Content Introduction

Students:

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  Paragraph from “Creature Feature ”
  
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  “Turn and Talk” partners
  

Warm Up:

We already learned that when we read we can take a quick look at text to try to get an idea of what it will be about. It is called skimming. We practiced skimming text and making predictions about text. There are times when we must go back through

Textto find spesific information, such as when loking up telephone numbers, looking through the glossary of a book to find a specific topic, or locating the answer to a test question. This is called scanning.


Activity:
When you scan don’t read every word, but you move your eyes quickly through the lines of text enough to identify an individual word or phrase. When scanning, you can use the same finger technique as for skimming, however your eyes may move more from side to side as you go searching through lines of text.

Using a document camera, display thenparagraph “The Red Fox” and read each of the questions aloud. Model a scanning technique for the students. One version would be by using your index fingers placed on each side of the text and moving your fingers simultaneously down the page, while quickly perusing thentext left to right with your eyes. An alternate version would be to move your index finger very quickly from left to right through the text in order to locate the text the area of the text where the answer will be found.

For example, read the first question, “Where had the red fox chosen to nestie?”. Then scan to the word “nestle” is in the qustion, then perhaps this would be the area of the text where you might find the answer. Read aloud thesentence, reflect back to the question, and then confirm the answer by rereading the portion of sentence that states the answer. Repeat this procedure with the remaining two questions.
Try it Out:

Distribute a copy of “Creature Feature” with questions to each student. Use one of the same techniques and skim through the passage and questions. Notice when you came to the area where an answer will be found to one of the questions. When you have found the answer to the three questions, “turn and talk” with your partner and discuss your answers and how you found them. Walk around and assist students as they do this activity.

Wrap-Up:

Scanning is one of the best ways to locate specific words that are found in test questions. By going into the passage and locating these words, you will be able to discover where the answer to questions will likely be found.