We are working on "close reading" in literacy class. Students are reading informational passages one sentence at a time and working on paying attention to what all the words mean and making inferences.
The very first Common Core Anchor Standard for Reading states that students will:
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
What Is Close Reading?
To put it simply in my own words:Close reading is purposefully reading a text several times in order to analyze and gain a deep understanding of the text.
The kid-friendly (and right on target!) way my 3rd graders describe close reading is:Reading something enough times so you can understand it, explain it to someone else, and ask and answer questions about it using evidence from the text.
When I first introduced close reading in our class, we used an analogy of digging a hole in their yards. The idea of "digging deeper" every time they read really stuck with my students after I described close reading like this:
The first time you dig your shovel in (read), you just scrape the surface off the ground. The second time you dig in (read the text again), you get a little more dirt (meaning). And every time you dig in (read) after that, your hole gets bigger and bigger until it’s just right and you get the full meaning.
The very first Common Core Anchor Standard for Reading states that students will:
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
What Is Close Reading?
To put it simply in my own words:Close reading is purposefully reading a text several times in order to analyze and gain a deep understanding of the text.
The kid-friendly (and right on target!) way my 3rd graders describe close reading is:Reading something enough times so you can understand it, explain it to someone else, and ask and answer questions about it using evidence from the text.
When I first introduced close reading in our class, we used an analogy of digging a hole in their yards. The idea of "digging deeper" every time they read really stuck with my students after I described close reading like this:
The first time you dig your shovel in (read), you just scrape the surface off the ground. The second time you dig in (read the text again), you get a little more dirt (meaning). And every time you dig in (read) after that, your hole gets bigger and bigger until it’s just right and you get the full meaning.
Close Reading Practice: Reading the following text about how water changes the Earth's surface. Take notes in your notebook paying attention to what you understand and what you don't.
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