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April 27, 2014 by: Jennifer

Turtle Close Read FREEBIE and School’s Out! Survival Pack

I have a couple of fun things to share today, one being the turtle close read that I just finished using with my students last week, in amongst robots, our field trip, and all the other things we pack into a typical week.  My kids are fascinated by turtles and had a great time learning more about them.
This free pack has everything you need to closely study turtles, even the informational reading passage. With younger students, I read the passage with them and with older students, it is independent reading. “Close Reading” means the reader refers back to the passage to pull out information, often marking the useful text in some way.
turtle nonfiction unit
Close reading is an interaction that involving observation and interpretation between the reader and a text. Emphasis is on rereading and reflecting to come to new conclusions and understandings about the ideas that a text provides.
Timothy Shanahan defines close reading as “an intensive analysis of a text in order to come to terms with what it says, how it says it, and what it means.”
This pack contains everything you need for your very own turtle close read!
You can get your Turtle Close Read FREEBIE {here} on TpT.
But before you go, I want to share with you something I just finished to help me get through the last 2 weeks of school…which we all know can be brutal. =)
 It is an End of the Year Survival Pack that includes morning work and activities for the last 2 weeks of school.  It also has a memory book and goes along with my Back to School Survival Pack.  It is primarily for first, but I’ve included the themed pages for Kinder and 2nd in case someone can use them! (not all morning work pages are shown)
I’ll be sharing pictures of this pack later and also finishing up my ROBOT pack soon!
The School’s Out for Summer Survival Pack can be found {here} on TpT and is on SALE for the next day or so!  If you want a chance to win it, leave a comment below!

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Comments

  1. Amanda says

    April 27, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    I would love to win this School's Out Pack!! 🙂

    Reply
  2. ksteacher81 says

    April 27, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    This would be awesome to win! I only have four weeks left of school.
    Ruthanne rarace81@gmail.com

    Reply
  3. Mrs. B's Beehive says

    April 27, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    Thank you so much for the close read freebie. I am trying to learn more about them to implement them in my classroom, and this freebie will definitely help, thank you!!

    Reply
    • Mrs. B's Beehive says

      April 27, 2014 at 9:06 pm

      I had one more question that I forgot to ask, where do you get the beautiful real life pictures that you use for your TPT projects? I saw that the photos were credited on the bottom, but I'm unsure of where you can get these photos that allow commercial use. Any information on this would be helpful, thank you!!!

      Reply
    • Jennifer says

      April 27, 2014 at 10:44 pm

      Hi Mrs B! The photos I used for this free product are from WikiCommons (share) and are Ok to use since it is free and educational as long as I credit the photographer. Graphics for commercial use can be purchased from sites like Graphic Stock (they usually have a free 7 day trial) and ShutterStock (my favorite) Hope that helps!!

      Reply
    • Mrs. B's Beehive says

      May 11, 2014 at 10:32 pm

      Thank you so much for this helpful information!!!

      Reply
  4. Jenna says

    April 27, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    I would love the chance to win the School's Out pack! I can't believe that school year is almost over!

    Reply
  5. Jennifer Cailor says

    April 27, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    I would LOVE to win this!! I'm looking at it on TPT now. 🙂

    Reply
  6. mcoop1125 says

    April 27, 2014 at 10:37 pm

    Oh, yes, I'd love to win this pack! Thanks!

    Reply
  7. Ashley Toms says

    April 27, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    Thanks so much for the Turtle Close Read! Question – when do you do close reads like this? During your whole group or guided reading?

    Reply
  8. Nicole says

    April 27, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    This pack looks great Jennifer! Fun and still academic for the last weeks. 🙂
    nhuggenberger@gmail.com

    Reply
  9. alisha weaver says

    April 27, 2014 at 11:38 pm

    would love to win this!

    Reply
  10. Laura S says

    April 27, 2014 at 11:40 pm

    I'd love to win this! laura.schumer@hotmail.com

    Reply
  11. Kathy Wray says

    April 28, 2014 at 12:03 am

    Would love it! katelyn.wray@gmail.com

    Reply
  12. Brittany Matheison says

    April 28, 2014 at 12:07 am

    I would love to have this! 😀

    -Brittany
    inspirelovelearn.blogspot.com
    bmatheis@umail.iu.edu

    Reply
  13. alawson says

    April 28, 2014 at 12:14 am

    Would love to win! amandalawson4@gmail.com

    Reply
  14. Johanna F says

    April 28, 2014 at 12:47 am

    would love to win this! we have 4 weeks left of school. jsfica11@gmail.com

    Reply
  15. Liz Podolski says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:07 am

    I would love this! Lizpodolski@gmail.com

    Reply
  16. melissaA says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:49 am

    Mu firsties would love this! 4 more weeks left! ehlertmg28@gmail.com

    Reply
  17. Chrissy says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:54 am

    Love everything you do! Chrissybryant74@gmail.com

    Reply
    • Jennifer says

      May 2, 2014 at 11:35 am

      Chrissy, you're a Winner! Sending to you now!

      Reply
  18. JULIE says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:57 am

    I would love this pack for my first graders! I love following your blog! juliekate2005@gmail.com

    Reply
  19. Amber Prince says

    April 28, 2014 at 2:08 am

    I would love to win! We still have 31 school days & this would be SO great to help us finish strong! amberpaigeprince@gmail.com

    Reply
  20. Karyn says

    April 28, 2014 at 3:08 am

    I would love to win! Our last day is June 20th so while summer seems like a long time away, your pack reminds me that it'll be here sooner than I think! Yay!!!! 🙂

    Karyn
    Kideducator@comcast.net

    Reply
  21. Jen P says

    April 28, 2014 at 3:09 am

    We have so much to do in the last 23 days. This looks amazing! Thanks for the turtle close read…We are studying them next week. 🙂 jmcpang78 at gmail.com

    Reply
  22. Tish says

    April 28, 2014 at 4:37 am

    I would LOVE to win this pack!! Thank you so much for the chance and for the wonderful turtle close read!! tneilson4@yahoo.com

    Reply
  23. Suzy Q says

    April 28, 2014 at 10:34 am

    I would love to win this pack! Sadly, I would have plenty of time to use it, as we don't finish till June 6.

    tokyoshoes at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  24. ShawnaM says

    April 28, 2014 at 1:13 pm

    would love love love this for my firsties! What a GREAT idea 🙂 LOVE your blog and LOVE following you on IG!
    shawna.glick@asu.edu

    Reply
  25. Michelle Jaquillard says

    April 28, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    I would love to win this pack! My first graders would enjoy this.
    mjaquillard@oregoncs.org

    Reply
  26. Katie Nussbaum says

    April 28, 2014 at 10:17 pm

    I would love a chance to win your pack! Thanks! katienussbaum87@gmail.com

    Reply
  27. Jenny says

    April 28, 2014 at 10:57 pm

    I would love to win this School's Out Pack!! Thank you! 🙂

    Reply
  28. LBettis says

    April 28, 2014 at 11:45 pm

    Love the turtle close read! Thanks for making it a freebie! Would love one on frogs if you had time. Thanks for the chance to win your pack to survive the end of the year! lbettis@everestkc.net

    Reply
  29. Kim says

    April 29, 2014 at 2:23 am

    Your School's Out packet would be great to have for these last few weeks of school!

    Reply

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