of Books
TEXT SET 1:
Sharing Stories
LEVEL 2
MODULE 1:
Civil Rights Heroes
TEXT SET 1:
Right to Learn
Additional Geodes Review Resources
Geodes Print Text List
Level K, Level 1, and Level 2. Each level contains four modules that center on a rich topic that sparks students’ interest. View the list.
Unpacking Geodes: Engaging Early Readers And Building Lasting Knowledge
What is included in a set of Geodes? Unpack a box of these unique books and learn how your students will build knowledge and vocabulary, practice their phonics and decoding skills, and explore other subjects such as art, world cultures, science, and more.
Geodes, Wit & Wisdom®, and Explicit Phonics Instruction
Geodes are completely versatile and can be paired with any explicit, systematic foundational skills program. Geodes also provide a beautiful bridge between the knowledge-building modules of Wit & Wisdom and the foundational skills progression in best-in-class phonics and foundational skills programs like Really Great Reading®, Fundations®, 95 Phonics Core Program®, UFLI Foundations, and SIPPS®.
Bringing the Science of Reading to Your Classroom
Geodes are intentionally designed to pair with an explicit, systematic foundational skills program to help students practice their phonics and decoding skills while building enduring content and vocabulary knowledge.
Learn how Geodes, a foundational skills program, and Wit & Wisdom, our comprehensive K–8 English language arts curriculum, work seamlessly together to support evidence-based literacy instruction.
Small-Group Instruction With Geodes
Geodes are designed to be used flexibly for whole-group instruction, during small-group instruction or center time, and at home with the My Geodes® take-home books in print and digital format. Learn more about how Geodes can be used during small-group instruction to help students overcome the hurdles of accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.
Geodes Professional Development
Created by the team of teacher–writers behind Wit & Wisdom and Geodes, our in-person and virtual PD sessions support teachers and leaders. These sessions ensure strong initial implementation as well as sustained success.
Funding Your Geodes Library
Did you know that end-of-year budgets or federal grant and stimulus dollars can be used to provide Geodes libraries to classrooms? Review our funding resources page and let's work together to maximize available funds to help your students build knowledge and hone in on their phonics skills.
Enhanced Supports for Multilingual Students and Families
Each Geodes book extends learning through a More section that gives students an opportunity to build additional knowledge and vocabulary. To support a shared experience with family, the More section in My Geodes, take-home versions of the titles, are in both English and Spanish.
New Digital Experience With My Geodes
Students can access Geodes from anywhere with the new My Geodes digital experience. This add-on service gives students unlimited access to the vibrant journey of reading as they practice their skills independently and build enduring knowledge. This experience is designed to not only empower students to read Geodes independently during school but to also bring the journey home with them.
Watch this webinar to learn more about using Geodes to address early literacy.
Testimonials and Data Stories
“The way phonics and storytelling are woven through Geodes is genius. The students love annotating and highlighting the books as they read them. Students enjoy taking their books home to show their parents how they engaged with their reading.” [READ CASE STUDY]
“Teachers will be amazed at what their students can do—learning words, understanding concepts, making connections. We’ve learned that if we set the bar high, they’ll grow to it.” [READ CASE STUDY]
"I get tingles when I read with my students now. These books help them cross that bridge to learning. Reading used to be a fight. Now it's something they can do, that they understand, and that they find interesting." [READ CASE STUDY]
QUESTIONS?
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