Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, Grades K-2
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Every teacher in K-2 who has ever wished for comprehension lessons that get students where they need to be in reading, talking, and writing about texts, take notice: your wish just came true.
With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading: K-2 you get 20 initial close reading lessons and 80 follow-up comprehension skill lessons that expertly scaffold young readers. What makes these lessons so spot-on is that Nancy combed through hundreds of standards and standardized assessments to arrive at the 12 skills that matter most at K–2.
The lessons are arranged into 5 units of study, providing you with instant standards-aligned curriculum. Other can’t-live-without features:
- 12 illustrated reproducible sets of Active Reader Cards that give children tactile and visual support for key comprehension skills (available to print in four-color!)
- Step-by-step and day–by-day how-to’s for the initial lessons and follow-up lessons, including text-dependent questions for every featured picture book
- Illustrated, short fables that engage kids with themes including making choices, making a difference, and making sense of character traits
- 12 Formative Assessments that take the scare factor out of testing for young learners with lots of graphic support and options for oral and written tasks
- Performance criteria that give you standards-aligned means of measuring what your students have learned, so you can adjust your instruction
Teachers in K-2: Nancy knows what an amazing feat you pull off each year, taking young learners from 0-60 in the space of the school year. With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, she gives you the gift of time, with a treasure trove of at-the-ready materials.
Nancy Boyles, a former classroom teacher, is the author of many best-selling books and a literacy consultant who provides curriculum support nationwide. This book is part of a three-part series that offers schools a K-6 solution for reading instruction.
Contents
Reading Closely in K–2: Guidelines for Getting Started
- 1. Rely on high-quality picture books that you read aloud.
- 2. Teach an initial close reading lesson to build content knowledge.
- 3. Teach close reading follow-up lessons to build skills.
- 4. Assess close reading appropriately with formative assessments.
- 5. Teach close reading using units so students can make connections between texts.
- 6. Teach close reading using learning pathways that show students how to learn.
Teaching and Assessing Students’ Comprehension
- The Twelve Skills in Focus
- How the Assessments Are Embedded Across Books and Units
- How the Assessments Are Embedded in Weekly Instruction
- During Reading Success: It’s in the Cards
- After Reading Success: Framing Students’ Thinking
- How to Evaluate Students’ Written Responses
- Rubric for Evaluating Reader Response Frames
Standards: Putting the Assessment Tools to Work
- The Reproducibles: Active Reader Cards and Reader Response Frames
- Student-Friendly Forms for Teaching and Assessing the Standards
The Units and Lessons
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Character Trait
- Unit Focus: Why Is It Important to Show Kindness to Others?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Wind and the Sun
- Close Reading Lessons for Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair
- Close Reading Lessons for Mama Panya’s Pancakes: A Village Tale From Kenya
- Close Reading Lessons for Each Kindness
- Close Reading Lessons for Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
- Learning Pathway: How to Study an Animal
- Unit Focus: How Are Animals the Same? How Are Animals Different?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Hare and the Tortoise
- Close Reading Lessons for Panda Kindergarten
- Close Reading Lessons for Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems
- Close Reading Lessons for Surprising Sharks
- Close Reading Lessons for Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Person
- Unit Focus: How Can You Make a Difference—Even if You’re a Kid?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Lion and the Mouse
- Close Reading Lessons for Blizzard
- Close Reading Lessons for The Wednesday Surprise
- Close Reading Lessons for Rosie Revere, Engineer
- Close Reading Lessons for The Story of Ruby Bridges
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Place
- Unit Focus: What Is Special About This Place?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Lion and the Dolphin
- Close Reading Lessons for Antarctica
- Close Reading Lessons for Fernando’s Gift
- Close Reading Lessons for Creatures of the Desert World
- Close Reading Lessons for America the Beautiful: Together We Stand
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Theme
- Unit Focus: Why Is It Important to Make Good Choices?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Two Frogs
- Close Reading Lessons for Fireflies
- Close Reading Lessons for Those Shoes
- Close Reading Lessons for Maddi’s Fridge
- Close Reading Lessons for The Empty Pot
References
References
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/boyleslessons/k-2.htmAdditional materials
Description
Every teacher in K-2 who has ever wished for comprehension lessons that get students where they need to be in reading, talking, and writing about texts, take notice: your wish just came true.
With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading: K-2 you get 20 initial close reading lessons and 80 follow-up comprehension skill lessons that expertly scaffold young readers. What makes these lessons so spot-on is that Nancy combed through hundreds of standards and standardized assessments to arrive at the 12 skills that matter most at K–2.
The lessons are arranged into 5 units of study, providing you with instant standards-aligned curriculum. Other can’t-live-without features:
- 12 illustrated reproducible sets of Active Reader Cards that give children tactile and visual support for key comprehension skills (available to print in four-color!)
- Step-by-step and day–by-day how-to’s for the initial lessons and follow-up lessons, including text-dependent questions for every featured picture book
- Illustrated, short fables that engage kids with themes including making choices, making a difference, and making sense of character traits
- 12 Formative Assessments that take the scare factor out of testing for young learners with lots of graphic support and options for oral and written tasks
- Performance criteria that give you standards-aligned means of measuring what your students have learned, so you can adjust your instruction
Teachers in K-2: Nancy knows what an amazing feat you pull off each year, taking young learners from 0-60 in the space of the school year. With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, she gives you the gift of time, with a treasure trove of at-the-ready materials.
Nancy Boyles, a former classroom teacher, is the author of many best-selling books and a literacy consultant who provides curriculum support nationwide. This book is part of a three-part series that offers schools a K-6 solution for reading instruction.
Contents
Reading Closely in K–2: Guidelines for Getting Started
- 1. Rely on high-quality picture books that you read aloud.
- 2. Teach an initial close reading lesson to build content knowledge.
- 3. Teach close reading follow-up lessons to build skills.
- 4. Assess close reading appropriately with formative assessments.
- 5. Teach close reading using units so students can make connections between texts.
- 6. Teach close reading using learning pathways that show students how to learn.
Teaching and Assessing Students’ Comprehension
- The Twelve Skills in Focus
- How the Assessments Are Embedded Across Books and Units
- How the Assessments Are Embedded in Weekly Instruction
- During Reading Success: It’s in the Cards
- After Reading Success: Framing Students’ Thinking
- How to Evaluate Students’ Written Responses
- Rubric for Evaluating Reader Response Frames
Standards: Putting the Assessment Tools to Work
- The Reproducibles: Active Reader Cards and Reader Response Frames
- Student-Friendly Forms for Teaching and Assessing the Standards
The Units and Lessons
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Character Trait
- Unit Focus: Why Is It Important to Show Kindness to Others?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Wind and the Sun
- Close Reading Lessons for Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair
- Close Reading Lessons for Mama Panya’s Pancakes: A Village Tale From Kenya
- Close Reading Lessons for Each Kindness
- Close Reading Lessons for Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
- Learning Pathway: How to Study an Animal
- Unit Focus: How Are Animals the Same? How Are Animals Different?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Hare and the Tortoise
- Close Reading Lessons for Panda Kindergarten
- Close Reading Lessons for Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems
- Close Reading Lessons for Surprising Sharks
- Close Reading Lessons for Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Person
- Unit Focus: How Can You Make a Difference—Even if You’re a Kid?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Lion and the Mouse
- Close Reading Lessons for Blizzard
- Close Reading Lessons for The Wednesday Surprise
- Close Reading Lessons for Rosie Revere, Engineer
- Close Reading Lessons for The Story of Ruby Bridges
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Place
- Unit Focus: What Is Special About This Place?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Lion and the Dolphin
- Close Reading Lessons for Antarctica
- Close Reading Lessons for Fernando’s Gift
- Close Reading Lessons for Creatures of the Desert World
- Close Reading Lessons for America the Beautiful: Together We Stand
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Theme
- Unit Focus: Why Is It Important to Make Good Choices?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Two Frogs
- Close Reading Lessons for Fireflies
- Close Reading Lessons for Those Shoes
- Close Reading Lessons for Maddi’s Fridge
- Close Reading Lessons for The Empty Pot
References
References
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/boyleslessons/k-2.htmAdditional materials
Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, Grades K-2
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January 2016 | 280 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiral | 01/02/2026 | 9781506326467 | $43.95 |
| Lifetime | 01/02/2026 | 9781506348667 | $40.00 |
Every teacher in K-2 who has ever wished for comprehension lessons that get students where they need to be in reading, talking, and writing about texts, take notice: your wish just came true.
With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading: K-2 you get 20 initial close reading lessons and 80 follow-up comprehension skill lessons that expertly scaffold young readers. What makes these lessons so spot-on is that Nancy combed through hundreds of standards and standardized assessments to arrive at the 12 skills that matter most at K–2.
The lessons are arranged into 5 units of study, providing you with instant standards-aligned curriculum. Other can’t-live-without features:
- 12 illustrated reproducible sets of Active Reader Cards that give children tactile and visual support for key comprehension skills (available to print in four-color!)
- Step-by-step and day–by-day how-to’s for the initial lessons and follow-up lessons, including text-dependent questions for every featured picture book
- Illustrated, short fables that engage kids with themes including making choices, making a difference, and making sense of character traits
- 12 Formative Assessments that take the scare factor out of testing for young learners with lots of graphic support and options for oral and written tasks
- Performance criteria that give you standards-aligned means of measuring what your students have learned, so you can adjust your instruction
Teachers in K-2: Nancy knows what an amazing feat you pull off each year, taking young learners from 0-60 in the space of the school year. With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, she gives you the gift of time, with a treasure trove of at-the-ready materials.
Nancy Boyles, a former classroom teacher, is the author of many best-selling books and a literacy consultant who provides curriculum support nationwide. This book is part of a three-part series that offers schools a K-6 solution for reading instruction.
Table Of Contents:
- Reading Closely in K–2: Guidelines for Getting Started
- 1. Rely on high-quality picture books that you read aloud.
- 2. Teach an initial close reading lesson to build content knowledge.
- 3. Teach close reading follow-up lessons to build skills.
- 4. Assess close reading appropriately with formative assessments.
- 5. Teach close reading using units so students can make connections between texts.
- 6. Teach close reading using learning pathways that show students how to learn.
- Teaching and Assessing Students’ Comprehension
- The Twelve Skills in Focus
- How the Assessments Are Embedded Across Books and Units
- How the Assessments Are Embedded in Weekly Instruction
- During Reading Success: It’s in the Cards
- After Reading Success: Framing Students’ Thinking
- How to Evaluate Students’ Written Responses
- Rubric for Evaluating Reader Response Frames
- Standards: Putting the Assessment Tools to Work
- The Reproducibles: Active Reader Cards and Reader Response Frames
- Student-Friendly Forms for Teaching and Assessing the Standards
- The Units and Lessons
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Character Trait
- Unit Focus: Why Is It Important to Show Kindness to Others?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Wind and the Sun
- Close Reading Lessons for Melissa Parkington’s Beautiful, Beautiful Hair
- Close Reading Lessons for Mama Panya’s Pancakes: A Village Tale From Kenya
- Close Reading Lessons for Each Kindness
- Close Reading Lessons for Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
- Learning Pathway: How to Study an Animal
- Unit Focus: How Are Animals the Same? How Are Animals Different?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Hare and the Tortoise
- Close Reading Lessons for Panda Kindergarten
- Close Reading Lessons for Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems
- Close Reading Lessons for Surprising Sharks
- Close Reading Lessons for Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Person
- Unit Focus: How Can You Make a Difference—Even if You’re a Kid?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Lion and the Mouse
- Close Reading Lessons for Blizzard
- Close Reading Lessons for The Wednesday Surprise
- Close Reading Lessons for Rosie Revere, Engineer
- Close Reading Lessons for The Story of Ruby Bridges
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Place
- Unit Focus: What Is Special About This Place?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Lion and the Dolphin
- Close Reading Lessons for Antarctica
- Close Reading Lessons for Fernando’s Gift
- Close Reading Lessons for Creatures of the Desert World
- Close Reading Lessons for America the Beautiful: Together We Stand
- Learning Pathway: How to Study a Theme
- Unit Focus: Why Is It Important to Make Good Choices?
- Fable to Begin the Unit: The Two Frogs
- Close Reading Lessons for Fireflies
- Close Reading Lessons for Those Shoes
- Close Reading Lessons for Maddi’s Fridge
- Close Reading Lessons for The Empty Pot
- References