Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

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Reading is a vital skill that is required throughout life. It is necessary to gather knowledge to make sense of written texts. When kids are young, they start by learning to read, which gradually turns into reading to learn as they grow older. One of the key requirements to

Are your students practicing their close reading skills? Help them strengthen their reading compression by becoming successful close readers. This book mark helps students check off important steps in the close reading process. *Read the title *Read the passage or text for the first time *Reread pa...

Freebie! One of the keys to teaching reading comprehension is showing kids how proficient readers think about text. Teachers have to find a way to make their thinking visible. One way is with graphic organizers.

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One practice every teacher needs to do is analyze his/her students' reading behaviors. Kid watching can tell us a lot about student understandings. Check out this post to learn more.

This is a tool that I created in order to help my students closely read and answer multiple-choice questions. Students follow a few very explicit steps to help them annotate, understand, and answer multiple-choice questions about a story or article they have read. The checklist contains space for 5 ...

This is a teacher created, student approved poster set containing 13 posters. It also includes a student friendly check off list of questions to consider while close reading. The posters are bright, colorful, and clear and would make a great bulletin board in any classroom. With the new CCSS sugge...

Close Reading - Prove it!, Show Your Thinking!, Just the Facts! Close Reading Checklists, Bookmarks, and MORE! Students are to write down their thoughts, collect facts, gather important vocabulary, and discuss and teach others about what they have learned. Students should be able to prove their thinking using evidence from the text. Whether the students use highlighters, underline in the text, or use sticky notes or graphic organizers to “show” their thinking, getting a deeper understanding of the text is our goal. Let the thinking and learning begin! Pages: 3 - 4 What is Close Reading? 5 - 12 Thought Trackers 13 - 30 Posters, Charts, & bookmarks 31 - 37 Other extra charts to help with Non-Fiction/Informational Texts 38 - 58 Variety of Graphic Organizers to collect facts and provide evidence from the text 59 - 76 Stop & Chat Discussion Cards 77 - 92 Read, Research, & Write - Research Project 93 - 97 Question & Answer - Bulletin Board craft 98 Credits Page There are not reading passages provided with this product. This product includes the tools needed for the students and teacher to do a close read with any text. Please leave feedback after your purchase! I am hopeful that these resources will be as helpful for you as they have been for me! ENJOY! Here is some positive feedback concerning this product: ***Excellent resources for introducing/ reviewing/reinforcing close reading strategies- thanks! ***Wow! This is an amazing resource. This is a most difficult skill for people to master. The bookmarks, anchor charts and buddy cards are great! Thank you! ***Great graphic organizers and visuals to help students understand what close reading is and be successful! Thank you:) ***The checklists were especially helpful to students when doing the close reads!

Preview this great resource!! Here is a resource that will help your students when close reading in nonfiction! This resources includes: *Close reading checklist *Context clues graphic organizer *Text structure organizer *Three nonfiction articles with questions and answer keys Use as homework, classwork, guided reviews, etc!

Close reading tips for the upper elementary classroom for nonfiction and content area reading. How to plan for close reading and how to have students close read informational text tips are included.

Help you students work their way through a text with ease using this CLOSE Reading guided checklist! Includes: -Whole page checklist -Individual checklists for each step

Read to find out what close reading is and how to implement it in your classroom.

This fluency checklist can be used with any story and used as a self-assessment. Students can rate themselves in four categories: accuracy, rate, expression, and punctuation. After the self-assessment, they can set a goal to work towards to improve their reading fluency.

Use this checklist for reading content area articles, passages, and text. The checklist guides students through every step of the close reading process. Also included: A list of 15 text dependent questions for informational text. Follow me! Just click the green star at: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kims-Middle-School-Mania