Cloze passage
Body and senses: Cloze passage — Standard
Complete a passage from context. Body parts, the five senses, breathing, balance, movement, and age-appropriate health concepts.
Complete each blank using the meaning of the passage.
What this resource includes
Learning fit
- Ages
- Ages 6–8, Ages 9–12
- Best starting age
- Ages 6–8
- Skills
- Reading comprehension, Vocabulary
- Learning setting
- Independent
Print-ready setup
- Paper
- A4
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Page layout
- 1 × 1
- Copies
- 1
A peek inside
- Our [[brain]] uses messages from the sense organs. The [[eyes]] help us see, the [[ears]] help us hear, and the [[skin]] helps us notice touch.
Teach it well
Complete a passage from context. Name body parts and senses and connect each sense with information it can notice.
Materials & preparation
- One printed learner copy; keep the answer view separate when provided
- Pencil and eraser
- Model and teach
- Think aloud through one example, including how you notice and correct a mistake. Then use this learner direction: Complete each blank using the meaning of the passage. Use a safe everyday example and ask which sense provides the useful information.
- Support
- Complete the first item together, highlight the key word or visual clue, then fade the prompt.
- Stretch
- Ask for an explanation using the topic words, then add one new example. Compare two valid examples and explain one meaningful similarity or difference.
- Check for understanding
- Ask the learner to make one choice and explain the clue or relationship used.