Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Falling in Love

Over the past seven months, Melissa Skellie and Kelly Toleman led a professional book club centered around Falling in Love With Close Reading by Christopher Lehman & Kate Roberts. Participants in this group included both High School and Elementary teachers which enabled a broad range of conversation focused around the strategy of close reading.

In these conversations, we started with a general summary of each chapter. Then, we narrowed our discussion down to a more specific conversation that included how each technique can be used in the various classes represented. This professional talk enhanced everyone’s understanding of how to successfully implement close reading strategies in the classroom.

1 comment:

  1. I am inspired to do a professional book club with my colleagues!
    What a wonderful way to enjoy each other's company and at the same time focus our conversation on topics and strategies that are vital to our practice as we continue to impact student learning!

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