Monitor Comprehension

Keep track of your thinking as you read, listen and view

Sentence Stems:

I’m thinking…

I’m noticing ...

I’m wondering…

It reminds me of …

I’m feeling …

I can relate to ____ because ….

Visualize

Making a picture in your mind

Sentence Stems:

I’m picturing…

In my mind, I see …

When it said ____, I could picture …

I can imagine …

My mental image is ...

Infer

Using what you know and clues from the text to form an opinion or idea  

Sentence Stems:

I’m thinking …

I infer …

My guess is …

It could be that …

Maybe …

This could mean...

Predict

To foretell or think what will happen next 

Sentence Stems:

I predict …

I think …

My guess is …

Maybe ...

Ask Questions

asking/ wondering why of the story, the author, of our thoughts 

Sentence Stems:

I wonder ...

Who …                    

What …                  

Where …                

When …

How or Why ...

Determine Importance

Most important ideas/parts in a text

Sentence Stems:

The big idea is …

The most important thing I learned was …

This makes me think…

I want to remember …

What matters to me is ...

Synthesize

Use the information you learned with what you already know to construct meaning 

Sentence Stems:

I used to think ______ but now I think …

My new thinking is …

I’m beginning to think …

I’m changing my mind about …

Now I understand why ...

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