PLAYING with Close Reading
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Created by Angela Stockman, 2014 http://makewriting.com. May be reproduced for classroom use only. Graphic created by 2013 Graphics Created by The 3AM Teacher http://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/ Draw, Label, Caption @Steve Peha at http://ttms.org Playing with Close Reading Close reading is about mining magic from a text, and play is a wonderful way to make this happen! Read with lens for character, as Kate Roberts and Chris Lehmann suggest. What do the characters say? What do they do? Capture the details and act this out with handmade puppets. Read with a lens for setting, and use the details to build the setting using blocks, LEGOs, Playdoh, or Lincoln Logs. Revisit the text and hunt for finer details. Use other materials to add them to the original creation. Use small, theme related toys to rebuild setting or play out character relationships in a guided writing center. Draw, label, and caption a picture that reflects what happened during play, using details from the text. Draw or use Clip Art to create a desk-size or even a table size mat of shapes that reflect accurate and inaccurate key details from a text. Laminate. Challenge readers to trace the shapes that represent the most important details from a text read, using Play Doh. Doodle or draw the beginning, middle, and end of a text on a looooong scroll of paper individually or even with a group. Be sure to use accurate details from the text. Then, exchange papers or rotate to another table. Review the work of others, revisit the text, and build on what you see, using new details discovered. Use dolls or a dollhouse to act out the relationships between characters in a text. Have each child make two identical image cards that represent key details in the text. Use them to make a class Memory game, and as players play, encourage them to not only match but also connect the details they uncover to make new meaning. Create a flannel board by covering an art canvas or heavy foam board in fleece. Challenge readers to draw the details, cut them out, and laminate them. Attach sand paper to the back of each image and use as flannel board pieces. Place the board in a center with the text, and invite readers to reread and add details/pieces over time. Maximize the full potential of each approach by engaging learners in deep, serious play, noticing how their thinking expands, and inviting them to revisit the text, find new details, make new meaning, and enrich their activities. These ideas were brainstormed (and tested) by teachers from Starpoint and Cheektowaga Central Schools in New York State. Have an idea to add? Email Angela Stockman at [email protected]
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Created by Angela Stockman, 2014 http://makewriting.com. May be reproduced for classroom use only. Graphic created by 2013 Graphics Created by The 3AM Teacher http://the3amteacher.blogspot.com/
Draw, Label, Caption @Steve Peha at http://ttms.org
Playing with Close Reading
Close reading is about mining magic from a text, and play is a wonderful way to make this happen!
Read with lens for character, as Kate Roberts and Chris Lehmann suggest. What do the characters say? What do they do? Capture the
details and act this out with handmade puppets.
Read with a lens for setting, and use the details to build the setting using blocks, LEGOs, Playdoh, or Lincoln Logs. Revisit the text and hunt
for finer details. Use other materials to add them to the original creation.
Use small, theme related toys to rebuild setting or play out character relationships in a guided writing center. Draw, label, and caption a
picture that reflects what happened during play, using details from the text.
Draw or use Clip Art to create a desk-size or even a table size mat of shapes that reflect accurate and inaccurate key details from a text.
Laminate. Challenge readers to trace the shapes that represent the most important details from a text read, using Play Doh.
Doodle or draw the beginning, middle, and end of a text on a looooong scroll of paper individually or even with a group. Be sure to use
accurate details from the text. Then, exchange papers or rotate to another table. Review the work of others, revisit the text, and build on
what you see, using new details discovered.
Use dolls or a dollhouse to act out the relationships between characters in a text.
Have each child make two identical image cards that represent key details in the text. Use them to make a class Memory game, and as
players play, encourage them to not only match but also connect the details they uncover to make new meaning.
Create a flannel board by covering an art canvas or heavy foam board in fleece. Challenge readers to draw the details, cut them out, and
laminate them. Attach sand paper to the back of each image and use as flannel board pieces. Place the board in a center with the text, and
invite readers to reread and add details/pieces over time.
Maximize the full potential of each approach by engaging learners in deep, serious play, noticing how their thinking expands, and inviting them to revisit
the text, find new details, make new meaning, and enrich their activities.
These ideas were brainstormed (and tested) by teachers from Starpoint and Cheektowaga Central Schools in New York State.
Have an idea to add? Email Angela Stockman at [email protected]
