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The BEST way to plan for a Close Reading activity is to 

“We Do” instruction involves a teacher supervising students as they practice a strategy.

Knowing the common patterns and structures of types of text is helpful for comprehension.

When choosing texts for a teacher read-aloud, teachers should not choose texts that have ideas with lasting value, unusual vocabulary, and complex sentence structure.

Informational text includes 

Retell and Summarize are the same strategy.

Code-based instruction plus meaning-based instruction includes 

Retell and Summarize are the same strategy.

Teachers should plan instruction BEFORE reading a text that includes

Informational text includes