Question

which strategy would be least useful for helping students monitor comprehension of a text as they are reading?
breaking long sentences into short phrases
slowing down and reading the text aloud
skimming the text to reach the conclusion
relating the text to prior personal knowledge

Explanation:

• Breaking long sentences into phrases helps parse meaning during reading, supporting comprehension monitoring.
• Reading aloud slowly forces engagement with the text, aiding in noticing confusion as it occurs.
• Skimming to reach the conclusion is a fast, surface-level strategy that skips most of the text, so it does not support ongoing comprehension monitoring while reading.
• Relating text to prior knowledge builds connections that help check understanding as one reads.

Answer:

skimming the text to reach the conclusion