What are Self Monitoring Strategies?

Self-monitoring strategies are plans used to increase independence in academic, behavioral, self-help, and social areas.

What is its purpose?

In reading, the ability to self-monitor meaning enables students to select and use strategies to improve comprehension. Readers who self-monitor know when their reading makes sense and when it does not. If comprehension is blocked, they know what strategies to use to repair it. Self-monitoring is a significant component of comprehension.

Teacher Resources

• Self-Monitoring Reading - a full text article from Teaching Pre K-8
• Strategies for Building Vocabulary - A list of self-monitoring strategies to model for your students.
• Flow Chart of Comprehension Monitoring Behaviors - Navigate your students through self-monitoring reading instruction.
• Stop, Ask, Fix: Student Checklist for Monitoring - Use this handout when students are ready to take over the process of self-monitoring in small groups or individually.
• Three Little Pigs: The Wolf's Story