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Reading Comprehension Strategies

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Reading Comprehension Strategies

Student reading with comprehension strategies

📚 Part 1: Understanding Reading Strategies

Success Criteria: I can explain what skimming, scanning and summarising mean and identify when to use each strategy.

1. Match each reading strategy to its correct definition by drawing lines:
Skimming
Scanning
Summarising
Looking for specific information or keywords
Reading quickly to get the main idea
Writing the key points in your own words
2. When would you use each strategy? Choose the best answer for each situation:

Looking for a phone number in the Yellow Pages:

Skimming

Scanning

Summarising

Getting the main idea from a news article:

Skimming

Scanning

Summarising

3. Which reading supports help you focus better? (Tick all that apply):

Coloured overlays

Reading rulers

Audio recordings

Taking breaks

Highlighting key words

🔍 Part 2: Practice with Strategies

Success Criteria: I can use skimming and scanning to find information and create a summary with main ideas.

Read the text your teacher provides, then complete the activities below:

4. Skimming Practice: After reading quickly through the whole text, what is the main topic?
5. Scanning Practice: Find and write down three specific facts or numbers from the text:

Fact 1: _________________________________

Fact 2: _________________________________

Fact 3: _________________________________

6. Summarising Practice: Use the framework below to summarise your text:

Who or what is this about?

___________________________________________

What happened or what is the main point?

Why is this important or interesting?

💭 Part 3: Reflection and Personal Strategies

Success Criteria: I can identify strategies that help me focus and understand texts better.

7. Which reading strategy did you find most helpful today and why?
8. What is one strategy you will use next time reading becomes difficult?
9. Rate how confident you feel using these strategies (circle one):

Not confident yet ---- Getting there ---- Confident ---- Very confident

        1                          2                        3                            4

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