Rio School District
Close Reading
Whole or Small Group
Benefits for Students
Benefits for Students
- deliberately read and reread a short, engaging and meaningful piece of text to look for deeper layers of meaning
- become self-regulating readers who have the habit of returning to texts to glean more information and deeper meaning
- develop reading skills necessary to tackle increasing challenging texts
- engage in collaborative conversations to discuss and interpret the text
- annotate the text to track their thinking
- cite text evidence to support their evaluative thinking
- integrate understanding across texts
- can apply and develop this skill in strategy or guided reading small group follow-up instruction
Planning
Planning
Decide on purpose for each reading
- First read: Literal meaning - students read for the gist of the text such as main idea and key details, summarize,
- Second read: Inferential meaning - students look for and question complex inferences such as word choices, text structure, text features, etc.
- Third read: Evaluative meaning - students analyze and evaluate text, “forming own thoughts and opinions, judging the quality of the writing and trustworthiness of the content - always using evidence from the text to support their thinking and deeper understanding”
After each reading: Discussion/formative assessment
Close Reading, Grade 4
Close Reading, Grade 4
Close Reading, Grade 6
Close Reading, Grade 6
TOSA Tip
TOSA Tip
For Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
- At Tier 1, this is done with whole-group instruction
- At Tier 2, this is done in small-group instruction