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Enhancing Student Comprehension Through Close Reading. Guiding Questions. What is Close Reading? What are Text-Dependent Questions? How can I use Close Reading & Text-Dependent Questions in my classroom? How are Close Reading & Text-Dependent Questions connected to the TEKS?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Enhancing Student
Comprehension Through
Close Reading
Guiding QuestionsO What is Close Reading?O What are Text-Dependent Questions?O How can I use Close Reading & Text-
Dependent Questions in my classroom? O How are Close Reading & Text-
Dependent Questions connected to the TEKS?
What is Close Reading?
Close Reading in Elementary Schools
O by Douglas Fischer & Nancy Frey
O Read the article independently with a specific question in mind
O Work with your group to answer the question using text evidence
Debrief Article
Text-Dependent Questions
O What are Text-Dependent Questions?O How can Text-Dependent Questions be
used with students?O What are the benefits of using Text-
Dependent Questions?
Instructional Implications
O Text-Dependent Questions can be developed directly from a TEK being taught
O Students can respond to the Text-Dependent Questions in Reader’s Notebooks
O Student responses can be assessed and recorded as grades
2nd Grade O Students read the Time For Kids article
Honeybees without any background knowledge or class discussion.
O While reading, students made “think mark” notes that would allow them to get a better understanding of the article.
O Teacher re-read the article aloud and answered lingering questions to increase all students’ understanding.
O The learning outcome of this close reading exercise was for the students to generate a summary of the information read.
O Students then compiled their notes from the article and discussed information to draft their summary.
3rd GradeO Students read the poem Saw My Teacher on
Saturday without any background knowledge.
O Students answered a text-dependent question using response notebooks: O What clues does the speaker give that lets the
reader know that the speaker feels uncomfortable?
O *Students highlighted text evidence and wrote responses in readers notebooks
O Lastly, students completed the Close Reading Graphic Organizer.
Guiding QuestionsO What is Close Reading?O What are Text-Dependent Questions?O How can I use Close Reading & Text-
Dependent Questions in my classroom? O How are Close Reading & Text-
Dependent Questions connected to the TEKS?
Planning to ApplyO Which mini-lesson texts will you be using
in coming lessons?O Develop a Close Reading plan to enhance
student comprehensionO Which TEKS will you be teaching &
assessing in coming lessons?O Create some Text-Dependent Questions
connected to TEKS that could used to assess student comprehension
Sources O Close Reading In Elementary Schools
By: Douglas Fisher and Nancy FreyO Pre-reading or Not? On the Premature
Demise of Background Discussions By: Timothy Shanahan
O PPT can be located on:Carrie Pierce’s website-Schluter Staff page
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