Reading Comprehension Skills & Strategies - Level 4

Na m e : ___ Date: _

Directions:Directions: Skim the chart and predict what you will learn by studying it. Write your prediction.

Look here! When you skim, move your eyes

quickly over the information. Just look at what

jumps out at you.

Flu Report for January—Tennessee

CITY

STAGE

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Memphis High High High Low

Nashville High Peak Peak High

Knoxville Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate

Chattanooga Low Low Peak Peak

LEGEND

Peak

High

Moderate

Low

None

Write “yes” if the sentence is a conclusion you could draw or

something you could infer from the chart. Write “no” if it is not.

______ 1. The people in Knoxville seem to be the healthiest during January.

______ 2. As the month came to an end, not as many people in Memphis were sick.

______ 3. The situation was really bad in Chattanooga the whole month.

______ 4. Peak is probably equal to an epidemic, or a widespread numbers of cases.

______ 5. This chart shows all people who had the flu in January.

Source: Cases reported by doctors who saw ill patients.

My reading prediction was

❐on the mark ❐close ❐so-so ❐way off

Prediction: