Guided Comprehension Folder

Develop students’ comprehension abilities with this Guided Comprehension Folder. This trifold walks students through the reading process and prompts them for key information in the before reading, during reading, and after reading stages.   The laminated material allows students to write directly on the folder, erase their work, and use the folder again and again. The graphic organizers included on each page of the trifold support your students’ organization of concepts and your explicit comprehension instruction. And the best part? These folders can be used with any passage or book!  How we use them: Begin with the “before reading” page to activate background knowledge. The “during reading” section allows students to connect their phonics and vocabulary work to the passage you’re working on and helps clue them to the 5Ws (who, what, when, where, why). The “after reading” pages include graphic organizers to support students’ comprehension skills including recall, sequencing, main idea,