Reading Comprehension Story Maps

Help every reader find the meaning behind the words. Reading Comprehension Story Maps gives learners with ADHD and autism a place to put their thinking, so they can follow a story, find the big idea and back up their answers. Every organizer works with any book you already have.

Choose your level. Each edition is a separate printable PDF:

Early Learner (Pre-K – Grade 2) · 22 pages

• Read, Point, Talk, Draw routine and 6 question-word cards (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How)
• Picture organizers: My Story Map, Beginning-Middle-End, First-Next-Then-Last, character feelings chart, setting picker, retell-with-your-hand
• 2 illustrated practice stories with cut-and-sort sequencing cards
• Big idea umbrella and I Know / I Wonder / I Learned for true books
• 12 talk cards, prediction & connection page, reading log, skills tracker, tips for grown-ups

Elementary (Grades 3 – 5) · 23 pages

• Before/during/after routine and 8 comprehension strategy cards
• Story map, Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then, character traits with evidence, character change, cause & effect chain, sequence of events
• Main idea umbrella, text feature hunt, compare & contrast Venn, It Says / I Know / And So inference organizer
• Fiction and nonfiction practice passages with questions
• 12 discussion cards, reading response log, skills tracker, tips and answer key

Middle & High School (Grades 6 – 12) · 22 pages

• Annotation key and guide for adults supporting teen readers
• Plot structure, theme development, character analysis, point of view & perspective, author's craft
• Central idea & objective summary, text structure with signal words, argument evaluation
• Claim-Evidence-Reasoning and quote sandwich writing organizers
• Original short story and argument article with analysis questions
• 12 seminar prompts, response journal and answer key

Licenses

Family License: print and use with the children in your own household. Classroom License: one teacher, therapist or tutor may print for all students in their own class or caseload.

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