{"id":3773,"date":"2015-08-02T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T23:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3773"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:06:41","slug":"quick-comprehension-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3773","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Comprehension Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a way to go into children&#8217;s mind and see how they think (especially those with poor verbal skills)  and check their understanding of the language. The activity explained below engages  several senses along with the thinking process. The kids usually like it  because it appears to them as a game. It includes cutting, arranging, pasting, and also copying. Besides, it is a great opportunity to put the fine motors (little muscles in the hands) to work. Additionally, eye-hand coordination too will get to practice. I like doing this activity in particular in the afternoon when the kids start to get tired and less  interested in desk work. It helps make the last stretch of the day pleasant  and relaxing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making Sentences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a hands-on activity that helps the child stay focused. It can be done at home or at school.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supplies needed: paper, pencil, glue, ruler and scissors<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write (or print out) level-appropriate sentences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Write Sentences\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Write_Sentences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut out each sentence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Cut_out_sentences.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cut out sentences\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Cut_out_sentences.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut out the words in each sentence<\/li>\n<li>Mix or scramble the words as puzzle pieces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scramble_words.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Scramble words\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scramble_words.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask the child to put the words together to make a valid sentence<\/li>\n<li>If she\/he gets it right, mix the words again to be 100% sure that it  was not by accident the child\u2019s answer was correct, and ask the child  to make the sentence one more time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cut each word out\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Cut_each_word_out.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have the child glue the words correctly arranged on the paper\u00a0(I prefer thick paper or construction paper)<\/li>\n<li>If the words are not in the correct order ask the child to try again<\/li>\n<li>Keep trying until she\/he gets it right (please encourage and recognize every achievement)<\/li>\n<li>Draw a line under the words and have the child copy the sentence on the line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paste_and_copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glue words on paper\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paste_and_copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, have the child read the sentence aloud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rules of the game<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the beginning choose short sentences of three or four words. Decide according to the student\u2019s level.<\/li>\n<li>Remind the student that a sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.<\/li>\n<li>When you feel that the child got used to the activity and  comfortable with short sentences, move on to make longer sentences of  five or six words.<\/li>\n<li>Keep this activity on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=73\" target=\"_self\">daily schedule<\/a><\/strong> and practice at least five sentences a day <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=208\" target=\"_self\">consistently<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>To expand the child\u2019s skills using words and making sentences, write  long sentences and cut out segments of the sentence instead of words.  The segment can be two or three words long. By doing this you train the  child to manipulate more words and more complex sentence structure.<a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Use_sentences_too.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Use_sentences_too1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Use sentence segments\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Use_sentences_too1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paste_sentences1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Glue sentences\" src=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Paste_sentences1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"356\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Keep all the work in one folder and name it \u201cMaking Sentences\u201d. The  child will be so proud when she\/he looks at her\/his work and gets the  feeling of achievement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You will be so surprised how special the children\u2019s mind works. They  can come up with very interesting sentence structure. Sometimes they can  even come up with a different correct sentence.<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t believe how much the students love this activity and I  had to keep up with the pace and remember to prepare enough sentences  for the following day. We had so much fun making sentences.<\/p>\n<p>nadia shanab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a way to go into children&#8217;s mind and see how they think (especially those with poor verbal skills) and check their understanding of the language. The activity explained below engages several senses along with the thinking process. The kids usually like it because it appears to them as a game. It includes cutting, &#8230; <a title=\"A Quick Comprehension Test\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/?p=3773\" aria-label=\"Read more about A Quick Comprehension Test\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5,4],"tags":[23,381,10,30,358,29,383,359,27,149,31,37,382,9],"class_list":["post-3773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autism","category-general-advice","category-parenting","category-tips","tag-aspergers-syndrome","tag-autism","tag-communication","tag-flexibility","tag-language-comprehension","tag-occupational-therapy","tag-parenting","tag-reading-test","tag-sensory","tag-sensory-integration-issues","tag-social-interaction","tag-speech","tag-tips","tag-visual-aids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3773"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4037,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3773\/revisions\/4037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autism-tips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}