Get ready for the big storm with a vocabulary activity! Using a word bank and context clues, young learners fill in the blanks in a passage about a day at the park that leads to stormy weather.

Concepts

Vocabulary, cloze reading, context clues

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a language arts packet or homework assignment
• Have kids write about a time they had to prepare for a storm, using the same words at the bottom of the page

Classroom Considerations

• Some words are interchangeable; if kids have different answers, conduct a discussion for them to decide which word is most appropriate

Pros

• Vocabulary words are challenging but applicable to any language arts lesson
• Encourages kids to hone their context clues skills

Cons

• None