Skimming & Scanning – Reading Strategies

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Reading Strategies | Elementary

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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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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
Skimming Looking for the general idea	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…)

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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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Reading Strategies at a Glance

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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.

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