Study Skills for Grades 3

• Before you read the story...take a quick look at the questions.  They tell you what to look for as you read!

• If you see a new word, use the words around it as clues.  They will help you figure out what the new word means.

• Read all your answer choices before you decide.  Sometimes the last choice is best.

• Cross out silly answer choices to help get you closer to the right answer.

• Be able to prove your answers by finding and highlighting information in the story.

• If you see a name in the passage you can't read, just say your name instead.

• Stuck on a hard question?  Skip it and move on.  Come back to it later if time allows.

• Use picture clues.

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• Read! Read! Read! Read! Read!

• Read aloud to someone.

• Read different types of books and magazines. Find out what you like.

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• Make up stories and write them down.

• Use the punctuation marks when you read, they make a difference in the meaning.

• Turn on the closed caption on your TV and turn off the sound.

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