After launching Close Reading Packs last month on Reading A-Z, we thought we'd offer up Five Tips For Close Reading:

1. Discuss the purpose and meaning of the written word with your students.
2. Make sure your classroom has a large selection of both literary and informational text. Make sure the books your students read pertain to the subject at hand.
3. Make sure the books are complex enough to allow for close reading.
4. Use complex texts in multiple formats. Over time, you will be able to release more responsibility for reading to your students.
5. Create text-dependent questions that require your students to think about their answers.

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Reaching Common Core State Standards – Close Reading

 

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