This action research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of close reading strategies in developing reading skills for 6^th grade, primary stage students. The research focused on improving three reading sub-skills: skimming, scanning, and giving opinions. An action research design was employed. A pre/post reading skills test was administered to the research group students (n = 12) before and after participating in close reading activities. The activities were designed to enhance skimming, scanning, and opinion formation through close textual analysis. The results of the pre and post-test revealed a significant improvement in research group students' reading skills. This suggests that the close reading strategy was effective in developing reading comprehension skills for the research group students. In conclusion, this research demonstrates the potential of close reading strategies to enhance reading skills for primary stage students. The combination of close reading activities and a focus on specific skills like skimming, scanning, and forming opinions proved to be a successful approach for developing reading comprehension.