DMPS Elementary Literacy
Liz Griesel
Elementary Literacy Coordinator
515-242-7906
elizabeth.griesel@dmschools.org

2013-2014 Close Reading PD Modules
Please feel free to contact Liz with any questions or concerns you or your team has while engaged with these modules.  The Close Reading Task Force would also like to address any common questions and concerns by revising and updating the modules so your feedback is very important to us! Thank you! 

Contact Liz with questions, concerns, or feedback
Module 1 PowerPoint
6 Practices of Close Reading (handout)
Fisher Interview Transcript (handout)

Optional “Close Reading in Elementary Schools” by Fisher and Frey (handout)
Module 6 PowerPoint

Module 5 & 6- Module 6 is an extension of Module 5, offering participants a review of text dependent questions and time to write questions collaboratively.  Use this module in place of Module 5 & Module 6 if you have extended time to engage with both in one session. 

Guiding Questions for Writing Text Dependent Questions (handout)


Module 2 PowerPoint
Past Practices vs. Close Reading (handout)
Figure 5.2 (handout)

Module 7 PowerPoint
Protocol Suggestions (handout)
Prereading exerpt by Shanahan from The Common Core Ate My Baby and Other Urban Legends (handout)

Module 3 PowerPoint
Figure 1.3 (handout)
Where CAN Close Reading fit into Journeys? 3 Examples (handout)

Optional Figure 1.1 (handout)
Module 8 PowerPoint
Close Reading Lesson Plan (handout)
Module 4 PowerPoint 
*Feedback suggests that this module may take up to 50 minutes; please allow additional time or plan to do it in two sessions*
Rigorous Reading, Pages 50-53 (handout) 
Text Dependent Questions Samples (handout)

Leadership Module

Module 5 PowerPoint

KINDERGARTEN Example Text Dependent Questions (handout)
1st GRADE Example Text Dependent Questions (handout)
2nd GRADE Example Text Dependent Questions (handout)
3rd GRADE Example Text Dependent Questions (handout)
4th GRADE Example Text Dependent Questions (handout)
5th GRADE Example Text Dependent Questions (handout)

“Common Core Guide to Writing Text Dependent Questions” (handout)
Text Dependent Questions Template (handout)
Guiding Questions for Writing Text Dependent Questions (handout)

Optional Module: Annotation

K-1 Module PowerPoint
–Shanahan Blog: “Close Reading for Beginning Readers? Probably Not.”
–Rigorous Reading, pages 60-63 (handout) 
–Follett Book Alignment Information for Kindergarten (handout)
-Follett Book Alignment Information for 1st Grade (handout)
Leadership Module PowerPoint







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