Reading Skills

Identify the following group of words as either a complete sentence or a fragment.

Skate the program beautifully.

• Fragment

• Complete sentence

Floods can cause tremendous damage.  They can ruin houses, roads and buildings. Floods can take down trees and cause mudslides. It often leaves mud, sand and debris behind.  It can take months to clean up after a flood.
 What is the main idea?

• Floods can cause a lot of damage.
• Floods cause mudslides.
• Floods damage houses and roads. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.
 What is the main idea?

• Soccer is important at the Olympics.
• Soccer is a worldwide sport.
• Soccer is also called football.
• Soccer is played by men and women.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

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.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.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.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

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

• Skimming

• Scanning

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.11-12.2B

When you read the opening and closing of the paragraph or text, you are...

• skimming

• scanning

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Skimming is mostly used while reading a newspaper or magazine.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.10