Curriculum
How long is a Wit & Wisdom lesson and what are the components?
90 Minutes, Welcome, Launch, Learn, Land, Wrap, Deep Dive
In this informational module, students look at change across time in our country. Students use texts to look at changes in school, home life, transportation and communication. They end the module by choosing one aspect and creating a then/now poster about one change.
Grade K Mod 3 - America, Then and Now
This module lays a foundation for the study of science. Students discover what “senses” are. The EOM task is to write and illustrate a book that shows how readers use their senses to learn from texts
Grade K Mod 1 - Five Senses
Which foundational skills program is Geodes aligned to?
Fundations
What is the easiest way to quote core texts for a whole year?
Bundles! (20, 24, 30)
What are the content stages?
Students study the immigrant experience as well as specific skills for writing fictional texts in this module.
Grade 3 Mod 3 - A New Home
Students are asked to notice the change that happens in the world and in turn, what factors affect change in their own lives through the lens of the four seasons.
Grade 2 Mod 1 - Season of Change
What are the two strands in Scarborough's rope?
Language Comprehension and Word Recognition
Why don't we have foundational skills?
Companies out there (Fundations, Really Great Reading, etc.) already have great systematic, explicit phonics programs that people invest time and money in so we wanted to be able to provide something that pairs with that and we developed Geodes to bridge the two together
What are the craft stages and what parts of the curriculum utilize them?
Examine, Experiment, Execute, Excel
Writing, Speaking & Listening, Style and Conventions
Sport has the power to change the world. This module focuses on how sports influence individuals and societies. After studying Jackie Robinson’s story in depth, students research a soccer organization and describe how the organization is using soccer to influence communities.
Grade 5 Mod 4 - Breaking Barriers
Students apply their learning from multiple sources including Hatchett to write their own survival stories. They share these stories in the Author’s Chair celebration which allows them to not only show what they have learned about survival, but also apply what they have learned about telling a good story.
Grade 4 Mod 2 Extreme Settings
What comes in a full classroom kit?
K - 48 unique titles (12 color copies mod 1-2, 6 color copies mod 3-4), My Geodes for 20 students, Inside Geodes Teacher Guide, Geode rock
1 & 2 - 64 unique titles (6 color copies), My Geodes for 20 students, Inside Geodes Teacher Guide, Geode rock
Cost of each Wit & Wisdom component?
SE - $20.58
TE - $196.17
In Sync - $10 or $19
DTE - $190
Assessment Packet - $246.15
What are the different assessments within Wit & Wisdom?
CFU, FQT, New Read, SS, EOM, Vocabulary, Question Sets
The end of module task for this module asks students to write an informative essay. In it, students detail how one individual encountered adversity and/or opportunity as a result of WWII.
Grade 7 Mod 2 - Americans All
The essential question for this module is “How can times of crisis affect citizens and society?” Students become immersed in 18th century Philadelphia where they learn about the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. They end the module by analyzing and evaluating the ways that Philadelphians responded to the epidemic
Grade 7 Mod 4 - Fever
What affects the decodablity level of each Geodes text?
Foundational skills instruction, scope and sequence, recurring content words
Wit & Wisdom is integrated, and we cover what standards and skills?
Reading and Fluency, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Style and Conventions, Vocabulary, (bonus) Inquiry
Why is knowledge important and how do we build knowledge in Wit & Wisdom?
Baseball study, comprehension, science of reading
Core and supplemental texts sets form a knowledge puzzle about different topics and bootstrap students to unlock increasingly complex texts about this or similar topics
This module asks “How do people affect social change?” Students read Claudette Colvin but also look at articles, magazines, sculptures, photographs, videos and listen to speeches to answer this question. Students walk away from the module understanding that challenging injustice is never easy and that change occurs through a series of strategies, actions and responses.
Grade 8 Mod 4 - Teens as Change Agents
This module concludes with students writing clear, well-organized paragraphs, using evidence from multiple texts to explain why both artists and scientists explore the ocean.
Grade 3 Mod 1 - The Sea
What instructional options do the book notes provide?
Recurring Content Words
Additional Vocab Practice
Comprehension (general and specific)
Image Discussion
Teachable Moments
Response Journal
Elevator Pitch Wit & Wisdom
Knowledge building curriculum through conceptually coherent texts sets that integrate the grade level standards and skills through texts that is designed for ALL students while providing teachers with what they need, when they need it