Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
I have been working through it - good ideas, but I'm middle school. Leah Fisher DC Everest Middle School Language Arts (Reading) 9302 Schofield Ave Weston, WI 54476 241-9700 EX 2228 lfis...@dce.k12.wi.us Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net 9/29/2013 9:25 AM I am not sure how useful this will be but I just found a book called Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylen Beers and Robert Probst. Has anyone read this book and do you reccomend it. Pat Kimathi On Sep 28, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Celia Nichols celianicho...@gmail.com wrote: Cloze or Close reading? On 28/09/2013, at 9:08 PM, Krista Sadlers 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 PatK ___ 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
Thank you so much Diana! Great to read what Dr. Shanahan writes. I was a student of his a long time ago at UIC Laura Troha Laura Troha Reading Specialist Mechanics Grove School Mundelein, Illinois ltr...@d75.org (847) 949-2707 ext 3063 On Sep 30, 2013, at 9:31 AM, Diana Rea wrote: Just read all the conversations on close reading. I've been working on a couple of Common Core shift presentations from my district and thought it would be helpful to the group to share some things I plan to use: Here's information from Tim Shanahan from The University of Illinois-Chicago on Close Reading that define the process well. http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2012/06/what-is-close-reading.html ReadWriteThink has some PD on close reading with lesson plans and resources to support implementation. Close reading for primary grades -http://bit.ly/17iZt0f Close reading with literary text for middle and high school levels- http://bit.ly/17j06Hg Finally here's a list of close reading model lessons from Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org/page/752/close-reading-model-lessons Diana Director of Instructional Services Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.or g 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 -- This e-mail may contain confidential material. If you were not an intended recipient, please notify the sender and delete all copies. Please note that we monitor all e-mail messages to and from our network. ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
Just read all the conversations on close reading. I've been working on a couple of Common Core shift presentations from my district and thought it would be helpful to the group to share some things I plan to use: Here's information from Tim Shanahan from The University of Illinois-Chicago on Close Reading that define the process well. http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2012/06/what-is-close-reading.html ReadWriteThink has some PD on close reading with lesson plans and resources to support implementation. Close reading for primary grades -http://bit.ly/17iZt0f Close reading with literary text for middle and high school levels- http://bit.ly/17j06Hg Finally here's a list of close reading model lessons from Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org/page/752/close-reading-model-lessons Diana Director of Instructional Services Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.or g 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
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Thank you for the link. Would they real ask that many questions in 1st grade or are they just examples of possible questions. Pat Kimathi Learning Tree Enrichment Centr 8465 S. Van Ness Inglewood, CA 90305 On Sep 30, 2013, at 9:32 AM, ksadl...@comcast.net wrote: Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm going to be using some of the PD videos and activities from the Wonders series. In addition, I will be using some books from Lee and Low to model how to take it to each reading level in K-2 during small group instruction. http://blog.leeandlow.com/2012/10/15/what-does-close-reading-look-like-in-kindergarten/ - Original Message - From: Diana Rea d...@dqud300.perry.k12.il.us To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 10:31:38 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Just read all the conversations on close reading. I've been working on a couple of Common Core shift presentations from my district and thought it would be helpful to the group to share some things I plan to use: Here's information from Tim Shanahan from The University of Illinois-Chicago on Close Reading that define the process well. http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2012/06/what-is-close-reading.html ReadWriteThink has some PD on close reading with lesson plans and resources to support implementation. Close reading for primary grades -http://bit.ly/17iZt0f Close reading with literary text for middle and high school levels- http://bit.ly/17j06Hg Finally here's a list of close reading model lessons from Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org/page/752/close-reading-model-lessons Diana Director of Instructional Services Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.or g 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 PatK ___ 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
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I think that is a list of possible questions. The list could be used through the course of the week while doing repeated readings of the book. -Original Message- From: Mosaic [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Patricia Kimathi Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:20 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Thank you for the link. Would they real ask that many questions in 1st grade or are they just examples of possible questions. Pat Kimathi Learning Tree Enrichment Centr 8465 S. Van Ness Inglewood, CA 90305 On Sep 30, 2013, at 9:32 AM, ksadl...@comcast.net wrote: Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm going to be using some of the PD videos and activities from the Wonders series. In addition, I will be using some books from Lee and Low to model how to take it to each reading level in K-2 during small group instruction. http://blog.leeandlow.com/2012/10/15/what-does-close-reading-look-like -in-kindergarten/ - Original Message - From: Diana Rea d...@dqud300.perry.k12.il.us To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 10:31:38 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Just read all the conversations on close reading. I've been working on a couple of Common Core shift presentations from my district and thought it would be helpful to the group to share some things I plan to use: Here's information from Tim Shanahan from The University of Illinois-Chicago on Close Reading that define the process well. http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/2012/06/what-is-close-reading.html ReadWriteThink has some PD on close reading with lesson plans and resources to support implementation. Close reading for primary grades -http://bit.ly/17iZt0f Close reading with literary text for middle and high school levels- http://bit.ly/17j06Hg Finally here's a list of close reading model lessons from Achieve the Core http://www.achievethecore.org/page/752/close-reading-model-lessons Diana Director of Instructional Services Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.o r g 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.or g 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.or g 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.or g Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive PatK ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
Hello, Thank you to those that have shared resources that will help us understand close reading. As Jennifer mentioned, we too are working with teachers to clear up misconceptions and determine when and how to engage in close reading. This summer, the state of MD held Educator Effectiveness Academies to support our transition to the CCSS. The resources are public, and I'd like to point you in the direction of some materials that might support your work with close reading. https://msde.blackboard.com Click on Curriculum Resources (You do not have to log in.) EEA Professional Growth Resources Day 3 Materials ELA Day 3 Materials Day 3 Session 7 From there you will need to open Session 7 Powerpoint as well as the accompanying resources in the folder, depending on whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school. The PowerPoint includes resources, videos, and activities from Doug Fisher, Burkins, and Yaris, as well as some state created guidelines. I used The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin to engage participants in a close reading experience during my sessions. (All resources are included on the site.) Instead of viewing close reading as a procedure that is dependent on a checklist of steps, we are working with teachers to identify complex texts worthy of a close read. Then they locate the specific places in the text that lend themselves to rereading. That is, there is a deeper meaning that can be uncovered by scaffolding students' understanding with text-dependent questions. This should not be formulaic; rather the text should dictate how the close reading experience unfolds. I had the opportunity to hear Doug Fisher last month, and he stated that teachers should allow discussion to naturally unfold and have text dependent questions in their back pocket to pull out when there is a lull. I also look to Tim Shanahan, Kylene Beers, and Bob Probst for guidance on this topic. The signposts in Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading were easily understood by my elementary students, and the authors draw on the work of Louise Rosenblatt's Reader Response Theory, which I deeply r espect. Notice and Note is a must-have! One more to share... Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts have a new book on this topic coming soon. (Falling in Love with Close Reading) They are hosting a blog-a-thon in which many are sharing their opinions. Here is the link to the first post: http://christopherlehman.wordpress.com/2013/09/02/blog-a-thon-post-1-what-closereading-isnt-or-at-least-shouldnt-be/ . This is a treasure trove of current thinking on a hot topic! I hope these resources are helpful to you all as we work through the perceptions of close reading that abound. Susan Verdi Literacy Specialist, MD @sacchetti7 sacchet...@aim.com -Original Message- From: mosaic-request mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org To: mosaic mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 3:21 pm Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 85, Issue 11 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org You can reach the person managing the list at mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Mosaic digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Close Reading Strategies (Patricia Kimathi) Attached Message From: Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:20:16 -0700 Thank you for the link. Would they real ask that many questions in 1st grade or are they just examples of possible questions. Pat Kimathi Learning Tree Enrichment Centr 8465 S. Van Ness Inglewood, CA 90305 On Sep 30, 2013, at 9:32 AM, ksadl...@comcast.net wrote: /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
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Thank YOU! On 29/09/2013, at 10:48 AM, Amy McGovern wrote: Close like I'm sitting close to you. The other one: Cloze is a reading passage with words missing. A type of reading comprehension/ vocabulary/ inferring test. From: celianicho...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:05:33 +0800 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Cloze or Close reading? On 28/09/2013, at 9:08 PM, Krista Sadlers 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
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
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I read the book twice. It is excellent. Maxine Sent from my iPad On Sep 29, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net wrote: I am not sure how useful this will be but I just found a book called Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylen Beers and Robert Probst. Has anyone read this book and do you reccomend it. Pat Kimathi On Sep 28, 2013, at 6:05 PM, Celia Nichols celianicho...@gmail.com wrote: Cloze or Close reading? On 28/09/2013, at 9:08 PM, Krista Sadlers 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 PatK ___ 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
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With young children we examine a sentence at a time. Maxine Sent from my iPad On Sep 28, 2013, at 3:08 PM, 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
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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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies CCSS
In reading an excerpt from the new book Notice and Note I found this passage see below it indicates that people who study Mosaic of Thought still see things differently, which I assumed they would. I have to have this book. The sample is at: http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E04693/NoticeNote_sample.pdf Well, worth your time. The research they did says it works as well with struggling readers as it does with seasoned readers. Many PD companies are now training teachers to use the technique . Thank you Krista for starting this thread. I am really excited. Pat Kimathi Learning Tree Enrichment Center 8465 S. Van Ness Los Angeles, CA 90305 Characteristics of Close Reading Close reading, then, should not imply that we ignore the reader’s experience and attend closely to the text and nothing else. It should imply that we bring the text and the reader close together. To ignore either element in the transaction, to deny the presence of the reader or neglect the contri bution of the text, is to make reading impossible. If we understand close reading this way, when the reader is brought into the text we have the opportunity for relevance, engagement, and rigor. Close reading should suggest close attention to the text; close attention to the relevant experience, thought, and memory of the reader; close attention to the responses and interpretations of other readers; Because we know that the resources students bring to a text affect their understanding of the text, we’re dismayed that some now dismiss the value of background knowledge. We leave it to you to know when the text offers adequate information so that additional background knowledge is not needed and when it does not. And when it is needed, do not set aside your professional knowledge of how best to help a reader in deference to a document that suggests you ignore this critical practice. Close reading occurs when the reader is deeply engaged with the text. and close attention to the interactions among those elements. To focus exclusively on any one of them to the neglect of the others is simply foolish. Likewise, to suggest this is how we read every passage of every text is unreasonable. What we want is to notice those elements of the text that are, for example, surprising or confusing or contradictory, so that then we pause and take note, think carefully, reread, analyze— read closely. The practice of close reading has the following characteristics: It works with a short passage. We might do a close reading. They go on to say the student must look for the signpost. NoticeNote_Parts1-2-3_Layout 1 10/12/12 1:17 PM Page 36 I have to have this book. This book like the books by Ellin, and Chris. I know Ellin often reads our post I hope she comments. 37 What Is Close Reading? and close attention to the interactions among those elements. To focus exclusively on any one of them to the neglect of the others is simply foolish. Likewise, to suggest this is how we read every passage of every text is unreasonable. What we want is to notice those elements of the text that are, for example, surprising or confusing or contradictory, so that then we pause and take note , think carefully, reread, analyze— read closely. The practice of close reading has the following characteristics: It works with a short passage. We might do a close reading of a short poem but probably not of The Odyssey ; of a paragraph or page from War and Peace but not the entire novel. Ideally, this passage is identified by the students themselves (the purpose of the signpost lessons we present in Part II is to teach them some of the characteristics of passages worth reading closely), but at times the teacher will want to call attention to passages the class may have missed or read too casually. The focus is intense. It may begin with responses, including feelings, memories, and thoughts evoked by the passage, but it will return to the passage itself, exploring the significance of individual important words, the sequence of events or ideas, the connections among elements inside the passage (perhaps the relationship between two characters, for example). It will extend from the passage itself to other parts of the text. This may allow students to make connections across passages and then to draw inferences from those connections. For example, a closely read climax in the story may lead readers to look back at passages that foreshadowed that scene. It should involve a great deal of exploratory discussion. Much of that talk will be among students, but the teacher will lead the class at times through some analysis. It should not, however, become a question-and- answer session in which the teacher drags the class through her interpre- tative steps only, preventing them from seeing the text in any way other than the way in which she has construed it. Close reading should suggest close attention to the text; close attention to the
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies CCSS
Pat I so agree with the quote and agree that I need this book!! It would be well worth discussing the book or at least the issue on the list!! See too many lesson plans and programs etc. that are teaching close reading very narrowly and in isolation. so narrowly construed I don't agree with it at all. Not sure what part is misinterpretation and what part is mandate. (One of the problems of common core is this ambiguity.) Also saw some great great examples on Choice Literacy last week. I was so impressed with those discussions and recommend that everyone go that site and read them. They were on the free part of the list. Sally On Sep 29, 2013, at 11:40 AM, Patricia Kimathi wrote: In reading an excerpt from the new book Notice and Note I found this passage see below it indicates that people who study Mosaic of Thought still see things differently, which I assumed they would. I have to have this book. The sample is at: http://www.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E04693/NoticeNote_sample.pdf Well, worth your time. The research they did says it works as well with struggling readers as it does with seasoned readers. Many PD companies are now training teachers to use the technique . Thank you Krista for starting this thread. I am really excited. Pat Kimathi Learning Tree Enrichment Center 8465 S. Van Ness Los Angeles, CA 90305 Characteristics of Close Reading Close reading, then, should not imply that we ignore the reader’s experience and attend closely to the text and nothing else. It should imply that we bring the text and the reader close together. To ignore either element ___ 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
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Would you be willing to share a lesson with us? Pat Kimathi On Sep 29, 2013, at 4:32 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 PatK ___ 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
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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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
Haven't read Notice and Note yet... but I can tell you everyone that I know that HAS read it loved it! Sent from my iPad On Sep 29, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Patricia Kimathi pkima...@earthlink.net wrote: I am not sure how useful this will be but I just found a book called Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading by Kylen Beers and Robert Probst. Has anyone read this book and do you reccomend it. Pat Kimathi 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 PatK ___ 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
Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies
I thought this looked intriguing too. I have seen the power of Close Reading at the middle school level. I think getting them started early on will reap great benefits. Kathy Bieger reva.bie...@carroll.kyschools.us Director of Special Education Carroll County Schools From: Mosaic [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Williams, Pam - CCS Elementary Instructional Supervisor [pam.willi...@carroll.kyschools.us] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 2:22 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies 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
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Please share it with the whole group. I just went to Common Core training and It seems to be very familiar. I am very excited to see how people using Mosaic reading comprehension strategies are teaching this. Pat Kimathi On Sep 28, 2013, at 6:08 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 PatK ___ 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
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Cloze or Close reading? On 28/09/2013, at 9:08 PM, Krista Sadlers 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
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If it's close reading, here's a neat story from NPR about brain research and close reading and Jane Austen. Not particularly applicable to K-2, but it might be good background knowledge to share during a workshop. Nan http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/09/162401053/a-lively-mind-your-brain-on-jane-austen Sent from my iPad On Sep 28, 2013, at 9:08 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
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Close like I'm sitting close to you. The other one: Cloze is a reading passage with words missing. A type of reading comprehension/ vocabulary/ inferring test. From: celianicho...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:05:33 +0800 To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Close Reading Strategies Cloze or Close reading? On 28/09/2013, at 9:08 PM, Krista Sadlers 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
