Close reading is a key strategy for comprehending the complex texts required by the Common Core.
Sandra Athans and Denise Devine unpack this strategy, breaking it down into manageable components and sharing their classroom-tested lessons and teaching tools that guide students step-by-step through close reading grade-level texts.
Athans and Devine demonstrate how to - select appropriate text for instruction- develop high-level questions to guide student thinking- teach students to use evidence to support their responses- facilitate discussion to further deepen student comprehension- scaffold struggling readers For use with Grades 2-6.
About the Author: Sandra Athans and Denise Devine teach fourth grade in update New York.
They have previously published Quality Comprehension and Fun-tastic Activities for Differentiation Comprehension Instruction with IRA.
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Scholastic Teaching Resources Close reading for the whole class: easy strategies for: choosing complex texts - creating text-dependent questions - teaching close reading lessons, paperback/sandra athans
