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The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast
242: How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject Area
Jan 20, 2025
Jen Serravallo, a literacy expert and author of *Teaching Reading Across the Day*, shares insights on enhancing reading instruction in all subjects. She discusses the vital role of close reading lessons, revealing nine research-based lesson structures to improve comprehension. Listeners learn practical strategies to engage students, including text-dependent questions and multimodal texts. Serravallo emphasizes collaboration among educators to support literacy across the curriculum, ultimately empowering all teachers to become effective reading instructors.
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- Structured reading instruction is essential across all subject areas as reading skills significantly contribute to comprehensive student learning.
- Close reading is a vital pedagogical technique that allows students to analyze complex texts and derive deeper meanings to enhance comprehension.
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Current Reading Skills of Students
Many modern-day students struggle with reading skills, lacking both frequency and complexity in their reading habits. It is observed that students do not read challenging material or read enough overall, leading to deficiencies in their reading capabilities. The assumption holds that by elementary school, students should have basic decoding skills, yet true reading comprehension extends far beyond merely sounding out words. Consequently, there is a pressing need for structured reading instruction across all subjects, not just English classes, to equip students with better reading strategies.
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