@lorgriffith
 Asheville, NC
Joined November 2016
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What a perfectly lovely tweet, Lindsay! Happy Holidays from the Geodes team!
Lindsay Kemeny@LindsayKemeny16 Dec 2021
Today a boy in my class sighed after reading this book and said, "That book makes me cry." I asked him why and he said, "The evergreen tree is just so....kind." ♥️ We love these books from @GreatMindsEd! @lorgriffith
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Tina Starnes@tinastarnes7918 Aug 2021
My kiddos are loving their Geodes book Library Cat and their comprehension journals. I love that they are already circling their Fundations Trick Words too! #WeAreUnionSTEAM #StarnesStars ⭐️
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So happy you gave the Geodes a test drive!
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Al Musgrove@AFMusgrove4 Jul 2020
Replying to @ibramxk @DrIbram
This... npr.org/2020/07/03/884832594…
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And I can’t to watch your first rate team of implementers! @ACSElemEd #geodesrock #WitWisdom
Sarah Cain@ACSFedPrograms12 May 2020
Asheville City Schools is excited to introduce Geodes from Great Minds!!! What an amazing gift to our K-2 classrooms! I can’t wait for teachers and students to get these books in their hands. Let the journey to greatness begin! ❤️ #WitWisdomELA #WitWisdom #TheACSWay @lorgriffith
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Spectacular reading! Your focus on phrasing made all the difference! And when you laughed at the cow?? My favorite part! Kudos, PS! #geodes #knowledgeonthego
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Such a wonderful job reading, PS! Give me a run for my money and send me a video on Friday! #geodes #knowledgeonthego
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“Tap it out” and if that coaching isn’t enough, climb across the table to be sure he sees all the letters. Taking partner reading to a new level. #Geodesrock
Kerry Edri@LiteraryKerry28 Feb 2020
These ain’t your mama’s decodable readers! #Geodes are a #decodabledelight Check out these first graders partner reading engaging, grade-level connected text on day 4/5 day fluency plan!❤️ @2ndgradesupers @kay_687 @Mostatuspops @karenvaites @AFletcherDOE
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Finally... the arrival of the Reading League Journal! Are the North Carolina mountain addresses the last post office delivery worldwide? Worth the wait! @reading_league @chad6000
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Mandy Polen@MandyPolen20 Nov 2019
A3: My all time favorite is watching students apply what they learned in #Fundations while independently reading a #Geode. Students learn that phonics matters and they begin to unlock the code of reading! @WitWisdomELA #coreadvocates
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righttoreadproject.com/2019/… Dr John Shefelbine: “The kindest thing you can do for beginning and struggling readers is to give them the time and encouragement they need to grunt and groan their way through sounding out words. You’re rewiring their brains and it’s hard work.”

The Drudgery (and Beauty) of Decodable Texts

I was determined to undo the bad reading habits my students had developed during guided reading. So, I exchanged a leveled reading program for one with decodables and used a diagnostic phonics asse…

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Janise Lane@janiselane227 Nov 2019
Replying to @abbottstoncoach @WitWisdomELA @AshleyPCook24 @BaltimoreLiter1 @AbbottstonBCPSS
These geodes are game changers, right???!
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And Baltimore continues to lead the way with aligned knowledge in ELA core, systematic phonics instruction, and readable, accessible texts!
Nicole Osborne@abbottstoncoach6 Nov 2019
Bridging the connection from Fundations to Wit and Wisdom! We love GEODES!! Our first graders ROCK! @WitWisdomELA @AshleyPCook24 @janiselane22 @BaltimoreLiter1 @AbbottstonBCPSS
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Sarah Cain@ACSFedPrograms31 Oct 2019
You know something resonates when your students dress to match their Wit and Wisdom module! So proud is these third graders! #WitWisdomELA #WitWisdom
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"Grace...meets you exactly where you are, at your most pathetic and hopeless, and it loads you into its wheelbarrow and then tips you out somewhere else in ever so slightly better shape." ~@ANNELAMOTT
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Beautifully done. Displaying the thinking above the essays shows the deep work driving quality. Kudos to you and your hardworking students.
DeAnna Okert@mrs_okert25 Oct 2019
That’s a wrap! Mod. 1 of wit & wisdom tier 1 rated curriculum is done! The pod casts are right! It’s a big adjustment your asking yourself “can my kids do this?!” Yes!!! They can and they did ! Their end of module synthesis essays were so deep w content knowledge I cried !proud
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Inspiring us all! @WitWisdomELA
Karen Vaites
@karenvaites16 Oct 2019
Replying to @karenvaites
(Part 2 of @kyairb’s perspectives) BALTIMORE’S KIDS CAN! ❤️ Room 304 can! Every time I watch this, I get the chills. His emotional arc about new curriculum is SO familiar to me... at first, T is hesitant about curriculum... 16/x #bmoreedchat #curriculummatters
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Choral reading with exquisite prosody! Such a wonderful visit to 304!
Karen Vaites
@karenvaites16 Oct 2019
Replying to @karenvaites
Similar story in @kyairb’s 6th grade: First, a little Bud, Not Buddy read-aloud... 11/x #bmoreedchat #CurriculumMatters
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