My Journey to the Centers of the Classroom 3

This year I have a specific group of kids that can read every word on the page, but they struggle to understand what they read.  One of my favorite resources I've started using is close reading passages from the 24/7 Teacher.  I love these because each passage has four different reading levels. They also have different questions that are leveled from questions that are explicitly in the text, questions about new vocabulary, and inference and higher level questions.  I love these because she has themed ones for each month and there are more than I can possibly ever use.