What would you do if you saw an ice-skating moose? Kids read a short, entertaining passage and use a word bank to fill in the blanks using context clues.

Concepts

cloze reading, context clues, beginning reading

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• A good addition to a language arts packet for homework or additional practice
• Use during a unit about winter sports
• Include in a short reading assessment or warm-up activity

Classroom Considerations

• Words in the word bank include nouns, verbs, articles, and pronouns, and might be difficult to add to a vocabulary list

Pros

• Passage provides some challenging vocabulary, prompting kids to use context clues to discover the meaning of each sentence

Cons

• Contains some spelling and grammar errors
• Story is confusing and difficult to follow