Lighthouse Gaps

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they build reading fluency, comprehension, and context clue skills through a narrative passage with regularly removed words. By filling in every fifth word, learners rely on sentence structure, story meaning, and narrative flow to predict appropriate language, strengthening flexible thinking and close-reading strategies.

Skills Reinforced

• Context Clue Application (Grades 4-6)
  Use surrounding words and ideas to determine missing information.
• Narrative Structure Awareness
  Understand how sentences and paragraphs work together to create meaning.
• Predicting & Confirming Meaning
  Make logical word choices and reread to confirm accuracy and coherence.
• Reading Fluency & Accuracy
  Improve smooth reading by focusing on flow, syntax, and cohesion.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to align with ELA standards for comprehension and fluency.
• Flexible Answer Format
  Allows for multiple reasonable responses, encouraging critical thinking.
• Close Reading Practice
  Requires attention to every sentence and word relationship.
• Versatile Classroom Use
  Ideal for independent work, small groups, fluency practice, or assessment.
• Low-Prep Design
  Print-and-go worksheet suitable for classroom or homeschool instruction.

This printable worksheet strengthens reading confidence, contextual reasoning, and narrative understanding by challenging students to actively construct meaning. By predicting and confirming missing words, learners develop stronger fluency, comprehension, and flexible thinking skills. It’s an engaging, effective resource for both classroom instruction and homeschool learning.

This worksheet is part of our fill-in-the-blank reading passages worksheets collection.