Second graders add and subtract amounts of money.

Middle schoolers use the Internet to research an article. When they find an article they like, it be printed and they highlight the important information and present to the class.

Teacher reads aloud to the students the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all information outside the boxes should not be read to the students. Possible student...

Students research the political context of the Winter Olympics in general and within certain countries in particular. They read authentic, published articles on the topic from the Internet and add this information to the spreadsheet as...

Seventh graders participate in a "Solve the Media Center Mystery" using the directions that are included in the lesson. They role play as detectives as complete the activity and choose a research topic. They develop questions that they...

Seventh graders use a variety of research tools to locate information about a topic that is included in a novel that they are reading. They work with a partner to research the topic, record bibliographic information, and to complete a...

This site contains a lesson plan for teaching skimming and scanning to young adults and adults.

Contains plans for two lessons on locating supporting details that are part of a larger unit on researching a state symbol. It works on skills like determining the most important information, using key words to identify relevant...

This site from the Chulalongkorn University contains general information on skimming and scanning when reading.

This lesson focuses on scanning; it defines it, discusses its purpose, and explains things to look for. It offers both text and audio formats.

This lesson plan explains how to scan for key words and phrases in questions to help you understand what the question is asking. Then to scan the passage until you find the key words leading you to the answers you seek. It provides...

Contains plans for two or three lessons that teach searching, skimming, and scanning skills using an internet bingo game that is easily adaptable to a variety of topics. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...

Text accompanied by questions leads students through process of skimming (glancing through text for main idea), scanning (searching text for specific information) and interpretation (grasping and reacting to the deeper message).

Tutorial on how to skim and scan text and the difference between them. For adult learners.

Learn to tackle even the most difficult of reading assignments through skimming and scanning. This website overviews what skimming and scanning are and provides several links with techniques on becoming an effective reader.

This lesson explains how to scan a question for the main idea.

This illustrated and animated site is specifically designed for English language learners whose first language is Arabic. Ask-and-Answer online quizzes and games help students understand various aspects of English grammar and vocabulary,...

This instructional activity focuses on reading strategies including scanning, skimming, SQ3R, High-5 Reading Strategies, technology, and rhetorical context. It includes text information and videos.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information for different types of reading. The differences among study reading, skimming, and scanning are provided so that students can be flexible readers.

Gives specific advice on the most effective way to gain information through reading, especially necessary because the glut of information has created "an increasing need for the ability to scan." There are suggestions on how to decide...

This site gives a method, called SQRW, that can help you with your reading. It is very similar to SQ3R.

This lesson explains the different rates of reading. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.