Close Reading Using Picture Books Lesson Bundle for Grades 3-5This bundle includes 5 close reading lessons. The lessons teach students how to read text closely for character development, theme, word choice, plot, and author's craft. These lessons were written by myself and two other teachers after we read the book Notice and Note by Beers and Probst, and after we attended a conference on the common core reading standards put on by Lucy Calkins. We thought to ourselves, "Wouldn't it be great if a