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Skills
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Definition
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Example
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Predicting
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It allows students to use information from the text, such as titles, headings, pictures and diagrams to anticipate what will happen in the story.
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When reading a children´s book they can make predictions by looking at the pictures.
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Finding the main idea, important facts and supporting details.
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Additional information that explains, defines or proves an idea.
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When reading a text to make a summary.
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Reading for specific information
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It allows reader to find certain information in a text.
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When answering a questionnaire.
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Recognizing the structure of a reading
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Allows reader to understand and gather information.
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When making a graphic organizer of a reading.
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Making inferences
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Drawing conclusions based on information that has been implied rather than directly stated.
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When reading a novel, we use this skill to imagine the end.
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Critical reading
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It is the act of analyzing and evaluating what you are reading as you make your way through the text or as you reflect back upon your reading.
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The readings one makes to gather information to write and essay.
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Fast or speed reading
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The act of reading faster than usual.
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This skill we use it when we are skimming.
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Scanning
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One only looks for a specific fact or piece of information without reading everything.
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When summarizing or studying.
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Skimming
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Looking only for the general or main ideas, and works best with non-fiction (or factual) material.
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This skill is perfect when making a graphic organizer.
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Concept
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Definition
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Reading
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The skill or activity of getting information from books.
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Skill
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An ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it.
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Reading skills
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Reading skills lead a person to interact and gain meaning from written language.
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