Reading Comprehension Builder

Create a balanced check that makes meaning, evidence, response mode, scaffolds, and fading decisions visible.

Assigned text or sectionText structurePurpose for readingEssential vocabulary only

Scaffold without supplying meaning

Support access to the text and response process while preserving the student’s responsibility to construct meaning, cite evidence, and explain.

Comprehension check

READING COMPREHENSION CHECK
Text: Not entered
Purpose: Not entered
Text structure: Narrative
Essential vocabulary: None entered

1. [Literal / key idea] Add a question
Expected evidence: Define what counts as evidence
Response: Written | Scaffold: None
Student result/observation: Not yet recorded

2. [Inference] Add a question
Expected evidence: Define what counts as evidence
Response: Written | Scaffold: None
Student result/observation: Not yet recorded

3. [Text evidence] Add a question
Expected evidence: Define what counts as evidence
Response: Written | Scaffold: None
Student result/observation: Not yet recorded

4. [Monitoring / fix-up] Add a question
Expected evidence: Define what counts as evidence
Response: Written | Scaffold: None
Student result/observation: Not yet recorded

FADE AND RECHECK
Keep the meaning target stable. Fade one scaffold after successful responses, then check comprehension again using a comparable text or new section.

Evidence baseIES comprehension guidanceQuestioning, monitoring and fix-up, inferencing, text structure, purposeful text selection, and gradual release inform this builder.