Here is how to use the SQ3R method:

Survey - Quickly skim the assignment and read headings, captions, etc.

Question - Ask what you want to learn. Also, ask questions teachers might ask.

Read - Stay busy. Take notes and look up words you don’t know.

Recite - Answer the question you asked. Say the answers out loud.

Review - Look over what you’ve read. Relate class notes to your reading