Have students use these reading codes to focus their reading. When students use these reading codes they are finding important ideas, important vocabulary, asking questions, and making connections. It also gives the teacher a quick, easy, formative assessment, and a glimpse into what the reader is thinking. These are easy to use for non-fiction text which is a heavy focus of the Common Core Standards.
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