5th Grade Maze Screener
Assessor Directions
Standard Administration Directions
1. Write/Type the following sentence on the board:
When it is hot in the (summer, winter, can), I like to go swimming.
2. Say to students: “You will need a pencil. I will pass out the Maze assessment face
down. Please do not turn the paper face up until I ask you to turn it over. Please put
your first and last name and teacher’s name on the back of the paper.”
3. Say to students: “You will be doing some reading today. You will be asked to read a
passage silently to yourself. When you come to three words that are bold and in
parenthesis, you will circle the word that makes sense. Make sure that you CIRCLE the
word that best fits.”
4. Using the example sentence on the board, Say: “Look at the example sentence on the
board. This is one sentence that would be in an entire reading passage. It says,
When it is hot in the BLANK, I like to go swimming. The three words that are bold
and in parenthesis are: (summer, winter, can). What word would you circle? Yes, the
word that makes the most sense is SUMMER.” Read the entire sentence correctly.
“When it is hot in the summer, I like to go swimming.” Model and emphasize that you
CIRCLE the correct word, summer.
5. Say: “You will have three minutes to read the passage and CIRCLE the correct word
for each set inside the parenthesis. Please start at the beginning of the passage and
circle the words that make sense. If you finish the first page, turn your paper to page
2 and continue working. Say: “Are there any questions?”
6. Set a timer for 3 minutes.
7. Say: “Please turn your paper over. The title of the passage is Lost and Found.”
8. Say: “You may BEGIN.” Start the timer.
9. When the timer rings, say: “Stop working please. Hold your paper in the air to be
collected.” Collect all the papers and thank the students for being wonderful test takers.
10. Use the Assessor Copy for scoring:
Maze Comprehension Scoring Guidelines – For Assessor Use
Count each word that is circled correctly as 1 point. If a child misses 3 words in a row,
DO NOT count any correct responses after the 3 consecutive incorrect answers. Add
score to the GRASP database.
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5th Grade Maze Screener
Assessor Copy
Total Answers = 41
Lost and Found
The striped gray kittens were just like tiny bursts of boundless
energy. The kittens were busy exploring the (calmly, crater, wide) world.
At first they were content (to, plant, jewel) stay in the living room, and
(open, then, invite) they explored the rest of the (beautiful, house, soft).
They ran from the kitchen to (motion, the, shade) bathroom and even
peeked in the (hallway, boast, fight) closets. Next the curious kittens went
(ugly, out, observation) to explore the vast world of (learn, suddenly, the)
big backyard. They jumped through the (tensely, tore, center) of the tire
swing and even (tame, vent, climbed) up the slide and slid down (if, it, lip).
The kittens had a splendid time (playing, divide, nervous) on the swing set
in the (bee, obedient, great) green backyard.
Then one bright morning (understand, suggestion, one) of the kittens
decided to go (past, authority, remember) the backyard fence. It was a
(grand, tock, sap) day for an adventure for one (curious, afford, prepare)
kitten. First the kitten decided to (chase, throughout, super) a butterfly
down the street. Next (question, glorious, he) discovered a puddle and had
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a (tasty, rule, weigh) drink of water. After a while (eerie, the, flight)
kitten noticed it was beginning to (happily, long, get) a bit dark. The kitten
decided (golf, that, trouble) it was time to start on (radiate, thread, his)
way back home to his own (knife, backyard, late). The curious kitten was
lost and (invent, afraid, extend) and started to cry. The curious
(cent, kitten, adjustment) had no idea how to get (terrible, back, metal)
to his happy home.
The busy (instead, egg, little) kitten searched up and down the
(dark, meat, use) street for something he knew. Finally (get, chose, the)
kitten had to stop and rest (from, manager, aboard) his tiring journey. The
gray striped (sheep, cruel, kitten) heard a familiar sound. The curious
(ear, little, hare) kitten followed the sound down the (dark, carry, map)
street. The curious kitten trotted toward (the, reason, allow) sound as
fast as he could. (Occur, Relax, Soon) the kitten saw a familiar sight.
(Grove, The, Mark) curious kitten began to purr as (jock, side, loudly) as
he could. The other gray (striped, pipe, prickly) kittens hurried to welcome
back their (frightened, relax, condition) long lost friend.
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5 Maze Screener
Student Copy
Name ____________
Score _____ / 41
Lost and Found
The striped gray kittens were just like tiny bursts of boundless
energy. The kittens were busy exploring the (calmly, crater, wide) world.
At first they were content (to, plant, jewel) stay in the living room, and
(open, then, invite) they explored the rest of the (beautiful, house, soft).
They ran from the kitchen to (motion, the, shade) bathroom and even
peeked in the (hallway, boast, fight) closets. Next the curious kittens went
(ugly, out, observation) to explore the vast world of (learn, suddenly, the)
big backyard. They jumped through the (tensely, tore, center) of the tire
swing and even (tame, vent, climbed) up the slide and slid down (if, it, lip).
The kittens had a splendid time (playing, divide, nervous) on the swing set
in the (bee, obedient, great) green backyard.
Then one bright morning (understand, suggestion, one) of the kittens
decided to go (past, authority, remember) the backyard fence. It was a
(grand, tock, sap) day for an adventure for one (curious, afford, prepare)
kitten. First the kitten decided to (chase, throughout, super) a butterfly
down the street. Next (question, glorious, he) discovered a puddle and had
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a (tasty, rule, weigh) drink of water. After a while (eerie, the, flight)
kitten noticed it was beginning to (happily, long, get) a bit dark. The kitten
decided (golf, that, trouble) it was time to start on (radiate, thread, his)
way back home to his own (knife, backyard, late). The curious kitten was
lost and (invent, afraid, extend) and started to cry. The curious
(cent, kitten, adjustment) had no idea how to get (terrible, back, metal)
to his happy home.
The busy (instead, egg, little) kitten searched up and down the
(dark, meat, use) street for something he knew. Finally (get, chose, the)
kitten had to stop and rest (from, manager, aboard) his tiring journey. The
gray striped (sheep, cruel, kitten) heard a familiar sound. The curious
(ear, little, hare) kitten followed the sound down the (dark, carry, map)
street. The curious kitten trotted toward (the, reason, allow) sound as
fast as he could. (Occur, Relax, Soon) the kitten saw a familiar sight.
(Grove, The, Mark) curious kitten began to purr as (jock, side, loudly) as
he could. The other gray (striped, pipe, prickly) kittens hurried to welcome
back their (frightened, relax, condition) long lost friend.
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