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What information or learning has impacted your thinking, planning, or teaching?

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A Discussion of Close Reading and the Classroom

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Dr. Timothy Shanahan Explains 'Close Reading'

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Dr Timothy Shanahan discusses the characteristics of Close Reading; a key English language arts component of the Common Core State Standards.

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How do you know which texts are appropriate for close reading?

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How do you know which texts are appropriate for close reading?

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1ST READ
The teacher will read aloud.

Students will listen and think about the “gist” and the facts of the text.

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2ND READ The teacher will read aloud.

Students will listen and think, and talk about the author’s purpose.

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3RD READ

Students will listen and think, and talk about how other sources connect to the text.

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Dr. Shanahan's explanation of text dependent questions:

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Dr. Shanahan's explanation of text dependent questions:

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How to Use Text Dependent Questions in Close Reading

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1. State the Standard
2. State the Objective
3. Word Find
4. Number the paragraphs in the text
5. Sentence stems for academic dialogue
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What Teachers have said about how Common Core has stretched them Flash cards

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Close Reading Lesson Plan Checklist or Outline

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Close Reading Lesson Plan Checklist or Outline

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The lexile chart for "College and Career Readiness" is probably the one that you want to use for instructional purposes.

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Students get a Lexile® measure from an assessment of English language arts or reading. This could be the state test or another standardized test like NWEA's MAP Growth or Istation. See our national student norms data at Hub.Lexile.com for grade level comparisons.

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Compare Lexile measures with grade levels using Lexile® Grade Level Charts.

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Our new Lexile Grade Level Charts can help educators and parents see how students compare to their peers. Explore Lexile student measures by:

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What About College and Career Readiness?

Another MetaMetrics study found that individuals typically encounter texts around 1300L in their initial postsecondary college and career experiences, higher than high school textbooks that are around 1100L. For ideas on closing this text complexity gap, see our Lexile Text Ranges for College and Career Readiness chart.

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What About Text Measures and Grade Levels for Spanish Texts?

See our Lexile Measure Ranges for Spanish Text for Grades 1-5 chart based on another MetaMetrics' study.

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Compare Lexile Measures With Grade Levels - Lexile

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Warning: It looks like JavaScript is currently disabled. Please be aware that some features of this website will not work as intended. Skip to main content Students get a Lexile® measure from an assessment of English language arts or reading. This could be the state test or another standardized test like NWEA's MAP Growth or Istation.

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he teacher will read aloud. 
Students will listen and think about the “gist” and the facts of the text.