Close reading activities

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Close Reading in the classroom can be really helpful in increasing student comprehension and understanding! If you've ever wondered "What is Close Reading?" and wanted to know some easy-to-implement Close Reading strategies and steps, this blog post is for you! Close Reading annotations, lessons, activities, passages, posters and more help you get started on the right track today!

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This post explains the close reading process and benefits. It includes a handout explanation for students too.

There are several major benefits for incorporating close reading into

Close reading is an effective strategy to help students analyze texts. But it doesn’t come without challenges. Learn close reading strategies to implement today on this post.

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Close reading, broken down with a FREE planning page that works for any text

Turn any book into a close reading activity with these question ideas

Close reading is an important skill for students to learn. Close reading is required by the common core and important for success on standardized tests. It is also a skill that students will use throughout their academic careers. As kids engage with more difficult texts both in literature and content areas, they will rely on

Though close reading may seem like a buzz word, it's not a fancy, newfangled strategy. If your students are rereading a text to gain better understand and deeper meaning, they are doing a close reading. This #2ndaryELA Twitter chat was all about teaching close reading and text annotation. Middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed how they define close reading. Teachers also shared how they select the texts they use for close reading and annotation. Read through…

Close reading is important to understanding a story's content. These close reading activity cards are perfect to practice close reading with students.

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For many teachers, close reading now goes hand in hand with Common Core standards. Here is the breakdown of what is close reading, how you can use it with a passage of text using this free close reading lesson plan and a picture tutorial that makes it simple.

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Looking for a great way to introduce close reading skills to your upper elementary & middle school classroom? Kids will love this memorable close reading lesson that you'll refer back to over and over when teaching close reading strategies. Check out this blog post for all the details!

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When it comes to teaching close reading and annotation, is there anything worse than seeing your students mindlessly highlighting for pages and pages with no real understanding of what they're highlighting or why they're highlighting it? The frustrating part is that highlighting indicates that they're trying, but it often shows that they don't understand why.