1. Close Reading Strategies and Process 3-5
Presented by:
Isabel Hamiter and Jeremy Martin

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Table Tent Directions
On one side of the table tent write your name.
On the other side of your tent, write your 90’s Rapper name and hit song:
Your first name will be a pet’s name and your last name will be steet name.
The first word of your song will be the model of your car and the second word of your song will be your hobby.

5. Hello! I am Isabel Hamiter.
I have been an educator for 23 years. This is my second year in NISD. My husband and I will celebrate our 30th anniversary in September and have two wonderful sons. Christian lives in Denver and Harrison is a junior at La. Tech.

6. Hello! I am Jeremy Martin.
This is my 10th year in education. I have taught elementary for 5 years, 2 of which in Northwest ISD. I have a beautiful wife of whom I adore, and two little minions who have stolen my heart. I am blessed to have such a loving family, friends, and coworkers who support me through all of my endeavors.

7. By the end of today, you will be able to:
Today’s Focus...
By the end of today, you will be able to:
Verbalize the purpose of close reading
Apply strategies to effectively incorporate close reading in your classroom.

8. Close Reading Is....
Let’s see what we already know about close reading by playing Kahoot!
Place your screenshot here

10. Article Study
As you are reading your section of the article, please do the following:
Have a silent conversation with yourself about something you find interesting in the reading by writing in the margin of the chart paper.
Have a silent conversation with the others in your group by commenting on their thoughts they wrote in the margin.
Be prepared to share out one of the most resonating pieces in your selection with the entire group.

11. Close Reading
Close Reading is a process for having students truly comprehend what they are reading by reading and rereading a text while looking for different things every time you read.

12. Opening: Steps to Close Reading
Identify the Genre
It is important for students to know what type of text they are reading, fiction or nonfiction.
This lets our students know exactly how they will need to read and what to look for.

13. Previewing a text
Pictures
Looking at pictures and any captions they might have will not only give students an idea of what they are about to read, but will begin to engage them.
Text Features
For nonfiction texts, students need to first look at:
Table of Contents
Heading/Sub-Heading
Different types of print(BOLD, Underlined)
Glossary
Maps, Diagrams, Graphs
Pictures and captions

14. One strategy for Close Reading
During this time, students are simply reading the text and looking for key ideas and trying to decide the structure of the text.
Read 2
Students are now rereading the text but identifying most important details in a given selection, while also keeping an eye out for content specific vocabulary.
Read 3
Students are now rereading the text a third time with the intent of being able to summarize the content, make connections and draw conclusions.

15. Everyone will need a copy of the slider, a pipe cleaner and a bead.
Make and Take Slider
Everyone will need a copy of the slider, a pipe cleaner and a bead.

17. “Fresh Prince” of Close Reading

18. Preview: Looking at Pictures and Text Features
What do you notice?

19. 10 Min Break

20. “Fresh Prince” of Close Reading

21. Read 1: Look for Key Ideas and Identify the Text Structures
Pull out the Pattern Pairs from your close reading kit.
Identifying the Text Structure
What is the purpose of each sentence? (With organization in mind)
Find the Key / Main Idea:
What do all of the sentences have in common?
Write your answers to these questions on the bottom of your passage.

22. Read 1: Key Ideas and Text Structures

23. “Fresh Prince” of Close Reading

24. Read 2: Most Important Details and Content Vocab
Pull out the highlighters and magnifying glass from your close reading kit.
Most Important Details:
Content Vocab
Use the magnifying glass to identify content specific vocabulary. Circle each word.
Highlight in Code
Description
Highlight each new fact in a different color.
Order & Sequence
Highlight each new step in a different color
Compare and Contrast
Similarities = One color
Differences = A new color for each category

25. Read 2: Most Important Details and Content Vocabulary

26. “Fresh Prince” of Close Reading

27. Read 3: Summarize, Make Connections, Draw Conclusions
Pull out the building bricks from your close reading kit.
Summarize:
Shine the blacklight on the passage to find the hidden summary pieces. “Make it shorter like a reporter!”
Make Connections:
For every connection you can make, add a new building block to your stack.
Text-to-Text
Text-to-Self
Text-to-World
Draw Conclusions:
Be prepared to answer questions about the text!

28. Read 3: Summarize, Make Connections, Draw Conclusions
Share your summary statement!
What connections did you make?

29. Work Period: Practice Close Reading
Part A: Use your close reading kit and the tools we have just learned to practice the strategy using the Practice Passage in your handout.
Preview
What pictures and texts features do you notice?
2. Read 1
What is the main idea and the text structure?
Use pattern pairs to identify patterns in the text.
3. Read 2
What are the most important details and content vocabulary?
Use highlighters and magnifying glass.
4. Read 3
What is the summary? Make connections and draw conclusions.
Use the blocks to build connections.
Part B: Share with your tablemates ideas about close reading and how you might adapt this for fictional writing.

30. Closing: What did you learn?
Use the link or QR code to a Padlet to write down an idea that you can use to spice up close reading in your classroom!

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32. Jeremy at @jmarti43 or jmartin02@nisdtx.org👍👍
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