Reading to Learn Stage - ANSWER stage requires students to decode written language,
understand the content, and obtain vital information from the content
Scanning a text - ANSWER a strategy to find a piece of information in text without read-
ing it all
Headings - ANSWER The identifying letters and numbers for columns and rows. Columns
are identified with letters, rows with numbers.
Indices - ANSWER plural of index, guides
Boldface - ANSWER Text that is made darker because of significant importance.
Italics - ANSWER printed in or using characters that slope to the right
Skimming a text - ANSWER Look for main idea of content using:
Major headings
Table of contents
Bold letters
Graphic materials
Summary paragraphs
SQ4R - ANSWER survey, question, read, reflect, recite, review (students often use plans
such as SQ4R when reading text in content areas)
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