READING SKILLS VS.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
READING STRATEGIES
Reading Skills —
"automatic actions that result in
decoding and comprehension
with speed, efficiency, and
fluency and usually occur
without awareness of the
components or control
involved."
(Afflerbach, Pearson, & Paris,
2008, p. 368 )
Reading Strategies —
"de- liberate, goal-directed
attempts to control and modify
the reader’s efforts to decode
text, understand words, and
construct meanings of text."
(Afflerbach, Pearson, & Paris,
2008, p. 368 )
READING
R E A D I N G
Reading is not only our portal
into other worlds and a S T R A T E G I E S
gateway to knowledge.
According to reasearch,
Sefora Coca
reading has many positive
benefits for child CONT 905 002
development such as:
assisting in cognitive
development
empathy development
deeper understand of the
world around us
relationship building skills.
Not only does reading benefit
child development, it also
benefits and improves overall
academic skills.
vocabulary
creativity and imagination
increased focus and
concentration (Caio, 2016)
(Collier, 2019)
Helpful Resources Reading Skills Reading Strategies
https://www.readingrocket Jenniffer Serravallo, author of Prior Knowledge:
s.org/article/top-10- the Reading Strategies Book, Connecting what they know to
resources-comprehension says that the goal of using the text they are reading.
reading strategies is not to
https://www.amazon.ca/RE have our learners dependent Predicting:
ADING-STRATEGIES- on them, but rather the goal is Predicting what the text is about
BOOK-Jennifer- to create skillful readers that before reading.
Serravallo/dp/032507433X eventually outgrow the
reading strategies (Ferlazzo, Identifying Main Idea:
https://www.teachthought. 2015). Determining the point of the
com/literacy/25-reading- text and summarizing it.
strategies-that-work-in-
every-content-area/ Questioning:
Asking questions about the text
https://www.edutopia.org/a to make meaning.
rticle/6-elementary-
reading-strategies-really- Making Inferences:
work Drawing on prior knowledge to
read between the lines.

Visualizing
Using illustrations or mental
images to make meaning of the
text.
(Ferlic, 2017)
(Read Naturally, 2020).
 References
Afflerbach, P., Pearson, D., & Paris, S.G. (2008). Clarifying Differences Between Reading Skills and Reading Strategies. The
Reading Teacher. 61(5). 364-373. Retrieved from
http://northfieldtownshipschools.pbworks.com/f/Difference+between+reading+skills+and+strategies.pdf

Caio. (2016). Book Opened on White Surface Selective Focus Photography [Photograph]. Retrieved from
https://www.pexels.com/photo/blurred-book-book-pages-literature-46274/

Collier, E. (2019). Why is Reading so Important for Children. Retrieved from

https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/why-is-reading-important-for-children/

Ferlazzo, L. (2015). The Reading Strategies Book: An Interview with Jennifer Serravallo. Retrieved from
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2015/07/the_reading_strategies_book_an_interview_w
ith_jennifer_serravallo.html

Ferlic, J. (2017). Light Inside Library [Photograph]. Retrived from https://www.pexels.com/photo/blur-book-stack-books-

bookshelves-590493/

Read Naturally. 2020. 5 components of reading - Comprehension. Retrieved

from:https://www.readnaturally.com/research/5-components-of-reading/comprehension