Download or read book Close Reading with Paired Texts Level 1: Engaging Lessons to Improve Comprehension written by Oczkus, Lori and published by Shell Education. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare first grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify each week's worth of lessons. Differentiation and reciprocal teaching strategies and assessment options are also included within each unit to tailor to multiple intelligences and monitor students' progress.