Skim and Scan

Find the chapter or section that will answer a question, and scan for a fact.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 58

You don't always have to read a whole book to find something. Skim: look quickly at titles, chapter names, and headings to see what's where.
Want to know how to stay safe near a volcano? Skim the chapter titles. Staying Safe, on page 21, is the one to read!
Scan: when you need one fact, run your eyes over the text looking for a key word or a number. Then read just that part.
When did the swamp become a wildlife refuge? Scan for a year. There it is: 1937!

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

3.P.EICC.3.b — Scan and skim the text, making note of structures and sections that might be most useful. (I)
3.T.SS.1.a — Describe how texts are arranged to represent information and ideas using text features (e.g., map, captions) and organizational structures (e.g., cause/effect), referring to parts of texts using terms such as chapter or section. (I)