Close Reading Articles

• What is Close Reading
• Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Primer on “Close Reading of Text"
• Closing in on Close Reading - Educational Leadership
• Shanahan on Literacy:  Close in reading kindergarten
• Five Close Reading Strategies to Support Common Core
• Close Reading PowerPoint
• Closer Look at Close Reading PowerPoint

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Close Reading Videos

• Close Reading - 4th Grade Class
• Kindergarten Close Reading Lesson 1
• Kindergarten Close Reading Lesson 2
• 5th Grade Close Reading
• 2nd Grade Close Reading
• 3rd-5th Grade Close Reading
• 6th Grade Social Studies Close Reading
• Close Reading in Music Class-Middle School 
• 3rd Grade Close Reading Differentiating Instruction
• 3rd Grade Close Reading
• Analyzing Point of View Text Grades 5-8

Close Reading Website Resources

• One Page Nonfiction Passages
• ReadWorks.org
• Close Reading w/Text-Dependent Questions
• Middle School Article of the Week
• Opinion Pages for Debate
• Awesome Stories
• Close Reading Lessons
• News ELA

Close Reading Templates 

• Close Reading Lesson Plan Template    
• Text Dependent Question Stems