Close Reading with Paired Texts

Grades K–8

Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource features close-reading strategies, reciprocal teaching, paired fiction and nonfiction texts, text sets, text-dependent questions, and connections to the Daily Five. Use Close Reading with Paired Texts to enable educators to incorporate different learning opportunities into instruction that will help students build essential comprehension skills.

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