What is the Monitor Comprehension Strategy? |
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Monitoring Comprehension is an on-going awareness of the quality of the processing of text. It is when the students realize the text is or is not making sense (Clewell, 2015). Once realizing the text does not make sense, students can take the right steps to restore the meaning. This strategy is a component of the Reciprocal Teaching model mentioned in one of the other pages (Gunther and Lindstrom, 2015). It is beneficial because it helps students focus on whether they are comprehending the text or not. Students can be taught to ask questions, reread, restate, and visualize making the text more comprehensible (Gunther and Lindstrom, 2015). It should be used during and after reading a given text (Clewell, 2015). Learn more about monitoring comprehension by renting/buying the strategy books listed in the button below.
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Learn: the more altering texts used, the more students will learn about monitoring comprehension (Clewell, 2015).
Help: Students monitor their own comprehension by giving them the vocabulary to discuss what is happening to them as they read (Clewell, 2015). Discover: learn about strategies that can help students when they slip. Can use student checklist to help stay on track (Clewell, 2015). Assess: Observe whether students show signs of understanding or lack of understanding while they read (Clewell, 2015). |
The video to the right has the speaker explain what it is like to be a good reader. She also describes what monitoring comprehension is. "Monitor and clarify if nothing makes sense, you can get another try" is the quote the students knew to help explain the meanings to themselves.
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The following website includes a graphic organizer that breaks down each step of how monitoring comprehension should be used.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/comprehension/flowchartofbehavior.pdf
http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/comprehension/flowchartofbehavior.pdf
Writing Standards
- Grade(s): 6
Standard: 6.5.1.1. – Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. - Grade(s): 6_
Standard: 6.5.2.2. – Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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The children in this video explain what they think good readers do while reading. This is important for students to be able to do in their own words so they understand what they can and should be doing while reading. The video describes what monitoring comprehension is, when it is used, how, and why the strategy is important.
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