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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on, people.  “Cloze” has been used for years in education.  When you do cloze activities, you fill in words that make sense that are missing in sentences.  
It was a play on words that was obviously missed by you all.

http://study.com/academy/lesson/cloze-procedure-technique-and-definition.html[/quote]

I've never heard of it and my youngest is currently in 2nd grade. So maybe it has been "used for years" but that certainly doesn't mean that every parent has heard the term. There's no need to be a dick about it.[/quote]

But it's interesting to see how OP reacted, jumping to the conclusion that it was a misspelling. Parents jump to the same conclusions about the way they teach math now. All these parents, thinking they know better than trained teachers, challenging them at every turn, prattling on about Pearson, etc. Like parents are education experts or something. It's truly baffling.[/quote]

[b]Look, every profession comes with some terms of art that are only used amongst those professionals.  If you don't like your professionalism being questioned, don't spill the jargon on a first grade assignment.  You need to distinguish between when you are teaching the students and when you are learning about teaching.[/b]  [/quote]

This. The other PP is overly defensive, and incorrect that everyone should know the term "Cloze." I have all kinds of industry terminology I could throw at you and I wouldn't expect you to know it.

There is no place for professional jargon on a first-grader's worksheet. [/quote]

We get professionally made textbooks and photocopied assessments all the time that use jargon, including cloze. This level of fuss shows parents with nothing else better to do than criticize teachers.[/quote]

What level of fuss?  OP posted a question on the internet.  Hardly a fuss.  Others have responded to the more general statements of "teachers know better and parents should shut up" and the dismissiveness of parent criticism of 2.0 math.   [/quote]

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