Cloze passage
Rocks and volcanoes: Cloze passage — Standard
Complete a passage from context. Minerals, rock clues, magma, lava, weathering, erosion, and safe Earth-science investigation.
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
- [[Magma]] is molten rock below the surface and [[lava]] is magma at the surface. Cooled material can form [[igneous rock]], while [[weathering]] breaks rock down.
Teach it well
Complete a passage from context. Classify rocks by observable properties and describe how volcanic activity can change landscapes.
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. Compare safe samples or page images by texture, colour, shape, or layers.
- 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. Require a claim to be supported by a word, detail, example, or result from the page.
- Check for understanding
- Ask the learner to make one choice and explain the clue or relationship used.