Marilyn Fenton,Ed.D.Nancy Charron Ed.D.

Southern New Hampshire University

m.fenton@snhu.edu NEATE CONFERENCEn.charron@snhu.edu October 30, 2015

Close Reading – What is it?

Doug Fisher talks about the relationship between close reading and the Common Core Standards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w9v6-zUg3Y

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Instructional Framework

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?

TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE!HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?

WHY?

This house is a ____________.

ELEMENTS OF DESCRIPTION

Diction

Details

Imagery

Taking the Temperature of Words

3 Guiding Principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Multiple Means of Representationpresent information and content in different

ways

Multiple Means of Action and Expressiondifferentiate the ways that students can

express what they know

Multiple Means of Engagementstimulate interest and motivation for learning

Linear Temperature of Words

boilinghot

luke warm

coolfreezing

Skates

Vendredi Saint

Text Access for Close Reading (UDL)

Allow students to show their understanding through multiple means oral discussions, filling in a graphic organizer, creating a

chart, etc.

Fiction use text at student’s instructional level

Non – fiction may have to focus your attention on visuals only such as

picture captions, bolded words, charts, graphs, etc.

Students may “listen to” and discuss text PRIOR to being introduced to it in the general education setting

Provide choice in text to use for close reading

Critical Thinking – What is it?

“Intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, synthesizing, or evaluating information gathered from or generated by observation, experience, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action” (National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 2015).

INTEGRATION SIMPLE COMPARISON COMPLEX

COMPARISONWould you like a ice

cream cone or a candy bar?

What is the difference between a beach in New Hampshire and a beach in Florida?

Painting Comparisons

Text Comparisons

ReferencesLavoie, A. Skates [Painting]. Retrieved from

http://www.art-and-sports-paintings.com/hockey.html

Lavoie, A. Vendredi Saint [Painting]. Retrieved from http://www.art-and-sports-paintings.com/hockey.html

Woman in a Purple Coatby Henri Matisse

Beulah’s Babyby Primrose Paschal

Woman in Purple CoatFollow up the “What do you notice?” discussion

with the following questions:

Where did your eye go first?What can you tell about this woman from the

painting? What might be the occasion of the painting?What is the effect of the busy patterns? Of the

colors?Do you think she picked and arranged the flowers?Do you think she plans to eat the fruit?

Beulah’s BabyThen show students Primrose McPherson’s painting

entitled “Beulah’s Baby.” Where did your eye go first? Why?How is it similar to Matisse’s work? How is it

different? What can you tell about her life?How is the emotion in this painting communicated?What do the colors suggest? Look at Renaissance

paintings of the Madonna and draw some conclusions.End by looking at the two paintings side by side to

accentuate the comparison.