In preparing to take the Reading Subtest of the Literacy and Communications Skills Test, you should bear in mind that everything you have read in and out of college has prepared you for this test.

The Reading section of the exam tests your ability to read and understand an essay. It also tests your competence in creating definitions for words. Both skills are good indicators of your potential as an educator.

Just as good teachers do more than offer facts and information to their students, good readers do more than simply scan information on the page. Both ascribe meaning to that information.

Good Teachers:  do not simply instruct; they tie their instruction together under a single theme. Good Readers:  look for the single theme or main idea of everything they read.

Good Teachers:  prioritize information.
Good Readers: recognize the important points in an essay.

Good Teachers:  pose questions that their students should answer as they learn.
Good Readers:  ask questions as they read.|

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