The Comprehension Toolkit is a resource designed to guide students' thinking while reading by using the strategies listed below. 

Monitor Comprehension

I think…

I understand…

The text makes me think…

This feature makes me think…

 I don’t understand…

This doesn’t make sense…

I don’t get this part…

Oh, now I get it…

Activate and Connect

This reminds me of…

I have a text-to-self connection…

I have a text-to-text connection…

I noticed…

I know…

I used my background knowledge to…

I never knew…

I learned…

Wow!...

Now I think…

That changes my mind…

Ask Questions

I wonder…

I’m curious…

Why….

How come….

I’m confused…

I don’t get this…

I can’t believe….

My big question is…

I still wonder…

Do you know anything about…

Infer and Visualize

I infer…

I’m inferring…

I visualize…

I’m visualizing…

I think…

I’m thinking…

Maybe...

Maybe it means…

It seems to me…

Probably…

I am getting a picture…

I can see…

I have a picture in my head…

Determining Importance

This is really important…

This is important to remember…

I think this might be important...

I think this part means...

This information makes me think…

I learned, I wonder, WOW!…

 Recounting

Recount what happened in the story.

This story is mainly about…

A problem in the story was…

The problem in the story was solved…

A lesson learned in the story was…

Synthesizing

I never knew…

I am changing my mind about…

I used to think ____but now I think…

Now I understand…

Aha! Now I understand why…

My new thinking is…

I think the big idea is…

I think what’s important is…

This is what I think…

What do you think?