[MOSAIC] Reading skills vs strategies- HELP!

[Angela Almond]

"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv"
<mosaic at literacyworkshop.org> on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 11:18 PM
-0500 wrote:
>Isn't inferring and summarizing used to figure out main idea?

That's why inferring and summarizing are considered strategies and main
idea a skill.  Strategies are used while reading to master the skills of
comprehension.

Angela Hatley Almond
Fourth Grade
East Albemarle Elementary School