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Acknowledgments
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GREAT MINDS® STAFF, COLLEAGUES, AND CONTRIBUTORS
The following designers, editors, reviewers, support staff, and writers contributed to the development of this library.
David Blair, Thomas Brasdefer, Adam Cardais, Emily Climer, Christina Cooper, Julia Dantchev, Jen Forbus, Sarah Francis, Diana Ghazzawi, Nina Goffi, Laurie Gonsoulin, Mamie Goodson, Lorraine Griffith, Emily Gula, Brenna Haffner, Sarah Henchey, Libby Howard, Trish Huerster, Rachel Hylton, Drew Krepp, Diana Leddy, David Liben, Farren Liben, Crystal Love, Whitney Lyle, Maya Marquez, Siena Mazero, Cathy McGath, Cindy Medici, Tricia Mickelberry, Pam Moffat, Lynne Munson, Marya Myers Parr, Mary-Lise Nazaire, Michelle Palmieri, Judy Plazyk, Kristen Riedel, Michelle Schaut, Catherine Schmidt, Amy Schoon, Aaron Shields, Ed Six, Rachel Stack, Melissa Thomson, Sarah Turnage, Todd Ware, Michelle Warner, Amy Wierzbicki, Nicole Williams, and Rachel Zindler
WILSON LANGUAGE TRAINING® STAFF, COLLEAGUES, AND CONTRIBUTORS
Maria Baldarelli, Heidi Dunham, Kimberly Gillingham, Mary Janet McCafferty, Cara O’Connor Collymore, Jay LaRoche, Angela Penfold, Cristina Urquhart, Barbara Wilson, and Edward Wilson
Project management support, production design, and copyediting services provided by ScribeConcepts.com.
INSIDE GEODES® Geodes® invite students to delve into rich knowledge and language through stories and informational texts. Inside Geodes introduces you to this library and its flexible teaching opportunities, including comprehension and image discussion guides, phonetic word lists, and teachable moments.
The Terracotta Army, 246–206 BCE, terracotta clay sculptures, Xi’an, China. Image credit: Bernard Roussel/The Image Bank/Getty Images
Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930, oil paint on beaver board, 30 ¾ x 25 ¾ inches, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA. © 2019 Figge Art Museum, successors to the Estate of Nan Wood Graham/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Image credit: The Art Institute of Chicago/Art Resource, NY
Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, oil paint on canvas, 149 x 255 inches, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
Olaus Magnus, Carta Marina, 1539, printed map from woodblocks, 48 x 60 inches, James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. Image courtesy the James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
GEODES Geodes are a unique type of text that offers an authentic reading experience in which students practice phonetic skills while building knowledge about the five senses, farming, America past and present, the continents, and more. Four modules of accessible books support young students as they develop foundational reading skills, build reading confidence, and spark intellectual curiosity.
LEVEL K MODULES
1. The Five Senses 2. Once Upon a Farm 3. America, Then and Now 4. The Continents
GREAT MINDS ® The uncompromising curricula from Great Minds assume that every child is capable of greatness. We bring teachers and scholars together to craft exemplary instructional materials that inspire joy in teaching and learning. Our curricula—Wit & Wisdom®, Eureka Math®, and PhD Science™—give schoolteachers what they need to take students beyond rote learning to provide a deeper, more complete understanding of the humanities, mathematics, and the sciences. Great Minds, in collaboration with Wilson Language Training®, provides emerging and developing readers an engaging, knowledge-building reading experience through readable books called Geodes.
