What Does a Paramedic 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 paramedics help people in an emergency, use context clues to choose the word that fits each blank and name tools and gear paramedics use, like oxygen, bandages and gloves.

A short passage about paramedics with headings on what they do, where they work and what they wear. It has 8 blanks, and the word bank holds 8 words: ambulance, bandage, comfortable, emergency, gloves, hospital, light and oxygen. The passage explains that paramedics give care right away, before a person gets to the hospital. 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.