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1. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions
   Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
2. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary-Level Close Readings
   Close readings allow primary students to engage with complex texts. Through repeated reading, students build a deep understanding of the text and critical thinking skills.
3. Professional Development | Grades   1 – 3  |  Strategy Guide
   Promote Deep Thinking! How to Choose a Complex Text
   Complex texts promote deep thinking and critical analysis by students. Through close reading of a complex text, students' independent reading abilities also increase.
4. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Shared Reading Opportunities for Direct Literacy Instruction
   Shared reading affords teachers the opportunity to teach reading strategies in larger groups. The shared text and teacher support offer unique opportunities for instruction.
5. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Supporting Students As They Read Independently
   This guide includes basic theory and practice for supporting students reading independently, which is the last instructional context along the gradual release of responsibility.
6. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Teacher Read-Aloud That Models Reading for Deep Understanding
   This guide describes the basic elements for reading aloud to students in ways that demonstrate thoughtful and deep interactions with the text.
7. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Strategy Guide
   Using Guided Reading to Develop Student Reading Independence
   This guide presents basic structures for implementing guided reading, which involves working with small groups of children possessing similar strategies and challenges when encountering new text.