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Monday, November 9, 2020

Reading Skills

 What is a Reading Skill?

Reading skills are skills used in order to gain meaning and knowledge from a piece of text.

Some examples of reading skills are vocabulary, reading comprehension and fluency. 


What is a Reading Strategy?

Reading strategies are strategies used by reading beginners to help them harvest information and knowledge and transform print to meaning.


Both reading skills & reading strategies are important to readers because they help develop imagination in learning readers, improve communication skills, and strengthens mental muscles.


Reading Techniques

Skimming. Skimming will help you grasp the general idea or gist of a text. 

Scanning. Scanning allows you to locate precise information.

Detailed reading. Detailed reading allows you to critically consider aspects of the text.

Revision reading.

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Acronym:

P - Predict

E - Evaluate

A - Annotate (Read Aloud)

R - Re-Read

S - Summarize

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