Reading Skills — Course Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to say:

I can...

• use cognitive actions (reading strategies) throughout the reading
• process to construct and maintain meaning
• use a vocabulary chart to better understand what information a
• vocabulary word communicates
• study a chart and answer questions about the information it
• contains.
• use the SQ3R reading method to read, process, and remember
• information from a text
• use vocabulary in context strategies as aids in understanding a
• reading passage
• use graphics, text features, and literary forms as aids in
• understanding a reading passage
• recognize text forms and structures
• identify the topic and main idea of a paragraph
• identify the topic sentence and supporting details of a paragraph
• write a summary of a reading selection
• create an outline of a reading selection
• make inferences from different kinds of reading
• apply the reading strategies taught in this block to an unfamiliar
• text