ELA/Reading

When I first heard of close reading and its benefits, I thought it could be a strategy that could be beneficial in helping my students tackle a higher-level text. Many of my students were below grade level each year and struggled when it came time for assessments on grade level

I’m sure you’ve all heard of it…close reading. But what exactly is it, and how does it work? When I first started implementing close reading in my classroom, you should’ve heard the groans! And who could blame them? Read a passage 2-3 times? What? Why? Nooooooooo! In this post, I

Text structure is something my students always seemed to struggle with. We would practice and practice, and they still wouldn’t understand. I finally came to the conclusion that it wasn’t the text they were confused about as much as it was the vocabulary. I quickly realized we needed a little

Close reading is a strategy where students read a passage multiple times to understand the text more deeply. When I first attacked close reading with my students, there was a lot of complaining. They didn’t understand why they had to read a passage more than once, and I didn’t exactly