At a loss...

Read a blog posting today about six steps for teaching close reading. Never mind how I feel about close reading the the emphasis being placed upon it by CCSS. Step One in the "directions" told teachers to begin by reading the selection themselves. Really? If step one has to instruct the teacher to preview the text, what hope do the kids in this class have of ever becoming lifelong readers? I have much more to say about this and about close reading and the other steps outlined in this blog post, but it needs to wait until I am not quite so upset at the almost condescending way teachers are treated. That, plus the Golden Globes is on and someone needs to snark tweet!