Close Reading Lesson Bundle

Close Reading Lesson Guide
Everything you need to teach and coach close reading lessons with confidence.

...you can also grab this resource inside the GROWING Literacy Coaching Hub!

You know students need access to complex, grade-level text. But knowing it and actually pulling off a great close reading lesson? Those are two different things.

This guide gives you everything you need, whether you're a classroom teacher ready to try close reading for the first time, or a literacy coach looking for a complete, ready-to-use resource to share with your staff.

Here's everything inside 👇

• Close Reading Lesson Guide (12 pages, and over 30+ slides)
  A clear, practical overview of what close reading is, why it matters, and exactly how to plan and teach it...from text selection all the way through the culminating assignment.

• Text Resources Page
  Not sure where to find complex texts? This page gives you go-to sources including ReadWorks, Epic Books, and Text Project.org plus a simple step-by-step guide to building your own text set around a topic.

• Close Reading Routines
  A complete routine + a teacher version AND a student version, so everyone in the room knows exactly what close reading looks and feels like. Adapted from Arizona's Common Core Standards and Lindsay Kemeny's Rock Your Literacy Block.

• Annotation Procedure Guide
  A simple, visual guide to marking up text - pencil, highlighter, and margin symbols - so students can show their thinking as they read.

• Close Reading Video Lesson + Reflection Questions
  Watch a real close reading lesson in action with a 3rd/4th grade student, then use the reflection questions to deepen your thinking or facilitate discussion with your staff (or for yourself!)

• GIST Statement Template
  A printable graphic organizer to help students summarize what they read, the perfect bridge between reading and writing.

• Close Reading Resources Page
  Curated podcast episodes, articles, and book recommendations to keep learning...including chapters from Rock Your Literacy Block and Scaffolding Complex Texts.

• Professional Learning Slide Deck
  A complete, ready-to-run PD presentation on close reading, editable in Canva so you can make it your own. Perfect for coaches and teacher leaders who want to bring this to their staff without starting from scratch.

• Sample Lesson Slides: These are the slides I use with my virtual tutoring students! Great for virtual or in-person lessons.

• Bonus: Ready for Writing?
  A bonus page connecting your close reading lesson to the thinkSRSD writing approach, because close reading builds the knowledge students need to write. The two go hand in hand.

Reach out with any questions! Here to support you! :)

Leah