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Welcome to 30 Days to Improving Instruction: Close Reading

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TODAY’S TAKEAWAY | DAY 1, 30 DAYS TO CLOSE READING

"I hope you will try these lessons each day to apply the close reading approach and slowly but surely build your skills, your practices, and a habit that will serve your students well." –Dr. Doug Fisher

OVERVIEW

In this series kick-off, Dr. Fisher introduces the goals for participating educators and provides an overview of what’s to come. You’ll find out what to expect over the course of the series and start your deep dive into close reading.

PREPARATION

PREPARE FOR THIS ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE BY:

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DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT

1-2-3 REFLECTION: ACCESSING COMPLEX TEXT

Over the course of this series, consider using a learning log, print or digital, where you can reflect and capture ideas about techniques and strategies to build students’ skills with deliberate, purposeful practice around close reading. Feel free to use this provided Professional Learning Log or another location of your choice.

After viewing today’s video, reflect on the following:

  • What’s working and what’s not working to support your students in accessing complex text?
  • What do your students struggle with? Why do you think they’re struggling?
  • What ideas do you have to engage your students to access complex text?

RESOURCE GUIDE

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING LOG

This log can be used to capture new learnings as you develop close reading techniques.