Close Read Lesson 3
Individually
- List the Pros and Cons of running the close read in your classroom.
As a group
- Reflect on pros and cons. (Ways to improve for next time?)
Allow participants 10-15 minutes to brainstorm and reflect with one another.
Participants will be able to:
- Provide effective peer review on setting up a close read in their classroom.
Each participant will give a copy of their Close Reads to the other participants. Each person will solve the close read as directed on the page. Write down notes, thoughts, and questions.
Allow participants 10-20 minutes to solve the close read.
As a group we will break down each Close Read with the teacher who created the Close Read as the facilitator.
The teacher will lead with discussion focusing on these essential questions of what they saw in their classroom:
- Were the students engaged?
- What was their level of understanding?
- Would you revise anything regarding the close read? If so, what?
Suggestions and comments after the teacher leads the discussion of how the close read went in their classroom.
Allow participants 50-60 minutes to reflect as a group.
As a reminder this is done with small groups 3-5 participants. If a larger group is involved in the mini-course, break them into smaller groups.