Why Use Comprehension-Monitoring Lessons
Good readers always ask if what they are reading makes sense and use various self-monitoring
strategies that help them find clues that provide a clearer understanding of text.
Monitoring their own comprehension helps readers pay closer attention to what they are
reading, and ensures that they stop and think about what they have read in order to understand
it before answering questions about it.
How to Use Comprehension-Monitoring Lessons
Each Comprehension-Monitoring Lesson focuses on different strategies that help students examine
and adjust their understanding when they realize the text they are reading is not making sense.
Students use printable and projectable resources to perform vocabulary and word analysis tasks,
such as using context clues and word part examination, to ensure that what they read makes sense.
Like the other Test-Taking Skill & Strategy Lessons, the lessons targeting comprehension monitoring
follow a similar instructional approach of model, practice, and assess that includes a sample dialog
section called I Do, We Do, You Do that helps teachers gradually release responsibility for
learning to students.