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Skimming VS. Scanning: Grade 7

Skimming involves quickly reading a text to get the general idea or main points, such as when browsing books in a store. Scanning is reading specifically to find a single piece of information, like looking up a term in a science textbook. The key differences are that skimming focuses on general understanding while scanning searches only for specific facts without reading everything.

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Skimming VS. Scanning: Grade 7

Skimming involves quickly reading a text to get the general idea or main points, such as when browsing books in a store. Scanning is reading specifically to find a single piece of information, like looking up a term in a science textbook. The key differences are that skimming focuses on general understanding while scanning searches only for specific facts without reading everything.

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SKIMMING

VS.
SCANNING

GRADE 7
SKIMMING

– Is reading a text quickly to get a general idea


of meaning.
– It is something you usually do when you see
a book in the bookstore to check if it will
interest you.
SCANNING

– Is reading to find specific information only.


It is something you would normally do when
you need to find out from your science
textbook what a specific term means.
SIMMING SCANNING
CHARACTERISTIC * Looking only for the general or * Looking for specific fact or piece of
main ideas information without reading
everything

SAMPLE * Reviewing where you do not read * Looking for your friend’s number in
everything but only the information your contacts
you would like to recall more.

STEPS * Looking at the title, the * Determining the in formation you


introduction, the first paragraph, the are looking for
topic sentences, and the headings * Understanding how a material is
and subheading. structured
* Knowing how a material is
arranged (alphabetical,
chronological, categorical)

REASON FOR USE * Getting a large quantity of * Finding details and other
information within a few minutes information fast
* Finding specific pieces of
information

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