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Scaffolding Textbook Skills
AKA-How to read your textbook…

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What are you already doing and
where do you want to go?
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Identify what needs to happen at
each stage…
Pre Reading Titles, text organization, bold
words, examples
Question
During Reading Active, answer questions
Post Reading Review notes, vocabulary, do
practice problems

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SQ3R-a model

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SURVEY
Goal: Preview the chapter
 Headings
 Sample Problems
 Homework problems
 Vocabulary-identify and look up
 Class notes
 Review equations or terms
 Other ideas?
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QUESTION
Goal: Formulate questions
 Identify questions you have from reading
 Questions, Confusions, Comments
 Reframe title headings as questions
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READ
Goal: Answer questions/notes
 Just do it.
 Separate in to sections/chapters.
 Answer questions.
 Note: at this point all vocabulary and
symbols should already be identified.
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STUDY THE PROBLEMS
Goal: Dissect sample problems
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 MOST CRITICAL!
 View and analyze examples from text
 Rewrite in own words
 Identify:
 Concepts
 Formulas
 Rules
 Methods
 Any steps combined?
 Similarities/Differences to homework problems
 Diagrams, labels, drawings

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STUDY THE PROBLEMS
 MOST CRITICAL!
 View and analyze examples from text
 Rewrite in own words
 Identify:
 Concepts
 Formulas
 Rules
 Methods
 Any steps combined?
 Similarities/Differences to homework problems
 Diagrams, labels, drawings

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REVIEW
 Review chapter
 Review notes
 Review sample and homework problems
 Review vocabulary terms, symbols and formulas
 List concepts and formulas
 Additional practice problems

12. Section: _________ Title: ______________________________________________ Date: _______
SURVEY Headings:
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One interpretation…
Sample Problems:
Vocabulary:
Review equations/terms:
QUESTION Q: Q:
(questions,
comments, A: A:
confusions)
Q: Q:
A: A:
READ Section I
Section II
Section III
STUDY THE Problem (page number)
PROBLEMS
(rewrite in your
own words)
Problem (page number)
REVIEW Review notes, homework problems, chapter, sample problems, etc.

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Post-its
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