Helping Students Read
Closely
November 2012
Common Core Ambassadors
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Moving Closer to Our Target
• Please sit with friends/colleagues.
• I can describe the relationship between
complex text, close reading practices,
and students’ preparation for college
and careers.
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Small Group Debrief
• What happened in your grade level lessons?
(Literally, make a list of the steps you just took
together – reconstruct the experience).
• Why did it happen? (Connect to the reading
and discussion in your Research Teams).
• What can you learn? (How did this experience
support your critical thinking about text? How
will that translate to your students?).
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A Lens for Debrief: Helping Students Read Closely
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Reading and Discussion at Your Tables
• Read “Helping Students Read Closely”
independently, text coding as follows:
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* This is something I do regularly in my practice.
! This is something I should consider doing more of in my
practice – it would help my students.
+ This is something we just did that helped me think critically
about the text.
? This is something we just did that I have questions about.
• Discuss the *, ! and + items at your
tables.
• We’ll discuss the ? as a whole group.
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