Tag Archives: poetry

Close Reading: Strategies and Practice

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

Dr. Steven Gehrke, from the University of Nevada, Reno, led Washoe educators through strategies and practice to promote the habit of close reading. Attendees worked through several poems including Robert Frost’s Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening and … Continue reading →

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Close Reading and Poetry Inservice Course

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

University of Nevada Reno professor Dr. Steven Gerhke will be leading an inservice course on close reading and poetry this fall. Kindergarten through sixth grade teachers can take part in the class and learn more about performing close readings of … Continue reading →

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New Close Reading Exemplar Added

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

We completed a close reading exemplar for the poem, “The Story of Fidgety Philip” by Heinrich Hoffman. We have it fitted for the 3rd grade level. Some see the poem, written in 1845, as one of the first documentations of … Continue reading →

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