What Does a Firefighter Do? Cloze Reading

Use it in a community helpers unit, at a center, with a small group or as a take-home page. Children explain how firefighters help keep people safe, use context clues to complete each sentence with a word bank word and name gear firefighters wear, like a helmet and an air tank with a mask.

A short passage about firefighters with headings on what they do, where they work, what they wear and how they teach us. It has 8 blanks, and the word bank holds 8 words: breathe, helmet, night, safe, smoke, station, truck and water. The passage ends with firefighters reminding families to test their smoke alarms. 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.