This document provides 4 strategies to help readers feel less overwhelmed and increase comprehension of texts:
1. Number paragraphs to easily cite and refer back to specific parts of the text.
2. "Chunk" the text into smaller sections by drawing lines between changes in topic and briefly summarizing each chunk in the margin.
3. Underline and circle key words and ideas, considering what the author wants the reader to understand depending on text type.
4. Take notes in the right margin such as describing the author's actions, asking questions, or making comments to dig deeper into the text.
Navigating Nonfiction Reading and WritingAileen Hower
This document discusses close reading of non-fiction texts. It defines close reading as carefully examining how authors use language and details to convey ideas. Close reading helps students analyze an author's central idea, perspective, and use of evidence. The document outlines strategies for close reading such as rereading, noting key details, and discussing how the author structures information. It emphasizes teaching close reading across grades and subjects to develop strong reading comprehension skills.
The document discusses strategies for close reading a text. It recommends: 1) Numbering paragraphs, 2) Chunking the text into more manageable sections, and 3) Underlining or highlighting purposefully. It also suggests writing in the margins - on the left side summarizing what the author is saying, and on the right side digging deeper into the analysis, comparisons, or persuasiveness of the text. Implementing these close reading strategies makes locating information easier and keeps the reader engaged with the text.
This document provides instructions for an experiment to observe the transpiration pathway in a celery plant. The aim is to see how water enters the plant, the path it takes, and where it exits. Equipment includes celery, food coloring, water, a microscope, and slides. The method has students place celery in colored water, then examine slices under a microscope. They will observe the water moving up the plant and escaping through leaves.
Close reading involves analyzing a text at the word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph levels to identify the author's central idea and key details. It focuses on determining what the text explicitly says and means by having students reread strategically with the purpose of interpretation. Teachers guide close reading by asking text-dependent questions and selecting challenging texts worth rereading. Students must actively engage in interpretation without outside preparation.
This document provides an overview of close reading and its importance in elementary education according to the Common Core State Standards. It discusses that close reading involves carefully analyzing a text through multiple readings to fully comprehend what the text directly states, how it is structured, and what it means. It emphasizes focusing on the text itself rather than outside knowledge. The document also includes examples of how close reading can be planned by selecting an appropriate text and developing text-dependent questions, as well as a video example of a close reading lesson in a 2nd grade classroom. The overall message is that close reading provides students with critical thinking skills to deeply analyze what they read.
This document provides 4 strategies to help readers feel less overwhelmed and increase comprehension of texts:
1. Number paragraphs to easily cite and refer back to specific parts of the text.
2. "Chunk" the text into smaller sections by drawing lines between changes in topic and briefly summarizing each chunk in the margin.
3. Underline and circle key words and ideas, considering what the author wants the reader to understand depending on text type.
4. Take notes in the right margin such as describing the author's actions, asking questions, or making comments to dig deeper into the text.
Navigating Nonfiction Reading and WritingAileen Hower
This document discusses close reading of non-fiction texts. It defines close reading as carefully examining how authors use language and details to convey ideas. Close reading helps students analyze an author's central idea, perspective, and use of evidence. The document outlines strategies for close reading such as rereading, noting key details, and discussing how the author structures information. It emphasizes teaching close reading across grades and subjects to develop strong reading comprehension skills.
The document discusses strategies for close reading a text. It recommends: 1) Numbering paragraphs, 2) Chunking the text into more manageable sections, and 3) Underlining or highlighting purposefully. It also suggests writing in the margins - on the left side summarizing what the author is saying, and on the right side digging deeper into the analysis, comparisons, or persuasiveness of the text. Implementing these close reading strategies makes locating information easier and keeps the reader engaged with the text.
This document provides instructions for an experiment to observe the transpiration pathway in a celery plant. The aim is to see how water enters the plant, the path it takes, and where it exits. Equipment includes celery, food coloring, water, a microscope, and slides. The method has students place celery in colored water, then examine slices under a microscope. They will observe the water moving up the plant and escaping through leaves.
Close reading involves analyzing a text at the word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph levels to identify the author's central idea and key details. It focuses on determining what the text explicitly says and means by having students reread strategically with the purpose of interpretation. Teachers guide close reading by asking text-dependent questions and selecting challenging texts worth rereading. Students must actively engage in interpretation without outside preparation.
This document provides an overview of close reading and its importance in elementary education according to the Common Core State Standards. It discusses that close reading involves carefully analyzing a text through multiple readings to fully comprehend what the text directly states, how it is structured, and what it means. It emphasizes focusing on the text itself rather than outside knowledge. The document also includes examples of how close reading can be planned by selecting an appropriate text and developing text-dependent questions, as well as a video example of a close reading lesson in a 2nd grade classroom. The overall message is that close reading provides students with critical thinking skills to deeply analyze what they read.
This short document contains the title "PHOTOS HD 6 AUSTRIA" followed by the word "Austria" repeated multiple times and the phrases "PHOTOS DU NET" and "MUSIQUE: Accordéon Tiroler Echo" with "FIN" at the end, suggesting it is describing photos from Austria accompanied by Austrian accordion music.
This short document contains the title "PHOTOS HD 6 AUSTRIA" followed by the word "Austria" repeated multiple times and the phrases "PHOTOS DU NET" and "MUSIQUE: Accordéon Tiroler Echo" with "FIN" at the end, suggesting it is describing photos from Austria accompanied by Austrian accordion music.