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Monitoring Comprehension Teaching Resources

Use this collection of resources when teaching students how to monitor their comprehension when reading a piece of text. Teaching children to monitor their comprehension means teaching them to notice the thinking they do as they read. This can be the most difficult reading strategy to teach a child. Let us help! Use the Reading Comprehension Strategy PowerPoint – Monitoring Comprehension to introduce your students to the concept and then work through the examples and the guided, whole-class activity to solidify the concept. Also provided are some posters to display in your elementary classroom, worksheets, bookmarks, and flashcards.

32 of 68 teaching resources for those 'aha' moments

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The Women's Rights Movement Worksheets - Comprehension

Read, write, and discover facts about the women’s rights movement with a reading passage and comprehension worksheet pack.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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The Changing Seasons Comprehension Worksheets

Read and write about the changing seasons with a comprehension passage and worksheet.

1 page Grades: 1 - 3
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History of Halloween – Reading Comprehension Worksheet

A comprehension task paired with an article about the history of Halloween.

1 page Grades: 5 - 6
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Reading Strategy Posters

Posters to remind your students of the different reading strategies.

6 pages Grades: K - 3
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Reading Strategy Bookmark

Bookmarks to remind your students of the different reading strategies.

1 page Grades: K - 3
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Boston Tea Party Reading and Writing Pack

Enhance your students' close reading strategies, vocabulary, and writing skills with a Boston Tea Party reading passage and accompanying activities.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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Read and Draw a Story Worksheets

Practice reading comprehension with kindergarten and first-grade students with a set of Read and Draw comprehension worksheets.

1 page Grades: K - 1
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Reading and Writing Nonfiction Text: Tornado Worksheet Bundle

Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills using a high-interest reading passage about Tornadoes.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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The Pony Express - Comprehension Passage Worksheet

Teach your students how to write a constructed response paragraph and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a free Pony Express worksheet and ten-question comprehension assessment.

1 page Grades: 3 - 5
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Daniel Boone Constructed Response Worksheet

Integrate reading, writing, and American history with a constructed response worksheet about Daniel Boone and American Westward Expansion.

1 page Grades: 2 - 5
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Mexican Cession- Constructed Response Passage Worksheet

Teach your students how to write a good constructed response and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a Mexican Cession-based Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.

2 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Westward Expansion Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Build reading comprehension skills with a Westward Expansion reading passage and assessment.

2 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Nonfiction Comprehension Worksheet Pack for First Grade

Integrate science, social studies, and first grade reading comprehension skills with a group of ten nonfiction reading comprehension worksheets.

22 pages Grades: K - 1
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Inspirational Women Profiles Poster Pack

A set of 7 posters profiling inspirational women from around the world.

7 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Marshall vs. Tubman Differentiated Paired Passage Worksheets

Combine reading and history content with differentiated reading comprehension worksheets.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Reading and Writing Nonfiction Text: Earth Day Close Read Worksheets

Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.

11 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Mars vs. Earth - Differentiated Paired Passage Worksheets

Learn about the planets with differentiated compare and contrast passages, activities, and writing opportunities.

5 pages Grades: 3 - 5
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Point of View Task Cards - Beginner Set

Use these colorful, fun task cards to help your beginning reader identify first, and third-person point of view (POV)

7 pages Grades: 2 - 5
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In My Eyes (Poem) - Poetry Reading Comprehension Activity

Practice analyzing poetry with this poem and set of comprehension questions.

4 pages Grades: 4 - 6
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120 Comprehension Strategy Question Cards

A set of 120 open-ended question cards to help students apply comprehension strategies when reading.

40 pages Grades: 2 - 6
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Flashcards

A set of flashcards displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.

4 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Display Posters

A set of posters displaying symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.

4 pages Grades: 3 - 6
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Monitoring Comprehension Symbols Poster

A poster of symbols students can use to monitor their understanding of a text.

1 page Grades: 3 - 6
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Individual Strategy Bookmarks

Bookmarks displaying the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.

2 pages
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Monitoring Comprehension Worksheet

A resource focusing on the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.

2 pages Grades: 4 - 6
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Reading Comprehension Strategies PowerPoint - Monitoring

A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template explaining the reading comprehension strategy of monitoring.

14 pages Grades: 4 - 6
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Question Flashcards

A set of question cards to use when working with the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.

28 pages Grades: 1 - 6
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies Poster Pack

A pack of 7 posters which explain the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.

7 pages
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies Bookmark

A bookmark displaying the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.

1 page
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Question Mats

A set of question mats to use when working with the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.

6 pages
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Tolsby Frame Poster Pack

Use these Super Six comprehension question posters in the Ikea Tolsby Frames.

2 pages
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Monitor Understanding Poster

A poster highlighting how to monitor understanding when reading a piece of text.

1 page Grades: 3 - 6