I'm very interested in that text complexity sheet, too! Thank you! Heidi Laffay Zarzeczny Third Grade Teacher American School of Warsaw
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:22 PM, Williams, Pam - CCS Elementary Instructional Supervisor <pam.willi...@carroll.kyschools.us> wrote: > Can you share the text complexity worksheet you mentioned? > > Sent from my iPhone. Pam Williams > > On Sep 29, 2013, at 7:43 AM, "Rosa Roper" <rosaro...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > In my district, close reading in K-1 looks like an interactive read > aloud, it will usually last 3/4 days. Our first reading we will stop to > discuss any vocabulary (tier 2) that is critical to the meaning of the > story and words that may confuse the students. However, the following > readings have purposeful text dependent questions and as a class we may > complete a graphic organizer/notes that will help students on the > performance task which is at the end. Each day of the lesson we refer to > the performance task and through our questioning each day students uncover > evidence that will help them with the performance task. Each day prior to > the performance task students also have some kind of response to reading as > well. > > > > Close reading was not created for such young readers and since what they > read is not complex our district decided to use this format. It is up to > the teacher to make sure the text he or she selects is complex using a text > complexity worksheet prior to planning a lesson. > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Sep 28, 2013, at 9:13 AM, "Krista Sadlers" <ksadl...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> > >> Good morning, > >> I'm preparing to give a professional development workshop for teachers > on > >> Close Reading Strategies. I'd love to hear from those who may have done > this > >> before with some ideas for applying it to the K-2 levels. > >> Thanks!! > >> ~Krista > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mosaic mailing list > >> Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > >> > >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
