Missing Tokens

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen reading comprehension, contextual reasoning, and language awareness by filling in missing words from short passages. Learners complete sentences with two missing “tokens,” selecting the most natural word pair based on context, meaning, and sentence structure-mirroring how large language models predict missing information during text generation.

Learning Goals

• Cloze Reading Skills (Grades 4-6) – Using surrounding text to accurately fill in missing words
• Context Clue Interpretation – Analyzing meaning, tone, and flow to guide word choice
• Language Structure Awareness – Recognizing how grammar and syntax shape sentence completion
• Reading Comprehension – Demonstrating understanding of passage meaning through accurate restoration

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with upper-elementary ELA and reading standards
• Dual-Blank Challenge – Encourages deeper thinking than single-word fill-ins
• AI Concept Connection – Introduces token prediction in a clear, age-appropriate way
• Reasoning & Discussion Ready – Students can compare answers and explain their choices
• Low-Prep Format – Easy to print and use in classrooms or homeschool settings

This printable worksheet helps students develop stronger context awareness, comprehension skills, and confidence with missing-word strategies. By selecting natural word pairs and reflecting on why they fit, learners gain insight into both human reading strategies and how AI models predict language. It is a practical resource for classroom and homeschool instruction focused on close reading, contextual reasoning, and understanding how meaning is constructed in text.

This worksheet is part of our How LLMs Work Worksheets collection.