Essential Skills are the skills needed for work, learning and life. They provide the foundation for learning all other skills. This 3-level course explores essential reading skills and strategies for understanding, identifying important information for summarizing and content to help build vocabulary. Learners should work with their mentor to choose the level that fits their needs. Learners will progress through the content regularly to keep their account active.

Level 1 of 3 - This course aims to explore the essential reading skills and strategies to aid your comprehension and reading for everyday purposes. Topics include context clues, finding main ideas, using a dictionary and more.

Topics include:

• Finding Main Ideas
• Drawing Conclusions
• Working with Order
• Using Context Clues
• Using the Dictionary
• Using What you Know to Read Stories