Top 3 Strategies For Close Reading And Classroom Management
Teaching strategies for close reading can be difficult when you teach elementary school. Some of the concepts go waaaay above your student’s heads. And we…
Category: Close Reading
How Can First Graders Analyze Close Reading Text With A Partner
You’ve been doing a lot of virtual learning. Your students have been staring at their devices for awhile now. Have you noticed that your kiddos…
What Close Reading Tools Are The Best For My Students?
We’ve been talking about HOW to teach close reading. But WHAT close reading tools do you need in your classroom to effectively teach a close…
I Taught A Great Close Reading Lesson. Now What?
Do you remember Fun Fridays? Or am I showing how old I am? This is the day at the end of the week to celebrate…
How to Turn First Grade Close Read Questions Into Interactive Writing Activities
During writer’s workshop, especially at the beginning of the year, my students biggest problem was getting started. No matter how many close read questions I…
Need Some Close Read Activities? Here Are Some You Haven’t Considered.
You want to teach close reading, but you’re stuck on what to do after you introduce the text passage. Let’s add some fun close read…
Five Steps For Close Reading To Boost Your Student’s Vocabulary
I’m continuing this blog series on the steps of close reading. Today’s topic? Vocabulary development! We’ve all seen studies about vocabulary development in children. The…
You Can’t Find Close Read Passages? Here’s How To Write Your Own!
So you’ve been spending your planning period looking for the right close read passages. Sometimes it’s hard to find the right passage for close reading,…
What NOT To Do When You Are Learning How To Teach Close Reading
If you’re teaching close reading to your elementary students and it’s not going well, you might be making some of the mistakes I made when…
Free Guide For Teaching Close Reading To Your Younger Students
Teaching Close Reading To Beginning Readers Is Hard A lot of the aspects when you are teaching close reading are more applicable to older students…