: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core
http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 1/13 iTeach.iCoach.iBlog. Home Aboutme... Monday,June11,2012 Fiveclosereadingstrategiestosupportthe CommonCore Iwalkedintomyfirstcollege class,PoliticalScience101, eagertolearn.Formyinaugural collegeassignment,my professoraskedtheclassto readthefirstthreechaptersof thetextbookforthenextclass period. Thatnight,Ireturnedtomy dormroom,determinedtolearn everythingIcouldinthose threechapters.Ipulledoutmy textbookandhighlighter. Growingup,thatiswhatIalwayssawtheolderkidsusingwhentheyreadatextbook.In mynave18yearoldmind,Ibelievedthathighlightersmusthavesomemagicalpowerthat transportsthewordsonthepagedirectlytoyourbrain.IassumedthatifIjustfiguredout therightwordstohighlight,thenitwouldbeeasyformetorememberwhatIread. However,whenIopenedmytextbookitwasunlikeanythingIhadreadinhighschool. Wherewerethepictures?Wherewerethedefinitionsforwordsinthemargins?Wherewas thechaptersummaryattheendofeachchapter?AllofthethingsIreliedoninhighschool togetmethroughatextweremissing. Ishrugged,pulledoutmyhighlighterandstartedhighlighting.Thatiswhatcollegekidsdidto studyright?But,whatwasIsupposedtohighlight?Theboldwords?Theheadings? Importantinformation?Iwasntsure.Istartedhighlightingeverythingthatlookedimportant onthepage.Beforelong,thepagelookedsomethinglikethis: IquicklyrealizedthatIhadnorealgameplanforreadingthiscomplicatedtextbook.Ididnt knowwhattohighlightorhowtofindtheimportantinformationtostudy.Thetextsimply overwhelmedme. Flashforwardtomyfirstfewyearsofteaching.ItaughtseniorEnglish,andIwas CourtAllam Viewmycomplete profile AboutMe Fiveclose reading strategiesto supportthe CommonCore Teaching Shakespeare's JuliusCaesar: CommonCore Style IntrotoRhetorical Analysis: CommonCore Style Closereading resourcesto supportthe CommonCore Missouri's4Verts Concept PopularPosts 2014(6) 2013(17) 2012(6) June(1) Fiveclosereading strategiesto supportthe Commo... April(2) BlogArchive 110 More NextBlog CreateBlog SignIn 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 2/13 determinedtoprovidemystudentshelpwhenitcametoannotatingtexts.Wepracticed annotationsthroughouttheyear,andmyinstructionswentsomethinglike:Markitup! Underlineimportantinformation!Writeinthemargins! WhilethismethodmayhavebeenslightlymoreeffectivethanwhatIusedthatfirstdayof college,itwasstilltoovagueandambiguousformystudents.Theyhadnodirectionfor reading,especiallywhenitwasacomplicatedtexttheydidnotunderstand. Lastfall,IattendedanAVIDworkshopaboutcriticalreadingstrategies.Tobehonest,it completelychangedthewayIteachreading.Ilearnedmanysimplestrategiestohelpmy studentsattackatext.Aftertheconference,ourdepartmentbeganadaptingthestrategies toallofthetypesoftextsthatweteach.Herearefivesimplestrategiestohelpteach studentshowtocriticallyreadcomplextexts.Thebestpart?Highlightersarenotrequired. 1.Numbertheparagraphs TheCommonCoreasksstudentstobeabletociteandrefertothetext.Onesimplewayto dothisisbynumberingeachparagraph,sectionorstanzainthelefthandmargin.When studentsrefertothetext,Irequirethemtostatewhichparagraphtheyarereferringto.The restoftheclasswillbeabletoquicklyfindthelinebeingreferredto. 2.Chunkthetext. Whenfacedwithafullpageoftext,readingitcanquicklybecomeoverwhelmingfor students.Breakingupthetextintosmallersections(orchunks)makesthepagemuchmore manageableforstudents.Studentsdothisbydrawingahorizontallinebetweenparagraphs todividethepageintosmallersections. Atthebeginningoftheyear,IgrouptheparagraphsintochunksbeforeIhandoutthe assignment.InthedirectionsIwillsay,Chunkparagraphs13,45,68,912.Ilookatthe paragraphstoseewherenaturalchunksoccur.Paragraphs13maybethehookandthesis statement,while68maybetheparagraphswheretheauthoraddressestheopposition.Itis importanttounderstandthatthereisnorightorwrongwaytochunkthetext,aslongasyou canjustifywhyyougroupedcertainparagraphstogether. Bytheendoftheyear,Ibegintoletgoofthatresponsibilityandaskmystudentstochunk thetextontheirown.Theynumbertheparagraphsthenmustmakedecisionsaboutwhat paragraphswillbegroupedtogether.Usually,mostoftheclassisverysimilarintheway theychunkedthetext. 3.Underlineandcirclewithapurpose. Tellingstudentstosimplyunderlinetheimportantstuffistoovague.Stuffisnota concretethingthatstudentscanidentify.Instead,directstudentstounderlineandcircle veryspecificthings.Thinkaboutwhatinformationyouwantstudentstotakefromthetext, andaskthemtolookforthoseelements.Whatyouhavestudentscircleandunderlinemay changedependingonthetexttype. Forexample,whenstudyinganargument,askstudentstounderlineclaims.Weidentify claimsasbeliefstatementsthattheauthorismaking.Studentswillquicklydiscoverthatthe authormakesmultipleclaimsthroughouttheargument. Whenstudyingpoetry,studentscouldunderlinetheimagerytheyfindthroughoutthepoem. Circlingspecificitemsisalsoaneffectiveclosereadingstrategy.Ioftenhavemystudents circleKeytermsinthetext.Idefinekeytermsaswordsthat:1.Aredefined.2.Are repeatedthroughoutthetext.3.Ifyouonlycircledfivekeytermsintheentiretext,you wouldhaveaprettygoodideaaboutwhattheentiretextisabout. Ihavealsoaskedstudentstocirclethenamesofsources,powerverbs,orfigurative language. Providingstudentswithaspecificthingyouwantthemtounderlineorcirclewillfocustheir attentiononthatareamuchbetterthanunderliningimportantinformation. 4.Leftmargin:WhatistheauthorSAYING? March(3) 2011(18) 2010(6) Football(20) AirRaid(15) English(12) Grading(5) 3P(4) Labels followmeonTwitter TwitterUpdates Followthisblog Posts Comments 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 3/13 Itisntenoughtoaskstudentstowriteinthemargins.Wemustbeveryspecificandgive studentsagameplanforwhattheywillwrite.Thisiswherethechunkingcomesintoplay. Intheleftmargin,Iaskmystudentstosummarizeeachchunk.Idemonstratehowtowrite summariesin10wordsorless.Thechunkingallowsthestudentstolookatthetextin smallersegments,andsummarizewhattheauthorissayinginjustthatsmall,specific chunk. 5.Rightmargin:Digdeeperintothetext Intherighthandmargin,Iagaindirectmystudentstocompleteaspecifictaskforeach chunk.Thismayinclude: UseapowerverbtodescribewhattheauthorisDOING.(Forexample: Describing,illustrating,arguing,etc..)Note:Itisntenoughforstudentstowrite Comparingandbedone.Whatistheauthorcomparing?Abetteranswermightbe: ComparingthecharacterofMontagtoCaptainBeatty. Representtheinformationwithapicture.Thisisagoodwayforstudentstobe creativetovisuallyrepresentthechunkwithadrawing. Askquestions.Ihavefoundthistobeastruggleformanystudents,astheyoften saytheydonthaveanyquestionstoask.Whenmodeled,studentscanbeginto learnhowtoaskquestionsthatdigdeeperintothetext.Ioftenusethesequestions astheconversationdriverinSocraticSeminar. Therearemanyotherthingsstudentscanwriteinthemargins.However,wemustmodel andteachthesestrategiessothatstudentswillhaveanideaofwhattowritewhentheyare ontheirown. HereiswhatacompletedArticleoftheWeekmightlooklikeafterastudenthasperformeda closereadofit: Toensureourstudentsarecollegeandcareerready,wemustteachthemcriticalreading strategiesinorderforthemtoindependentlyattackatext.Theymustlearnhowtoowna text,ratherthanlettingthetextownthem.Afterfollowingthesesteps,studentshaveread thetextatleastfivetimesandtheyareactivelyinteractingwiththetext.Thisisamuch differentexperiencethanskimmingthroughatextonetimewithahighlighterinhand. Whatstrategiesdoyouteachstudentsinorderforthemtocriticallyreadcomplextexts? Pleaseleaveyourideasinthecommentsbelow! 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 4/13 PostedbyCourtAllamat8:29PM Labels:CommonCore,English,Reading +110 Recommend this on Google Replies 54comments: DianeQuirk July16,2012at11:07AM Thanks for reminding us about these simple to use strategies. I've added this to a Pinterest board to share with others [http://pinterest.com/pin/108508672242460167/]. Have you seen http://bounceapp.com ? I think it's a great tool for applying some of these strategies. Reply Kwizgiver August11,2012at3:18PM Thisisfantastic!IamdefinitelygoingtousethesetechniqueswithmyAPUSHand APPsychclasses! Reply andreagyoung October8,2012at8:23AM This.Is.Fabulous.IthinkIwilltrytoincorporatethisinmyclassroomaswell.The biggest problem that I see is the students approaching it as a big, scary, whole paperandnotsectionstheycanbreakdownandunderstand. Reply twilkins October8,2012at7:19PM This is fantastic information. I used these strategies today in my senior English class, and it rocked the house. The kids were focused on the poetry In ways I've neverbeenabletogetthemto.Thanksfortheideas! Reply SarahWagner November16,2012at7:56PM Thisisamazing!I'mgoingtostartthesestrategieswithmy8thgraders! Reply bd9ef80cfbe611e2aacc000f20980440 August2,2013at7:46PM Better get parental permission before using this common core propagandaonmykids! KeriKeeler August4,2013at12:35PM Icouldn'tgetittoload.Thepageshowedupblank. Unknown January18,2014at1:39PM This is so very helpful. Gives some very concrete methods to help studentslearnthefineartofannotatingforapurpose. 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 5/13 Reply Replies SarahK January21,2013at6:19AM Suchahelpfularticle.Ijustpinnedthistopinterest...hopethat'sokay! Reply TeacherTeacher January27,2013at7:13PM Thanksforthis!Iteach5thgrade,andwanttogivemystudentspracticalstrategies tonavigatelargeamountsoftext.Thisisveryhelpful! Reply GingerDePriest February8,2013at5:04PM We use AVID techniques in our middle school, but I feel to start incorporating it in upperelementarywouldbeamazing! Reply SassyPeach March6,2013at1:29PM THANK YOU! These strategies are SO helpful. I have shared them with my grade level colleagues across the district. I've been implementing them in my 3rd grade classandthechildrenlovethem.Thanksforsharing! Reply GeneWohlsdorf March21,2013at5:01AM I train close reading in classroom sessions with study guides designed for the purpose. The study guides parse the material and control pacing. It takes kids a whiletogetusedtoit,buttheydoremarkablywellafterpracticingtheroutineovera period of several weeks. Without directly "pushing" the metacognitive awareness toohard,Iencouragethegrowthofthemetacognitiveskills.ThenIperiodicallyrefer to what we are doing from that perspective. I sell the study guides on teacherspayteachers.com. It's complicated. You can download my Julius Caesar assassination scene to get an idea. I also have a free product, "Reading Fearfully Close,"ifyou'reinterested. Reply PatBallester March28,2013at9:46AM As a librarian, I would love to know how you handle the wonderful process with students that use District books that cannot be written in. If they are photocopying theirpagesthatwouldcostafortune.Ilovetheideaandcanseeitbeingusedinin the undergraduate situation but I would want my students to be well versed in the techniquebeforetheygoofftocollege.Asuggestionwouldbeappreciated. Reply Jen March29,2013at11:31AM Thiscommenthasbeenremovedbytheauthor. 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 6/13 Reply MichelleKrzmarzick June19,2014at4:55AM If you are fortunate enough to have iPads, this comment will be useful: Whatwedoinmy5thgradeclassistakeaphotoofapagewearestudy with our iPads, then we upload the photo to an app called Notability. In that app, we highlight/circle/underline words and passages. When they are finished, students upload the annotated photo to their Google Drive accountsothattheycanhaveacopyoftheirowntoreferto. CourtAllam March28,2013at11:23AM Pat:Greatquestion!Wenormallydothisstrategywithshorterpassages:articlesor shortpassagesfrombooks,usuallynomorethanfourpages. For example, we had them analyze the first four pages of Fahrenheit 451 for imagery.Imadecopiesofthatitwastwopagesfrontandback. I know one teacher that uses the old overhead clear sheets the students put the sheetonthebookandcanwriteonthetransparentsheet. You could also use postit notes for the margin writing, but you would have to be creativeforhowtounderline. In some of our AP classes, we ask students to buy selected books to annotate in sotheyaren'tdistrictpurchased. Ihopethathelps.Pleaseletmeknowifyouhaveotherquestions! Reply Katie April1,2013at5:21PM CourtAllamfromHutchinson,Ks? I was googling close reading strategies to use in my classroom and this is the first post on Google. I was friends with Lindsay from preschool all the way through high school! Great post, I am looking to be more explicit in my teaching if 4th graders to use manyofthesestrategies. Katie(McDonald)Perez Reply MarkIsero April8,2013at12:38AM Thank you for this post. I especially like the chunking and the leftside / rightside. Toooften,teacherstellstudentstohighlightorannotateor"talktothetext"without enough specifics. Keeping summaries on the left and deeper stuff on the right is a greatidea. Reply Whateverittakes! April18,2013at6:31PM Wedoasimilarpostittechniquewhenreading...especiallyinour20minuteaday litcircles. Small groups of 4th graders read either together or in partnerships, and they record ontheirpostitasymbol&theirreason/explanation. Lightbulb="Igetit!"Thenwritekeywordsthatcluedthemin. Questionmark=I'mhavingthisquestion...Recordtheirquestion. 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 7/13 Replies #=problem/solutionidentified,citecluesintext P=prediction,theywritewhat'scomingup Iftheycomeacrossanunfamiliarwordtheyrecorditwithintentionstolookitup. Students keep their post its on the pages they have noted. Then when they've finished the book they have a sequential "log" of their work. It really helps them to reviewbeforetheysummarizeorsharewithothers. Reply SarahKnox April29,2013at2:33PM In longer texts, such as novels, I have the students choose a passage. I always begin by choosing a passage myself and modeling the discussion practices, and I encourage them to choose something that is rich and of some interest to them. Theythencompleteaseriesofactivities. First, they ask two questions about the passage. Second, they explain how the passagefitsintothehistoricalcontextofthenovel(ifthatisrelevant).Finally, they explain how the passage connects to life today. In my classroom, we all come togetheranddiscusseachperson'sseparately.It'samazingwhatthekidscameup with. I have very small class sizes, though, so in a larger classroom, rather than having each student complete the activities individually, it could be made into a groupdiscussionsituation.Ithinkthemosteffectivepartofthisdiscussionactivity is forcing the students to ask questions which are answered by their classmates (withhelpfrommewhenneeded). Reply MaryLouTurnbull May8,2013at1:14PM Reply Thiscommenthasbeenremovedbytheauthor. MaryLouTurnbull May8,2013at1:18PM Thankyoufortheseverypracticalandusefultips! Couldyoupossiblysendmeaprintablecopyofthis?Iwouldliketoshareitwithmy middle school staff, but I can't print it without using lots of black ink since the backgroundisblack.Myschoolemailaddressis turnbull_ml@elps.k12.mi.us Reply StevenSmith May17,2013at11:17AM Very impressive reading strategies that you have posted here. All of these techniquesaresonecessaryforustoused,speciallyifweweredoingourstudyon adifferentdifficultcourse.Thankyouforthegoodideathatyoushare. resumewritingservicereviewsbestservice. Reply TimShortt May18,2013at7:11AM I teach 2nd grade and work with teachers on implementing close reading even in k2 classrooms. It's amazing what 2nd graders can do, my studentsloveworkingwithcomplextextandpurposefulannotating!After reading this, I feel very much right on target with what I'm doing. Could youemailacopyofthis?Thanks 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 8/13 Reply Replies AshleyCox May20,2013at5:26PM Ihavebeentryingtomonthstoteachmystudentstomarkthetext.Ijustusedthis to create a step by step annotating sheet for my students next semester! Thanks forthehelp! Reply JoanBrennan May21,2013at7:58AM These are excellent ideas! Many thanks for taking the time to organize, write and publish such a helpful article. You and your readers might also be interested in another resourcethe Reading Focus Cards. These tools isolate 1 or 2 lines of of text and block out more surrounding text than other devices and methods. The Reading Focus Cards also allow an individual to read through a selected colored filter, adding more reading comfort and focus, as well. www.FocusandRead.com/products Reply ShellyZemrose May21,2013at7:27PM Would you please email this to me as well? I am a first year teacher. Thanks!! szemrose@gmail.com Reply staciedunn May30,2013at7:59PM LookslikeUNRAAVELonadeeperlevel!Excitedtoincorporate! Asalways,modelingiskey:) Reply BrucePrice July2,2013at1:56PM Thisarticleismoredepressingthanpeopleseemtorealize. The world described in this paragraph is that of marginal literacy even in late high school: "However, when I opened my textbook it was unlike anything I had read in high school. Where were the pictures? Where were the definitions for words in the margins?Wherewasthechaptersummaryattheendofeachchapter?Etc....' This is so pathetic. Clearly these students had never learned to read fluently when they were in elementary school. And now experts are coming up with remedies for an illness that should not be there and should not be catered to. The solution is to gobacktoelementaryschoolandteachreadingcorrectly. With phonics, nearly every kid will be reading by the end of first grade. That is the minimalacceptablestandard.Parentsmustinsistonit. Reply DianneM. July11,2013at7:41PM Theauthordidn'tsayhecouldn'treadthematerial,butthathedidn'tknow how to find the best way to effectively interact with text that not in the 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 9/13 Reply Replies Reply formathewasusedtoinhighschool.Readingandclosereadingfordeep meaningarenotthesamething.Strategiesforreadingfordeepmeaning have to be taught in a deliberate and systematic manner if we expect kidstobesuccessful. ersephilology July29,2013at9:47AM MrBrucePrice, I'm very confident that teaching strategies have evolved dramatically in the last 10 years. However, some teachers do not get any Professional Development courses, & consequently they adhere to obsolete methods that worked with us & with our parents in a time when technology wasn't accessibletothepublic. Furthermore, the world we live in today isn't Utopia, to my & respectfully yourdisappointment:((. JulieA. July8,2013at3:29PM Thank you for providing such simple yet effective techniques to break down what can be an arduous task. May I link to this article within my own blog about close reading?Julie Reply Shannon July29,2013at10:08PM If you have the opportunity, I HIGHLY encourage you to do the Critical Reading 2 trainingthatAVIDprovides.I took a ton away from the first training, but CR2 really mademedigevendeeperintoit. Reply MsP August1,2013at2:29PM I love this...have been doing this along with other reading strategies called Ink Thinking Attacking the Text! Teach middle school Language Arts and I am trying to implement it with my 6th grade team. Thanks for letting me know I am not crazy and this really works. Love the margin conceptsIwilladdtomyreadingpracticesinclass. Sherri August3,2013at3:41PM Thanksforsharingthis.I'manewteacherlookingforstrategiestoteachnextweek. Thisisveryhelpful. Reply WendyBramlett August7,2013at6:17AM Awesome.IhavesharedyoublogonmyfacebookpageStarringfourthgrade.And 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 10/13 IlovethestatementyoumadeaboutlettingthestudentsattheENDoftheyeardo it on their own. They had SOOOO much guided practice that they knew exactly whattodowhenthetimecame.Kudostoyou. Reply EdieMartin August7,2013at10:47PM This is great! My PLC has been looking for ways to teach close reading, struggling withtryingtofinda"system"thatworksforus.We'vemadeananchorchartforour classrooms with your strategies as a basis. School begins this week, and we're anxioustoincorporatethis.Thanksforsharing! Reply Unknown August20,2013at2:13PM ILOVELOVELOVEthis!Thankyou! Reply KirrilaBee August21,2013at2:30PM Thisisamazing,thoughImaystillbeaFreshmaninHighSchoolthiswilldefinitely get me past my English teacher this year, I will use this and maybe it will help my confienceintheclass. Reply HeidiSteffan August30,2013at4:43PM This is such an awesome technique. I teach 7th grade and nonfiction is highly emphasizedonourbelovedstatetestnowandgettingstudentstobeabletoexplain thetextandwhattheyreadisnearlyimpossiblewithmiddleschool.I'lldefinitelybe able to adapt this to the article we read and then build them up for more advanced articlestowardstheendoftheyear.Teachingnonfictionhasbecomesuchathorn in my side because of the "boring" and tedious steps we have to take, we well as takingthefunoutoffictioninschool.Thisisgreat!Thankyousomuch. Reply StaceyGuidice September5,2013at6:58AM Reply Thiscommenthasbeenremovedbytheauthor. StaceyGuidice September5,2013at7:00AM I found this article back in June and just came back to it after an amazing Close Reading PD yesterday at work. Our whole school sets aside 30 minutes in the morning where K5 engages in Close Reading. I teach 1st grade and completely frowned upon hearing that I had to do this in my classroom last year, but after decomposing complex texts with my students I noticed that it's a skill we have to teach at a young age. The ELA CCLS are 80% of what we do in Close Reading. I plantodoablogentryonitthisweekend.Thanksforthisarticle.It'ssohelpful! http://fantasticalfuninfirstgrade.blogspot.com/ Reply 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 11/13 Mrs.Tate September12,2013at8:58AM Iimplementedanarticleoftheweeklastyear,butIlikethisonebetter. DoyougivethisoutonMondayandstudentsdoitaloneforhomeworkeachnight? I was just curious as to how you presented it....during class, at the beginning of class....etc. Thanks! Reply Ginmashar September20,2013at9:10AM Love this! This is so helpful. I am sharing this with my teachers. I do want to ask how you teach the kids to summarize in 10 words or less. Do you have a formula? What'sthesecret?Pleaseshareyourtechnique.Thanks! Reply Ginmashar September20,2013at9:10AM Love this! This is so helpful. I am sharing this with my teachers. I do want to ask how you teach the kids to summarize in 10 words or less. Do you have a formula? What'sthesecret?Pleaseshareyourtechnique.Thanks! Reply Ginmashar September20,2013at9:19AM Love this! This is so helpful. I am sharing this with my teachers. I do want to ask how you teach the kids to summarize in 10 words or less. Do you have a formula? What'sthesecret?Pleaseshareyourtechnique.Thanks! Reply LauraSantos October9,2013at8:09PM Great tips! I have taken lots of notes and will be modifying for my third graders! Thanksfortheinspiration! CoreInspirationbyLauraSantos Reply Rin November17,2013at1:22PM Found this via Pinterest and it is one of the best close reading strategies I have everseenandsogladtoseeitforhighschoolers! Reply AshleyWells November28,2013at10:12PM Thank you for sharing your simple and effective idea. I'll let me son do this thanks forsharing. Checked out for more educational resources that can make our child become the besthttp://kidslearninghub.com Reply Shannon December28,2013at12:08AM 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 12/13 NewerPost OlderPost Home Subscribeto:PostComments(Atom) Enteryourcomment... Commentas: GoogleAccount Publish
Preview Thisisagreatmethodforattackingacomplextext.Oranytextforthatmatter.It's veryexplicitinwhatthestudentsarebeingaskedtodo.IknowthatI'vebeenguilty forbeingvaguewhenwe"closeread"atext.Thanksforthesehelpfulsteps! Shannon http://www.irunreadteach.wordpress.com Reply jaspreetsingh February21,2014at3:09AM Reallyinformative students Reply DonnaAuger April14,2014at10:34AM Whenthisisanewactivity,IfindthatIgivethemanumberofwordsthattheyare allowedtohighlight.First,Iwarnthemaboutthetendencytocolorthepageinstead of searching for important words. Then, I tell them that they can only highlight ten words. It forces them to select the most important. Then we discuss which words werecircledandwhy Reply WilliamWalker July10,2014at10:00AM Isstrategictrainingforbusinessesmostly?IthinkitmightbesomethingthatIneed to do. I am thinking about doing it for my business management class. http://www.strategictraining.com.au/ Reply 8/18/2014 iTeach. iCoach. iBlog.: Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core http://iteachicoachiblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/five-simple-close-reading-strategies.html 13/13 AwesomeInc.template.PoweredbyBlogger. 5 min to Spreed