Would you be willing to share a lesson with us?
Pat Kimathi
On Sep 29, 2013, at 4:32 AM, Rosa Roper <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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
>> 
>> 
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