What Does a Teacher 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 the ways a teacher helps children learn, use context clues to complete each sentence with a word bank word and explain why a teacher needs to be patient.

A short passage about teachers with headings on what a teacher does, where teachers work, what they need and what makes a good teacher. It has 8 blanks, and the word bank holds 8 words: books, classroom, learn, lessons, patient, team, turns and whiteboard. The passage tells how teachers plan lessons, read aloud and teach children to be kind and take turns. 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.