2.6.I
The Standard
monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding breaks down.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students notice when a word, detail, or event does not make sense. They stop, choose a way to fix the confusion, and explain what helped.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student notices a confusing word, detail, or event and pauses. The student chooses a useful strategy, then explains the new understanding using evidence from the text or picture.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think reading every word correctly means they understand the text. Others guess from pictures without checking the words. They may keep reading when confused instead of stopping to repair meaning.
How to Assess It
- Give students a six-sentence passage with one confusing event and a matching picture. Ask them to mark the confusing part and write what they did to understand it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short passage, sticky notes, and picture cards to mark confusing spots and show which clue repaired their understanding.
Ask students to write one sentence answering, "Where did the story become confusing, and what helped you understand it?"
Play Strategy Match by pairing confusion cards with action cards labeled reread, check the picture, use prior knowledge, or ask a question.
Read a simple recipe together and have students stop, identify unclear directions, then use pictures or earlier steps to repair understanding.
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Related Standards
- 1.6.I
The 1st Grade version of this standard.
- 6.5.I
monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
- 5.6.I
monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
- 4.6.I
monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.
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