Monitoring
- Estimate one’s confidence
- Check for understanding while reading text
- Rereading
- Questioning
- Using “fix up” strategies while reading
US Dept. of Education, Reading Comprehension Definition - a PowerPoint presentation defining monitoring in reading comprehension and an overview of strategies to teach monitoring.
ERIC database, Monitoring Article - "Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension," article by Joanna Williams, about strategic processing and monitoring.
Flowchart, Monitoring Activity - downloadable PDF flowchart of monitoring behavior.
Stop, Ask, Fix Student Checklist - downloadble PDF checklist for students and teachers to use to evaluate monitoring behaviors.
Reading Rockets, Comprehension Article - teaching monitoring as a component of reading comprehension instruction.