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Teaching Students to Closely Read Texts: How and When?

Teaching Students to Closely Read Texts: How and When?

Discusses different dimension of close reading in the classroom.

Discusses different dimension of close reading in the classroom.

"Schema theory explains how our previous experiences, knowledge, emotions, and understandings affect what and how we learn (Harvey & Goudvis, 2000). Schema is the background knowledge and experience readers bring to the text. Good readers draw on prior knowledge and experience to help them understand what they are reading and are thus able to use that knowledge to make connections. Struggling readers often move directly through a text without stopping to consider whether the text makes sense based on their own background knowledge, or whether their knowledge can be used to help them understand confusing or challenging materials. By teaching students how to connect to text they are able to better understand what they are reading (Harvey & Goudvis, 2000). Accessing prior knowledge and experiences is a good starting place when teaching strategies because every student has experiences, knowledge, opinions, and emotions that they can draw upon. "

Video of photos with audio of the poem being read. Use as a model for student of fluent reading.

Vimeo site for the International Reading Association. Includes short videos by leading literacy authorities.

ReadWorks provides over 1,000 non-fiction reading passages with question sets to support reading activities. Good practice for standardized tests.

Short, NF reading passages. 3rd-5th grade.

Ken Burns GA video. Includes reading of the GA. (~6 min.)

Affixes/Morphemic Analysis Activities from the Florida Center for Reading Research

Scaffolded sheet for teaching theme using picture books.

leveled reading resources about current events Check http://t.co/Bbw8ciB44h to search current events AND Ss select own lexile levels w/quizzes for FREE. #ELAchat #sschat #r4november

This is a site worth exploring for nonfiction reading in diverse subject areas. Teachers can choose simplified text or more complex text for the same article(s). Common core standards are embedded.

Templates/graphic organizers for literacy and the content areas. Published by the International Reading Association.

Summarizing self-reflection sheet. Originally designed to be paired with this lesson about abolitionsists: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/strategic-reading-writing-summarizing-1017.html?tab=3#tabs

Resources for teaching Notice and Note close reading strategies. Scroll to the bottom of the page for text excerpts that showcase the different signposts.

Too many students are not sure how to from fiction on the Internet. The Internet can provide any version of the truth to support almost any belief. We can teach students how to read the "grammar" of the Internet and to apply strategies to validate information on a website. This popular session provides step-by-step teaching tips that help students and teachers think critically about Internet information and improve their online search strategies.

Bookmark text: Vocabulary Strategies 1. Reread the sentence or read ahead and use context clues. 2. Use clues from a picture or another text feature. 3. Look for parts you know- root, prefix, suffix. Ex: Celebratory has the root celebrate 4. Make a connection to another word you know. Ex: jest and jester 5. Substitute a synonym. 6. Look the word up in the glossary or a dictionary.