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e0117
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skimming-scanning-reading-strategies
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Reading Strategies | Elementary
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Topic
English Language Arts
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Title (level 2)
What Is Skimming & Scanning?
Title slug (identifier)
what-is-skimming-scanning
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Skimming and scanning is looking at a text to find information quickly.

  • Skimming is looking for the main idea of the text by reading some parts.

  • Scanning is looking for specific information without reading the whole text.

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Image of 2 texts. One is labelled as “skimming” and showing a lightbulb in a large speech bubble pointing at the text. The second is labelled “scanning” and is showing several small lightbulbs in speech bubbles pointing at different sections of the text.
Title (level 2)
Skimming & Scanning: How & Why?
Title slug (identifier)
skimming-scanning-how-why
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Strategy

 Examples of how to do it

Skimming
Looking for the general idea

Read

• Title
• Subtitles
• Headings

Look for
 

• Pictures
• Illustrations
• Graphs
• Tables
• Emphasized text (bold, italics, colours…)

Scanning
Looking for specific information

Look for

• Keywords
• Bullet lists
• Captions
• Emphasized text (bold, italics, colours…)
Title (level 2)
Skimming & Scanning at a Glance
Title slug (identifier)
skimming-scanning-at-a-glance
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Summary of the skimming and scanning reading strategies. Skimming is looking for the general idea. Read the titles, subtitles and headings. Look at the pictures, graphs, tables and any text that is bold, italicized or coloured. Scanning is looking for specific information. Look for keywords, bullet lists, captions on pictures and any emphasized text.
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ie0117-2 - Skimming & Scanning at a Glance - downloadable
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Title (level 2)
Reading Strategies at a Glance
Title slug (identifier)
reading-strategies
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Summary table of the 12 reading strategies: previewing, activating prior knowledge, making predictions, decoding, visualizing, questioning, annotating, making connections, graphic organizers, inferring, summarizing and skimming & scanning.
File
Reading Strategies at a Glance - downloadable
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See Also
Title slug (identifier)
see-also
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Links
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Internal
Title
Previewing – Reading Strategies
Internal link
/en/students/vl/english/reading-strategies-previewing-0-e0106
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Internal
Title
Activating Prior Knowledge – Reading Strategies
Internal link
/en/students/vl/english/activating-prior-knowledge-reading-strategies-e0107
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Internal
Title
Making Predictions – Reading Strategies
Internal link
/en/students/vl/english/making-predictions-reading-strategies-e0108
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Internal
Title
Decoding – Reading Strategies
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/en/students/vl/english/decoding-reading-strategies-e0109
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Internal
Title
Visualizing – Reading Strategies
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/en/students/vl/english/visualizing-reading-strategies-e0110
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Internal
Title
Questioning – Reading Strategies
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/en/students/vl/english/questioning-reading-strategies-e0111
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Internal
Title
Annotating – Reading Strategies
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/en/students/vl/english/annotating-reading-strategies-e0112
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Internal
Title
Making Connections – Reading Strategies
Internal link
/en/students/vl/english/making-connections-reading-strategies-e0113
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Internal
Title
Inferring – Reading Strategies
Internal link
/en/students/vl/english/inferring-reading-strategies-e0115
Type
Internal
Title
Summarizing – Reading Strategies
Internal link
/en/students/vl/english/summarizing-reading-strategies-e0116
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Internal
Title
Graphic Organizers – Reading Strategies
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/en/students/vl/english/graphic-organizers-reading-strategies-e0114
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