Cloze passage
Time and value: Cloze passage — Standard
Complete a passage from context. Clocks, calendars, duration, elapsed time, price, totals, and change with currency-neutral value tokens.
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
- A [[duration]] measures how long an event lasts. A payment [[total]] must cover the [[price]], and [[change]] is the difference returned.
Teach it well
Complete a passage from context. Read and compare times and combine labelled values without assuming a particular currency.
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. Model how to read the units and values shown, then explain one total or time interval.
- 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. Create a new example that follows the same idea, then explain how it works.
- Check for understanding
- Ask the learner to make one choice and explain the clue or relationship used.