Links to two resources

Here are two links from teachers pay teachers for close reading freebies. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Close-Reading-1117273 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative-Language-Stories-for-Close-Reading-FREE-Complete-Week-1-749675

Scholastic's Take on Close Reading

Great article picking out the "most important" ideas of Close Reading - "Close Reading for Dummies"-ish.  Would be good for quick reference.  Then gives some of their own resources available for purchase @ the end of the article - resources are geared towards grades 2+.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/04/investigating-nonfiction-part-2-digging-deeper-close-reading

Free Close Reading Resources on TeachersNotebook

These are some great FREE downloads from teachersnotebook.com - a site very similar to TeachersPayTeachers.  Free to join!  I simply typed in "close reading" in the search field & resources for all grade levels popped up.

http://www.teachersnotebook.com/search/results/price/0?keyword=close%20reading

Heinemann Publishing Videos for Notice & Note

Resource of several YouTube videos published by Heinemann Publishing, the publishers of Notice & Note.  

Videos:
- Strategies for Close Reading
- The Importance of Close Reading
- Collaborating to Foster Will and Skill
- Rigor and Text
- The Influence of Louise Rosenblatt
- Literature in the Contemporary Curriculum

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0B36B731E6CD4DC1

Resource

Here's a link to the resource I used for part of my close reading project.  The "Thinking Notes" cards were especially useful and my students really enjoyed working with them.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Close-Reading-Nonfiction-Texts-for-Upper-Elementary-Opening-Day-Freebie-1162922

First Grade Resource

Here's an additional resource by the same creator of the lesson that I used for my project.  This is the winter edition.  It contains 5 nonfiction and 5 fiction close reading passages.  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Close-Reading-for-1st-Grade-Winter-Edition-1057673

Resource

Here's a link to the resource that I used with my class for the close reading project.  I found it very beneficial for students, and they truly enjoyed it!  It contains both fiction and non-fiction passages.  This is the spring edition.
 http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Close-Reading-for-1st-Grade-Spring-Edition-1116666