Sample Reading Strategies Monitoring Form

Student's Name: ____________________________________________
Passage Read: _____________________________________________
Page Numbers: _____________________________________________

  1. When do you pause to think about what you have read? At the end of each sentence? Page? Chapter?

     

     

  2. How do you decide if a book is at an appropriate reading level for you?

     

     

  3. What do you do when you come to a part or to a word that you do not understand?

     

     

  4. Do you read stories differently from poems, plays, or nonfiction? How so?

     

     

  5. Do you use illustrations, graphs, diagrams, and charts to understand what you are reading? How?

     

     

  6. Before reading:
    • What strategy might help you understand this passage (e.g., create a picture in my mind, ask questions, reread)?

       

    • Tell how you use this strategy.

       

    • When would you use this strategy?

       

  7. During Reading: What do you think as you use this strategy?

     

     

  8. After Reading:
    • When you used this strategy, what did you notice?

       

    • What did this strategy help you to do?