Printable Cloze Reading Worksheets
Printable cloze reading worksheets for 1st through 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as fill in the blank and sorting activities.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Cloze Reading
What this skill is
Cloze reading passages omit strategic vocabulary words, requiring students to use context clues, grammar structure, and word bank choices to fill in blank spaces accurately.
When children learn it
Cloze reading practice is used in 1st through 4th grade.
Teaching Tips
- Read the entire sentence out loud with candidate words to check if it makes sense.
- Cross off word bank choices as they are used.
Common Mistakes
- Inserting words that fit phonetically but make no sense grammatically in the sentence.
- Using word bank choices multiple times when single use is required.