Close Reading Content Area Departments

Content Area Team: Science

1. Read This:

The Art of Close Reading (Part 1) http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-art-of-close-reading-part-one/509

2. Discuss This:

Use Save the Last Word for Me strategy to discuss The Art of Close Reading (Part 1)

After using the strategy, discuss how Save the Last Word for Me could be used in your classroom to help students collaboratively analyze text closely to gain deeper understanding?

3. View This:

Close Reading – Literacy in Physics: Reading a Primary Sourcehttps://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/ccss-literacy-science-classroom

CHECK OUT the Supporting Materials that accompany the video clip.

4. Discuss This:

How does Ms. Banks teach students to read scientific articles? Why does Ms. Banks use a Google Doc to share her students’

responses? How does reading the article enrich students’ bridge projects? How can guiding students to read closely assist them with your

content?

5. Plan This:

Use the remaining time to plan ideas to incorporate analytical reading with the goal of having students read closely to gain deeper meeting. What role will student collaboration play?