One Note

1. Close and Critical Reading in
One Note
SHEILA MAJASK
DIGITAL INNOVATORS GROUP

2. NEWSELA

3. Max Reading Level

4. 1080 Lexile Level

5. 640 Lexile Level

9. Tips and Tricks
 Use a mouse
Students have a hard time highlighting with a touchpad. Try using an attached mouse to make the job easier. A
touch-enabled device would work well too.
 Find High Interest Readings
Close reading strategies work best when students are interested in the topic. I use articles on current events
that students ask about or talk about in class. Use websites such as NEWSELA, TweenTribune, Wonderopolis,
andDogoNews.
 Give Students a Choice
You can offer several different articles for students to choose from, and they can copy the article of their choice
into their notebook from the options you make available in the content library.
 Find Leveled Texts
For readers of different abilities, find texts of differing Lexile levels. Use NEWSELA to find articles with different
Lexile choices.
 Model for Your Students
The best way to show students the process is to model for them what you expect. Make a screencast of the
process of copying the article from the content library into their own notebook, and then the process for close
reading in OneNote. Use Screencast-o-matic or another tool to capture the video and then share a link to the
video in your Class Notebook.