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 [email protected] Director of Special Education Carroll County Schools ________________________________________ From: Mosaic [[email protected]] on behalf of Williams, Pam - CCS Elementary Instructional Supervisor [[email protected]] 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" <[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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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
