Students pay attention to whether they understand what they are reading, and when they do not, they reread or use strategies that will help them understand what they have read.

Students pay attention to whether they understand what they are reading, and when they do not, they reread or use strategies that will help them understand what they have read.

• A. Monitoring, Clarifying, and Fix-Up
• B. Previewing
• C. Graphic Organizers
• D. Inferencing

Answer: (A)

Self-monitoring during reading means actively checking whether what you’re reading makes sense as you go. When understanding slips, a reader pauses, rereads the tricky section, checks the meanings of unfamiliar words, and uses strategies to repair comprehension. This ongoing act of watching for meaning and taking steps to fix it lies at the heart of Monitoring, Clarifying, and Fix-Up. The idea is to keep understanding stable by recognizing when it’s breaking down and then applying concrete moves to restore it. Previewing is about getting ready before reading, not what you do during reading to check and repair understanding. Graphic organizers are tools to organize information, not specifically the act of monitoring and repairing comprehension. Inferencing is a separate skill—drawing conclusions from what you read—rather than the process of monitoring and fixing understanding as you read.

Self-monitoring during reading means actively checking whether what you’re reading makes sense as you go. When understanding slips, a reader pauses, rereads the tricky section, checks the meanings of unfamiliar words, and uses strategies to repair comprehension. This ongoing act of watching for meaning and taking steps to fix it lies at the heart of Monitoring, Clarifying, and Fix-Up. The idea is to keep understanding stable by recognizing when it’s breaking down and then applying concrete moves to restore it.

Previewing is about getting ready before reading, not what you do during reading to check and repair understanding. Graphic organizers are tools to organize information, not specifically the act of monitoring and repairing comprehension. Inferencing is a separate skill—drawing conclusions from what you read—rather than the process of monitoring and fixing understanding as you read.