Comprehension Questions Graphic Organizer

In my classroom we have been reading, A LOT! Woohoo! So I have also started to create tools and resources for my students to use when or right after reading so they can independently check for understanding. Last week I realized that I needed something that when over WH questions in an easy to understand format and in a way that my students could continuously use and check that they understand their reading passages. Hence the creation of this comprehension questions graphic organizer.

I wanted something that offered an example and definitions as the first lesson for my students. Using definitions has been huge this year for my classroom and has created a deeper level of understanding for all of my students, which has been so fun to see! It has gotten to the point where they corrected me last week on a definition which was sooo Amazing!

To be completely honest, as a special education teacher I have shied away from deeper level content at times because I personally struggle with how to create lessons and break them down appropriately. And let me tell you, I failed miserably all of August trying to teach how to cite and highlight evidence in reading passages. But, what i realized from my millions of mistakes was that I had to go through all of those mistakes to figure out what worked for my students! Now they are learning to have an even deeper understanding of the text and I am learning how to create usable scaffolds that will last me for years to come!

I wanted to share that small story with you because I wanted to acknowledge that what I created took a month of trial and error and feeling very unsure of myself and my teaching abilities. Yet, I stuck with it and I found something and was able to create a tool that rocks for everyone! So I hope you learn from this to not give up and to be honest with your students that you are struggling to understand too. I did and they helped me out a lot!

Now to the graphic organizer:

You can find all of these on my Teachers Pay Teachers here.

The example above is what my students and I will be using. It has the definition and an example of something I may ask them when reading with an example of an answer.

I know very well that sometimes what works for me isn’t even close to what may work for someone else because I am always that person who wants to tweak things. This blank organizer will allow you to do just that. You can download it as a jpg. and then put it on a google slide to type and create a comprehension organizer as a team.

The most basic frill less graphic organizers are always the best because they get straight to the point. This is something my students will be using almost every time they read so they can independently ask themselves the answers of the text before we dive deeper into questions and analyzing the text.

I hope this either helps you in your classroom or gives you and idea of how you can create a process to find a solution to a learning problem you may have in your classroom. You can find all of these on my Teachers Pay Teachers and until next time,

Happy Learning