Literacy strategy of the week: Cloze exercise - A cloze activity is one in which words are removed from a passage for a learner to fill in.

Literacy strategy of the week:  Cloze exercise - A cloze activity is one in which words are removed from a passage for a learner to fill in. The missing words may or may not be provided in a word bank. It helps develop writing skills as learners work to complete sentences and gain an understanding of constructing sentences and developing paragraphs to make sense. It also gives a model of whole texts. It also gives a model of whole texts which is valuable in building understanding of what good writing looks like. 

At home: I don’t have a cloze exercise for you, but maybe you’d like to play some vocabulary building games with your kids? Here’s a code cracker which is one of my favourite types of word puzzles. 

Ms Beaumont - HOD English. 

What we’re reading: “A mind for numbers. How to excel at math and science even if you flunked algebra” by Barbara Oakley Ph. D. It’s very good for both teachers and students to read and would highly recommend but not a fictional novel. Strategies for learning and teaching which I am finding really interesting - Ms Bir.

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