"The Place for Us" Comprehension Activity

If you are searching for resources to support the reading comprehension of your students, you’ll want something more than just answering multiple choice questions. Questioning is certainly a way to assess comprehension, but there are other components that can be included to assess this skill as well.

This is a “The Place for Us” Comprehension Activity. It is for elementary students in 2nd – 4th grade. The objective is for students to demonstrate understanding of a passage by correctly completing given tasks.

There are 4 pages included. The breakdown is as follows:

Page 1 – A page long reading passage titled “The Place for Us.” You can read this as a whole group, have students read it with a partner or have them read it independently. Encourage students to highlight or circle words or parts of the story that feel important to them.

Page 2 – A vocabulary graphic organizer. Students will find the 3 bolded words from the story and use them on this page. For each word, students will write a definition, give an example, illustrate a picture, and use the word in a sentence.

Page 3 – Problem and Solution Graphic Organizer. Students will use the graphic organizers to outline details from the story in order to uncover the problem and solution.

Page 4 – Asking and Answering Questions. Students will write two questions that they might ask someone to answer about the text under the “question” headings below. A friend will underline the answer in the text in purple and write the answer below.

Each of these pages require students to revisit the passage and analyze it from a different perspective, which in turn furthers their comprehension for what they have read.

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