Skimming and Scanning

What is scanning?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
• Quickly reading over a text to find some specific information which is focused upon.
• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

What is skimming?

• Quickly reading over a text to get the general gist.
• Quickly reading over a text to find a specific piece of information which is focused upon
• Taking the time to understand the whole text in depth.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

Looking through a Google search list is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

Looking up the meaning of a word in the Dictionary is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4B

Looking through a magazine to check what articles to read is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.3.2E

CCSS.L.6.6

Scrolling through Instagram to see what's popular is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

Looking where to buy Avengers movie in a magazine is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

Skimming is mostly used while reading a newspaper or magazine.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RF.4.4B

CCSS.RF.5.4A

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.10

If you were reading a patient's case notes in order to gain a general overview of the patient, which reading strategy would be the most useful?

• Skimming
• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

Looking for your flight number at the airport information board is an example of...?

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5