SQ3R is a reading strategy formed from its letters:

Survey! Question! Read! Recite! Review!

Before you read, Survey the chapter:

• the title, headings, and subheadings
• captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps
• review questions or teacher-made study guides
• introductory and concluding paragraphs
• summary

Question while you are surveying:

• Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions
• Read questions at the end of the chapters or after each subheading
• Ask yourself,
  “What did my instructor say about this chapter or subject
  when it was assigned?”
• Ask yourself,
  “What do I already know about this subject?”

When you begin to Read:

• Look for answers to the questions you first raised
• Answer questions at the beginning or end of chapters or study guides
• Reread captions under pictures, graphs, etc.
• Note all the underlined, italicized, bold printed words or phrases
• Study graphic aids
• Reduce your speed for difficult passages
• Stop and reread parts which are not clear
• Read only a section at a time and recite after each section

Recite after you’ve read a section:

• Orally ask yourself questions about what you have just read, or summarize, in your own words, what you read
• Take notes from the text but write the information in your own words
• Underline or highlight important points you’ve just read
• Reciting:
  The more senses you use the more likely you are to remember what you read Triple strength learning: Seeing, saying, hearing
  Quadruple strength learning: Seeing , saying , hearing, writing!!!

Review: an ongoing process 

• After you have read and recited the entire chapter,
  write questions in the margins for those points
  you have highlighted or underlined.
• If you took notes while reciting,
  write questions for the notes you have taken
  in the left hand margins of your notebook.
• Page through the text and/or your notebook to re-acquaint yourself
  with the important points. 
• Make additional flash cards if necessary.