Step #3: Skim, Read, and Step #3: Skim, Read, and SelectSelect

Skim:

•Before you read, look at your “T-Chart.”

What information do you need.

•Get an idea of the big ideas.

•Read through selection, find and mark

the paragraphs likely to contain details

which will help you.

Read:

• Read carefully the parts of the text which you have highlighted.

•Circle big ideas.

•Underline details which support the big ideas.

Select: •Place circled and underlined

portions of the text into notes.

•NOT necessary to copy out

entire sentences.

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December Days Are Short     December days are short, and so    there’s not much time to play,    the fun has hardly started    when the sun has gone away. 5 Today, right after breakfast,    while the sky was growing light,    I ran to meet my friends outside    and have a snowball fight.     We began to build a fortress10 then raced our wooden sleds,    we belly-whopped and spun like tops    and tumbled on our heads.     

We stopped for lunch, then once again    threw snowballs for a while,15 we made a giant snowman    with a really silly smile.     We fed some hungry pigeons    and went sliding on the ice,    my mother brought some cake for us,20 a dog ate half my slice.     We made another snowman    and we finished off our fort,    then suddenly, the sun went down...    December days are short.

Remember I’m simply scanning for parts of the text that might

help me.

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My ChartMy Chart

Big Idea Details/Evidence

Identify four (4) different things that poet says in this poem and provide an example of each.

“Days are short” describes a day that is full of action and fun activities.

1. Snowball fight—ran to meet friends.

2. Raced sleds took many tumbles.

3. Made 2 snowmen—lunch was served.

4. Skating—mom shows up with cake.

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Now it’s your TurnNow it’s your Turn

Read the Article Read the Article Found Below…Found Below…

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Skim Hints:

•Read first (topic sentences) and

last sentences of paragraphs.

•Look at Bold type and headings.

•Look at pictures.

•Read Italics at beginning and end

of article. Reading:

•Read what you’ve marked while skimming first.

•Look for actions

Selection Hints:

•Remember to look for 3 details to support the Big Idea.

•If more than one Big Idea—3 per Idea.

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