Skateboarding fans will love to read about Gary the gorilla, who loves his red skateboard! As kids read the short passage, they fill in the blanks with words from the word bank at the bottom of the page.

Concepts

context clues, Vocabulary, cloze reading

Show More Show Less

Additional Tags

english language arts

Show More Show Less

Instructional Ideas

• Include in a language arts packet or warm-up activity
• Have kids write another ending to the story using the context clues they have read

Classroom Considerations

• It's difficult to tell that the main character is a gorilla until the last sentence, which might be confusing; you could use this issue as an opportunity to reinforce the importance of context clues, as the title and picture do reveal that Gary is a gorilla, even if the story doesn't

Pros

• Subject is fun and relatable for kids
• Words are challenging but encourage active reading

Cons

• Some phrases are colloquial and hard to figure out based on context clues