comprehension noun
Definition of comprehension
: the act or action of grasping with the intellect : UNDERSTANDING
children who have difficulty with comprehension of spoken language
What the artist actually needs is comprehension of his aims and ideals by men he respects …
— H. L. Mencken
: knowledge gained by comprehending
tests that measure the students' comprehension in math
She carried on with full comprehension of the risk involved.
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Comprehension Dice Game
Choose a chapter book off the bookshelf to read with a partner.
Read 2 pages together.
After you have read 2 pages, each person rolls the dice and completes the activity below on the recording sheet.
Keep reading 2 pages and rolling the dice!
If you roll a 1...
Make an inference from one of the 2 pages. Record it by remembering:
Text Clue + Background Knowledge = Inference
If you roll a 2...
Tell your partner and record the 2 most important events or facts from the last 2 pages, explaining WHY you chose them
If you roll a 3...
Tell your partner and record 3 ‘I wonder...’statements about the text.
If you roll a 4...
Describe what you would see,hear, smell and feel at this point in the text or at a place mentioned in the text.
If you roll a 5 ...
Find 5 words that needed a fix up strategy and identify which strategy to use. If you knew them all, find the 5 words most
other students might find difficult.
If you roll a 6 ...
Retell 6 events or facts from the last 2 pages