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Cloze passage
Light and shadow: Cloze passage — Standard
Complete a passage from context. Sources, reflection, absorption, transmission, materials, color, and safe shadow experiments.
Ages 6–810–20 minStandardEN · English
Cloze passageLight and shadow: Cloze passage — Standard
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
Low inkAnswer keyFull page
A peek inside
- A [[source]] produces light. A transparent material allows [[transmission]], a mirror causes [[reflection]], and an opaque object can form a [[shadow]].
Worksheet languageEN · EnglishThe creator opens in the worksheet language shown here.
Teach it well
Learning objective
Complete a passage from context. Explain how light direction and objects affect where a shadow appears.
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 the page examples to identify the light source, object, and shadow without looking at a bright light.
- 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. Predict what would change in a new case and explain the reason.
- Check for understanding
- Ask the learner to make one choice and explain the clue or relationship used.