PPT-Text Complexity and Close Reading

District Learning Day Location goes here Session time goes here Date goes here Do Now Underline the major points Use a question mark for keywords or phrases that are confusing or unknown to you or questions that you have during the reading Be sure to write your questions . Timothy Shanahan. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. Common Core Standards. New standards are ambitious and are asking teachers to engage children in high level interpretation of challenging texts through close reading. English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. Illinois State Board of Education . English Language Arts Content Specialists. Hosted by Erik Iwersen, June, 2012. . Text Complexity. . “. The Common Core Standards hinge on students encountering appropriately complex texts at each grade level in order to develop the mature language skills and the conceptual knowledge they need for success in school and life. “Close . reading is an instructional routine in which students critically examine a text, especially through repeated readings. .”. - Fisher & Frey. Jill Liapis. Jliapis@s-cook.org. Links for documents @ www.s-cook.org. Making Reading fun and interactive in the classroom. Objectives for today. What is close reading? Looking at definitions and rationale. Why should the reader be dependent on the text for information? . CHS Common Core Training Phase II: Argument Literacy. Close Reading: a starting point . Hopes for our time together:. Review close reading and good teaching. Intro and/or review text complexity (with an eye toward scaffolding, which is really the key.). Douglas Fisher. www.fisherandfrey.com. “Read . like a . detective. Write . like a reporter. .”. —David Coleman. Simply assigning hard books . w. ill not ensure that students. l. earn at high levels!. The “what” and “how”. Raleigh/Wake Reading Association. NCDPI ELA Section. Lisa McIntosh. February 10, 2016. Teaching Complex Texts. ELA Instructional Shifts:. Regular practice with . complex text . . Grades 6-12 ELA Summer 2016. We . know from experience the hard work teachers face every day as they strive to help their students meet the challenges set by higher standards.. We are dedicated to empowering teachers by providing free, high-quality standards-aligned resources for the classroom, the opportunity for immersive training through our Institute, and the option of support through our website offerings. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. CCSS set a new comprehension goal. Close reading is not a teaching technique. It is a goal, a desired outcome: we want our children to be able to read text closely; we want them to be close readers. November 2014. Presented by. Keitha Segrest & Kathy Allen. SAY WHAT?. In three sentences answer the following . questions:. What . is text complexity?. What. makes it important?. What. will get students out of their comfort zones?. in K - 5. Alabama Reading Initiative. MEGA Conference 2013. Insomniacs: . What keeps you awake at night when transitioning to the new College and Career Ready Standards?. Outcomes:. Participants will . . .. 2015.16. Set up your paper for Cornell Notes.. Title your notes:. Close Reading. What is Close Reading?. Close reading is a. careful . and. . purposeful reading . reading . Common . Core Classroom. Patricia . Coldren. Lee County Schools. pcoldren@lee.k12.nc.us. Common Core and Literacy. An increase in the complexity and rigor of literacy is a keystone of the Common Core standards.. UNDERSTANDING. COMPLEX TEXT. ALABAMA COLLEGE AND CAREER READY STANDARDS. MEGA 2013. CITING EVIDENCE. CLOSE READING. COMPLEXITY. ARI. ELA. LIT. Anchor Standards. ELA. History/. Social Studies. Science &.