Here's some great resources for close reading courtesy of Choice Literacy. Please notice the information is grade specific. Enjoy!

Free for All [For sneak peeks at our upcoming features, quotes and extra links,  follow Choice Literacy on Twitter: @ChoiceLiteracy or Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ChoiceLiteracy or Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/choiceliteracy/]     In a new podcast, Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts look at close reading from many different angles: http://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view.php?id=1851 Close reading is the darling new phrase in literacy education, used to describe everything from end-of-chapter textbook questions to sticky note extravaganzas when reading novels. Chris Lehman explains why Close Reading Isn't Just Anything in the start of a new blog series: http://bit.ly/14Spe6Z   Close reading and rereading are linked in many classrooms. In this article from the Choice Literacy archives, Max Brand shares how he threads rereading throughout his fifth-grade literacy block: http://www.choiceliteracy.com/articles-detail-view.php?id=41 Nancy Boyles highlights three strategies for bringing close reading to the elementary grades in this essay from Educational Leadership: http://bit.ly/TdDC63 Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris have compiled over a dozen posts on close reading at their blog: http://www.burkinsandyaris.com/close-reading-blog-digest/