Be the best at reading

Be the best at reading

1. Get going! The more you read, the better you'll read! Try to read 30 minutes every day.

2. Nonfiction or informational → Real facts Fiction or fantasy → Fun

3. *There are many different genres or kinds of writing*

   • Informational — Narrative — Opinion — Procedural

4. • Table of contents → Front of the book, tells you what page each chapter starts on. • Glossary → Back of the book, tells you the definition of words in the book.

5. When you are looking for specific information, scan, or quickly look, for text features. When you have found what you are looking for, then you can re-read for specific details.

6. Nonfiction books → Use images to help you understand more about the facts. Fiction books → Use images to help you imagine the history better

7. Read online

   • Online texts have different text features from books or magazines
   • If you are looking for something specific on internet, its easier to use a search engine
   • You need to learn to tell the difference between internet sources that you trust and those that you should avoid