What Does a Doctor Do? Cloze Reading

Use it in a community helpers unit, at a center, with a small group or as a take-home page. Children describe what a doctor does at a checkup, use context clues to complete each sentence with a word bank word and name tools doctors use, like a stethoscope and a thermometer.

A short passage about doctors with headings on what a doctor does, where doctors work, what they wear and what else they do. It has 8 blanks, and the word bank holds 8 words: body, coat, hospital, medicine, sick, stethoscope, team and thermometer. The passage describes a checkup and how doctors work with nurses as a team. The directions on the page read: Read the passage. Fill in each blank with a word from the word bank. An answer key is included.

Yes. We made it for 2nd Grade community helpers, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

Yes. All 9 have an answer key: the six cloze passages show the word for each blank, and the three comprehension pages give the choice answers and a sample written answer.