by Karen Salsbury, M.S. Ed/Reading Close reading is huge!  We’ve always had this in education, but not defined it as the Common Core has done.  The major success in a close reading strategy is learning how to annotate properly. Many students today are borderline illiterate and lacking in critical thinking skills given the amount of “watching” versus the amount of “reading” done in today’s society.  Before the Internet, students had to research and read from printed text, now they can find Read More...