These first grade reading comprehension passages are perfect
for close reading lessons, morning work, homework or use in guided reading lessons.
For a start at my school, I wrote lessons and taught the common core technique
of close reading lesson writing to both English / history teachers and math / science teachers.
This last summer I researched different strategies for
creating close reading lessons and found the book, Turning the Page on Complex Texts: Differentiated Scaffolds for Close Reading Instruction by Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss, Maria Grant and Kelly Johnson, to be an invaluable resource.
Using grade - level examples and their own curriculum materials, educators learn to plan and
teach close reading lessons, choose appropriate informational and literary complex texts, develop text - dependent questions, foster classroom discussion, and provide appropriate feedback for students to improve close reading skills.
Ania, another senior at Reno High, says she really likes
the close reading lessons.
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With the 2018 Winter Olympics approaching, I was searching for material that I could use for
a close reading lesson with my students that was not copyrighted.
In
every close reading lesson plan that I write, I have the students read focusing on a specific lens.
If you are familiar with this blog, you know I like to structure
my close reading lesson plans over a four - day period.
An example of
a Close Reading lesson would be reading a primary source document in a history class and later answering short - answer questions.
This close reading lesson plan provides a printable informational text that focuses on the historic origins of the holiday and compares Halloween traditions then and now.
Imagine your principal has invited you to conduct a teacher - to - teacher workshop to show your colleagues how to plan
a close reading lesson.
Select a specific grade level and a specific text, and then develop
a close reading lesson demonstration.
This year, as I write
my close reading lesson plans, I write them across three reads, with text - dependent questions to be answered with each read.