Develop close reading skills through guided collaborative practice.
Close reading books for Grades 3–8 contain six units, each linked by a common theme with three reading passages of increasing length and complexity.
Teacher’s Guides include links to key standards and suggestions for citing text evidence. Model Lessons for Close Reading Professional Development Book helps scaffold the close reading process.
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Student Book Sample Page: Close Reading and Collaborative Conversations
Sample Page: Write About the Text
Sample Page: Read and Write Across Texts
Sample Page: Teacher's Guide
Sample Page: Teacher's Guide
Sample Page: Teacher's Guide
Mini-Lesson 10 Introduction to Annotation
Mini-Lesson 14 Understanding Argument Prompts
Mini-lesson 16 Identifying Text Evidence to Use in Writing
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