SCANNING

Krian Clyde Verdon

Azalia Kaethe Escanillas
Carissa Zycah Beltran
Why are reading
strategies
important?
Reading strategies as a
mental process helps the
reader efficiently
comprehend text. In other
words, they're the tools
readers use to understand
what's written on a page.
These strategies can be
taught directly to students
and are critical for literacy
development.
WHAT IS SCANNING?

Scanning
• A reading strategy that
involves reading rapidly
in order to find specific
information, or facts.
• When you’re scanning,
you’re not supposed to
read every word.
Scanning is reading
quickly. Like Skimming.
SCANNING FOR
RESEARCH AND
STUDY
SCANNING FOR
RESEARCH AND STUDY
Like Skimming, Scanning too, uses
keywords. But unlike Skimming, in which
you only use for getting the main idea,
Scanning is scanning quickly to locate
specific information or facts.

Facts may be buried within long test

passages that have relatively little else to
do with your topic or claim. Skim this
material first to see if it has the contents
that you need. By that, I mean you look for
keywords and try to get the main idea, to
know if it involves what you are looking
for.
SCANNING FOR
RESEARCH AND STUDY
After Skimming and understanding and
getting the idea, that it has what you are
looking for, go ahead and scan:

1. Know what you’re looking for. It is

meant as, you should decide keywords
or phrases related to the main idea.
Search terms if you will.

2. Look for only one keyword at a time.

If you are doing multiple keywords
you have to do multiple scans. It
depends if you are able to do so.
SCANNING FOR
RESEARCH AND STUDY
After Skimming and understanding and
getting the idea, that it has what you are
looking for, go ahead and scan:

3. Let your eyes float or move rapidly on

the page. Move your eyes quickly, until you
find the keyword or phrase you want.

4. When your eye catches one of the

keywords, read the surrounding
material, carefully.
SCANNING TO
ANSWER
QUESTIONS
 SCANNING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
If you are scanning for
facts to answer a specific
question, one step is already
done for you; The question
FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
1. Read each question completely, before
starting to scan. Choose your keywords
from the question.
2. Look for answers to only one question at a
time. Scan separately for each question.

itself already supplies the
3.
keywords. The question,
gives you keywords.
4.
When you locate a keyword, read the
surrounding text carefully, to see if it is
relevant.
Re-read the question, and the answer, to
determine if the answer you found
answers this question.
TIPS IN SCANNING
(OVERALL)
1. Think about the
information that you are
looking for. If you are
looking for numeric
information, look for
numbers first.

If you are looking for a

person, scan for names.
TIPS IN SCANNING
(OVERALL)
2. Only pay attention to the
word or phrase that you are
looking for. Don’t read the text
for meaning.

3. Move your eyes quickly

across the page until you find
the information.
EXAMPLES
OF
SCANNING
 1.
Looking up a word at the
dictionary.
2.
Reading at a website.
3.
To find a phone number or an
address in a directory.
..That’s all.
Thank you!
Krian Clyde Verdon
Azalia Kaethe Escanillas
Carissa Zycah Beltran