Professional Development

Close Reading
Discussion
Cloze reading mixed up with close reading
Thinking is made visible: marking of text
Use of text evidence
Rereading repeatedly
Uninterrupted 1st reading through
Pick information from reading
Teaching of deliberate strategies
Close listening precedes close reading
o How to make sure students have prior knowledge (not assuming they know)
Modeling is important
Asking probing questions: Why
Necessary to add in more information strategies to Wonders and Stepping Stones
What is Close Reading?
Stresses engaging with a text of sufficient complexity
Reread deliberately and methodically
How do Students Close Read?
Reading and rereading
Highlighting/marking as reading
Notice anything confusing in the text
Discuss with peers
o Small/Whole group
o Paraphrasing
Discuss text dependent questions
Write summary for every paragraph
Strategies for Close Reading
Pause to Connect: Pausing to connect helps reader to gain a better/deeper
understanding of the text.
Readers pause to connect to:
o Summarize ideas
o Connect visual aids
o Trace actions or relationships of characters
o Clarify information
o Analyze authors purpose
Pause to Connect
Thin Questions Vs. Thick Questions
o Thin: Who, When, Where, How many, Whats happening in the story
o Thick: What do I think, How would I feel if, Why did I,How did, What
might, What would happen if etc.
Posting
Marking the text
Posting: Students stop and think deliberately about what they are reading and
make their thinking visible
o Able to assess how students are doing throughout working

Close Reading and Mathematics

1. Rereading text: Understand the problem, academic vocabulary
2. Annotation: Understanding the problem marking text, finding clues
3. Noting Confusions: Understanding the problem clarifying, making connections
4. Discussions: Criteria, Grading, Rubrics
Have lessons modeling how to read a math text
Exit Passes
How do students close read in mathematics?
Reading and rereading
o Understanding the problem, academic vocabulary
Annotating, clues, noting confusions
Understanding the Problem
Disciplinary Literacy
o Specific strategies
o Applicable to a given discipline
o Specific vocabulary: academic vocabulary
Frayer Model
Definition, Visual or Characteristics/Facts, Example, Non Example
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Problem Solving Descriptors/Steps

Understanding
Process: Creating a Plan
Solution: Carry out the Plan and Examine the Solution
Communication: Discuss Solution and Process
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