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Resources for Close Reading in Science
We are excited to share the 41 new Close Reading/Text Dependent Questions sets that were developed by a team of 18 K-12 science teachers and the Science Department staff with guidance and support from David Pook, one of the collaborators of the CCSS. This team identified complex non-fiction text passages and developed text-dependent questions to support close reading assignments for each grade level. Although we are continuing to develop lesson guides to support the use of these materials in classrooms, we chose to post these materials as they become ready and encourage you to try them out and provide us with feedback. If you have suggestions of good non-fiction text passages, books, or articles, please share them with us!
Many thanks to the teachers who worked with us to create these assignments; we never could have done it without you!
David Pook and members of the BPS Science Department Team -- Dean Martin, Erin Hashimoto-Martell, Bev Nadeau, Suzanne Gill, Jonathan McLaughlin, and Pam Pelletier -- worked with these teachers to develop Close Reading materials for classroom use.
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Close Reading: Texts, Questions, and How-to Guides
We would like to thank our curriculum partners --
FOSS at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC-Berkeley and their partner, Delta Education and
STC from Smithsonian Science Education and their partner, Carolina Biological --
who have generously given us permission to include the text selection with the TDQs that we have developed. We thank them both! We hope that other publishers allow us to do the same, but for now, we will include either page references or weblinks.
Let us know if you have Close Reading/TDQ assignments to share with others!!
FOSS at the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC-Berkeley and their partner, Delta Education and
STC from Smithsonian Science Education and their partner, Carolina Biological --
who have generously given us permission to include the text selection with the TDQs that we have developed. We thank them both! We hope that other publishers allow us to do the same, but for now, we will include either page references or weblinks.
Let us know if you have Close Reading/TDQ assignments to share with others!!
Click on the links below to download the text selections (or citations for the text), text dependent questions, and information and how-to guides for complex text, close reading and TDQs.
Literacy Resources from David Pook and from Achieve the Core
Text Complexity and the CCSS
Close Reading and the CCSS
Text Dependent Questions and the CCSS
A Close Reading Exemplar: Feynman - The Making of a Scientist
Close Reading Exemplar Checklist
Long Guide for Creating Questions for Close Analytic Reading
Brief Guide to Creating Text Dependent Questions
Text Dependent Question Types -- Science
Text Dependent Question Types -- Blank
CCSS-Aligned Question Stems
Complex Text Selections and BPS-Developed Text Dependent Questions
Kindergarten
FOSS K Animals Two by Two Isopods
FOSS K Wood and Paper The Story of a Chair
Grade 1
SIRS Article 1 Solids and Liquids Changing Solids pp. 16-21 and TDQs
STC 1 Organisms Four Amazing Plants
FOSS 1 Air and Weather Understanding the Weather
Grade 2
FOSS 2 New Plants Animal Teeth
FOSS 2 Insects Environment
FOSS 2 Pebbles, Sand, and Silt What Is in Soil?
Grade 3
FOSS 3 Physics of Sound Highs and Lows
FOSS 3 Structures of Life Traveling Seeds
FOSS 3 Water Why Pipes Burst
Grade 4
STC 4 Motion and Design Lunar Rover: Making Tracks on the Moon
FOSS 4 Magnetism and Electricity Making Static
STC 4 Animal Studies What Makes Beavers Special
Grade 5
Science News For Kids 5 Ecosystems Changing Climate Alters Fish Behavior and TDQs
Science News 5 Landforms Curiosity Goes to the Flow and TDQs
Science News For Kids 5 Measuring Time Home on the Moon and TDQs
STC 5 Ecosystems Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A Quiet Book Makes Noise
Website 5 Levers and Pulleys Rube Goldberg Biography and TDQs
Grade 6
FOSS 6 Weather and Water Heating the Atmosphere
STC 6 Human Body Systems Nutrients: You Just Can’t Live Without ‘Em
Grade 7
FOSS 7 Earth History Destroying and Reconstructing Earth
FOSS 7 Force and Motion How To Get and Hold Onto A Moon
FOSS 7 Diversity of Life The Insect Empire
Grade 8
FOSS 8 Populations and Ecosystems Biosphere 2: An Experiment In Isolation
FOSS 8 Populations and Ecosystems Limiting Factors
FOSS 8 Chemical Interactions Particles in Motion
FOSS 8 Planetary Science The Crater That Ended The Reign Of the Dinosaurs
HS Physics
Website 9 Physics Helium Not So Super After All and TDQs
Website 9 Physics Hot Technology and TDQs
Website 9 Physics Thermal Equilibrium and TDQs
Website 9 Physics What Happens When An Aircraft Breaks The Sound Barrier and TDQs
HS Biology
Website 10 Biology Found in South Africa: Key Link in Human Evolution and TDQs
BSCS10 Biology What Happens To the Food You Eat, BSCS text, pp. 338-340 and TDQs
Website 10 Biology Why Cheaper Genetic Testing Could Cost Us a Fortune and TDQs
BSCS 10 Biology Molecular Movement, BSCS text, pp. 226-227 and TDQs
HS Chemistry
Website 11 Chemistry Sugar an Unusual Explosive and TDQs
Website 11 Chemistry The Chemistry Of Popcorn-It's All About 'Pop-Ability' and TDQs
Website 11 Chemistry The Surprisingly Scientific Flash Behind the Fireworks and TDQs
Website 11 Chemistry Why a Molecule’s Shape Matters and TDQs
Literacy Resources from David Pook and from Achieve the Core
Text Complexity and the CCSS
Close Reading and the CCSS
Text Dependent Questions and the CCSS
A Close Reading Exemplar: Feynman - The Making of a Scientist
Close Reading Exemplar Checklist
Long Guide for Creating Questions for Close Analytic Reading
Brief Guide to Creating Text Dependent Questions
Text Dependent Question Types -- Science
Text Dependent Question Types -- Blank
CCSS-Aligned Question Stems
Complex Text Selections and BPS-Developed Text Dependent Questions
Kindergarten
FOSS K Animals Two by Two Isopods
FOSS K Wood and Paper The Story of a Chair
Grade 1
SIRS Article 1 Solids and Liquids Changing Solids pp. 16-21 and TDQs
STC 1 Organisms Four Amazing Plants
FOSS 1 Air and Weather Understanding the Weather
Grade 2
FOSS 2 New Plants Animal Teeth
FOSS 2 Insects Environment
FOSS 2 Pebbles, Sand, and Silt What Is in Soil?
Grade 3
FOSS 3 Physics of Sound Highs and Lows
FOSS 3 Structures of Life Traveling Seeds
FOSS 3 Water Why Pipes Burst
Grade 4
STC 4 Motion and Design Lunar Rover: Making Tracks on the Moon
FOSS 4 Magnetism and Electricity Making Static
STC 4 Animal Studies What Makes Beavers Special
Grade 5
Science News For Kids 5 Ecosystems Changing Climate Alters Fish Behavior and TDQs
Science News 5 Landforms Curiosity Goes to the Flow and TDQs
Science News For Kids 5 Measuring Time Home on the Moon and TDQs
STC 5 Ecosystems Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A Quiet Book Makes Noise
Website 5 Levers and Pulleys Rube Goldberg Biography and TDQs
Grade 6
FOSS 6 Weather and Water Heating the Atmosphere
STC 6 Human Body Systems Nutrients: You Just Can’t Live Without ‘Em
Grade 7
FOSS 7 Earth History Destroying and Reconstructing Earth
FOSS 7 Force and Motion How To Get and Hold Onto A Moon
FOSS 7 Diversity of Life The Insect Empire
Grade 8
FOSS 8 Populations and Ecosystems Biosphere 2: An Experiment In Isolation
FOSS 8 Populations and Ecosystems Limiting Factors
FOSS 8 Chemical Interactions Particles in Motion
FOSS 8 Planetary Science The Crater That Ended The Reign Of the Dinosaurs
HS Physics
Website 9 Physics Helium Not So Super After All and TDQs
Website 9 Physics Hot Technology and TDQs
Website 9 Physics Thermal Equilibrium and TDQs
Website 9 Physics What Happens When An Aircraft Breaks The Sound Barrier and TDQs
HS Biology
Website 10 Biology Found in South Africa: Key Link in Human Evolution and TDQs
BSCS10 Biology What Happens To the Food You Eat, BSCS text, pp. 338-340 and TDQs
Website 10 Biology Why Cheaper Genetic Testing Could Cost Us a Fortune and TDQs
BSCS 10 Biology Molecular Movement, BSCS text, pp. 226-227 and TDQs
HS Chemistry
Website 11 Chemistry Sugar an Unusual Explosive and TDQs
Website 11 Chemistry The Chemistry Of Popcorn-It's All About 'Pop-Ability' and TDQs
Website 11 Chemistry The Surprisingly Scientific Flash Behind the Fireworks and TDQs
Website 11 Chemistry Why a Molecule’s Shape Matters and TDQs