Cloze passage
Feelings and friendship: Cloze passage — Standard
Complete a passage from context. Emotion vocabulary, body signals, calming strategies, empathy, personal boundaries, and respectful friendships.
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
- Every [[feeling]] gives us information. We can [[pause]], breathe slowly, and choose a response that shows [[respect]] for ourselves and others.
Teach it well
Complete a passage from context. Name feelings, notice different viewpoints, and choose kind, safe responses.
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. Offer a neutral everyday situation and discuss more than one feeling a person might have.
- 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.