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Learn great strategies for introducing close reading skills to your students. This fun close reading activity will help your students remember the purpose of close reading, and an added bonus is that you can refer back to it all year long!
https://www.itsateacherthing.com/2015/10/close-reading-activities-for-teaching-close-reading-skills/





