2025-2026 Secondary Structured Reading - Close Reading Across Content Areas - October 10th PD Day (Includes 4 hours CCDEI) - WESTSIDE HIGH
Section: INST20260064Summary
Commnets
Strengths:
Responses: 4"I think addressing the reading issue is imperative, and glad we are attempting"
"It was a relevant topic and something we can use in our classrooms."
"Well organized. Right length. Good content. "
"Well organized, to the point"
Suggestions:
Responses: 3"I have been teaching these strategies already for 10 years. I would like a training that isn't one-size-fits-all and is differentiated for those of us that have been employing the strategies but may have specific needs in our teaching setting that we need assistance on. I wish we could split into more specific teams based on our individual needs for trainings like this. It was validating, but will not change anything I already do."
"none"
"Please, please, please, please don't use AI re-interpretations of scholarly work. I would like you to pick a few passages from current research and have us discuss the ways to implement those ideas in our classrooms. But we know through multiple examples that AI is partially delusional. I do not trust the content of the article you presented because there was not an expert intelligence that expressed the ideas presented. For instance, in the second paragraph the opening sentence tells us that "Close reading addresses this problem [of an instructional approach that carefully guides comprehension and reduces cognitive overload] by helping students engage with texts as experts in their field." This is a nonsensical statement for two reasons: Middle and High students will never interact with texts as experts in any field, and a description of what *close reading* is has not been provided in the text prior to this paragraph. There are several other examples I could use to expound upon this point, but I hope broader point is made. I appreciate the desire of the presenter to integrate several different scholarly articles. I would like to read excerpts from those articles instead of AI word salad. I respect the finely-honed ideas of experts. I do not believe large language models can grasp the depth of meaning necessary to rightly teach complex topics."
Questions:
Responses: 3"In the Midwest, 5 states have jumped from being the worst in reading to being towards the top. They have done so by using the Science of Reading and 3rd grade retention for students who cannot pass. Are we using these methods? If not, why?"
"None."
"none"
Comments:
Responses: 3"none"
"Please read the Suggestions box above"
"I have been working with a person who has a doctorate in literacy, and for high schoolers, the method they first implement is structured reading, which is first identifying the kind of text they are reading for, so problem/solution, cause/effect, etc. "