We tried our hands at close reading by using a non-fiction article from the National Geographic Explorer magazine we get every month. I am sure this could just as easily be done with Scholastic News or Time for Kids articles. Here is a picture of a completed poster.
We followed five steps in order to make the posters. Students needed the article and access to a sheet of paper or post-it notes.
Step #1 We quickly flipped through the article focusing on pictures, headings, titles, etc. Students wrote 4-5 questions about what they saw as they scanned the article.
Step #2 We read the article and students wrote any interesting facts they heard down on post-it notes.
Step #3 We looked through the article in order to find 3-5 vocabulary words relating to the article.
Step #4 We focused on one specific section of the article and wrote a summary of it.
Step #5 We used all of these parts to construct a detailed informational poster about the article.
They turned out great!
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I *love* this! I particularly like that you included each of the steps above the bulletin board, so that students can recall the steps—and then see how other students read their articles. Rock on, Smart Chick Teacher!!
Thanks so much!