Reading skills enable readers to turn writing into meaning and achieve the goals of independence, comprehension, and fluency.

Reading skills are specific abilities which enable a reader

• to read the written form as meaningful language
• to read anything written with independence, comprehension and fluency, and
• to mentally interact with the message.

Here are some kinds of reading skills:

• Word attack skills let the reader figure out new words.
• Comprehension skills help the reader predict the next word, phrase, or sentence quickly enough to speed recognition.
• Fluency skills help the readers see larger segments, phrases, and groups of words as wholes.
• Critical reading skills help the reader see the relationship of ideas and use these in reading with meaning and fluency.