Reading Comprehension for Special Education
Structured Literacy Support for Special Education
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Build confident, capable readers with a full year of comprehension activities designed specifically for learners who need visual support, predictable routines, and scaffolded instruction. This bundle makes comprehension accessible, measurable, and meaningful across the entire school year, in a NO prep capacity, without overwhelming teachers or students.
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Designed for How Special Education Classrooms Actually Run
These comprehension activities support learners who benefit from:
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Visual supports and simplified text
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Predictable formats that reduce anxiety
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Multiple response options (yes/no, multiple choice, visuals, short answer)
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Built-in data tracking for IEP progress monitoring
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Students aren’t just answering questions, they are learning how to understand, process, and respond to text in a structured, supported way.
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What Teachers Get All Year
This bundle provides:
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Daily passages for reading or listening comprehension
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Scaffolded WH-questions and evidence-based question types
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Visual answer choices for increased independence
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Low-prep, print-and-go pages
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Organized response formats for easy data collection
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Flexible use: small group, centers, independent work, or intervention
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You always know what comprehension practice looks like - no last-minute planning required.
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Why The Monthly Structure Matters
The themed monthly format keeps instruction:
✔ Predictable for students
✔ Fresh and engaging across the year
✔ Aligned with classroom routines
✔ Easy for teachers to plan week after week
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Instead of scrambling for comprehension materials, you follow a consistent system students recognize and feel successful using.
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How It Pairs with Question of the Day
This is where your literacy system really clicks.
Question of the Day builds oral language and thinking.
Comprehension worksheets build reading and response skills.
Together they create a complete comprehension routine:
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​Students first learn to think and talk about ideas, then apply those same skills to reading and responding to text. It’s a natural progression that strengthens language, understanding, and independence.
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Skills Strengthened All Year
Students practice:
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Understanding main ideas
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Answering WH-questions
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Making connections
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Listening comprehension
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Vocabulary in context
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Using evidence to respond
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This bundle turns comprehension from an abstract skill into a daily, structured routine.
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Try One Week FREE
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Want to see how it works in your classroom?
You can download one free week of comprehension activities to try the structure with your learners.
Your free week includes:
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5 Sample passages
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Visual comprehension questions
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Multiple response formats
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Tracking support
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It’s the easiest way to experience how these worksheets fit into your literacy block and pair with Question of the Day.
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Question of the Day
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Builds verbal responses
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Uses real photos & visuals
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​Supports discussion & reasoning
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Develops expressive language​
Comprehension Worksheets
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Builds written responses
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Uses text & visuals
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​Supports answering text based questions
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Develops comprehension & evidence skills

Part of Your Classroom System
This isn’t just a worksheet bundle. It’s part of a literacy system that works alongside:
✔ Question of the Day
✔ Morning Work
✔ Writing Prompts
✔ Guided Reading or Small Group Instruction
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When comprehension, language, and writing follow the same predictable structure, students build real understanding, not just worksheet completion.
