Portfolio Task #4: Maze & Cloze Reading Assessments

EDUC27370 / ASSESSMENT IN EDUCATION

Patricia Weber

Bailey Downton

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

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 Maze and CLOZE Reading Assessment
Book: A Surprise for the Big Bad Wolf by Cass Hollander
Maze Assessment: Pages 1-9
Cloze Assessment: Pages 1-9
Grade Level of Book: 2
Students Age: 7 years old

Maze Student Copy:

Once upon a time there were three little pigs. Pete lived in a
(hay/straw/land) house. Percy lived in a stick (house/school/work).
Petunia lived in a brick house.
A Big Bad Wolf (blew/stepped/jumped) down the straw house and
the (stick/heavy/shell) house. After that, all three pigs
(danced/lived/jumped) together in Petunias brick house.
One day, Petunia (climbed/went/gone) to visit her friend Penny
Pig.
Goodbye, (sheep/grass/boys), said Petunia. Dont let any
(strangers/unknown/dust) in the house!
Our sister was so (cry/anger/kind) to let us live with her, said
Pete. How can we (thank/sorry/nice) her?
Lets surprise Petunia! said Percy. We can (be/make/finish) her
favorite dinner.
But we (dont/cant/like) know how to cook! said Pete.
How (solid/hard/angry) can it be? asked Percy.
Percy (watched/looked/saw) in his sisters cookbooks. He
(found/create/did) out how to make Petunias favorite
(meal/shirt/garden) vegetable stew and carrot cake. Pete
(lost/made/create) a list of everything they needed to (buy/start/earn).
Then Percy and Pete went to the (work/school/market).
What are you going to do with all this (food/garbage/fun)?
asked the clerk.
Were going to (make/give/close) dinner for our sister, said
Pete. Its a (dance/surprise/fun)!
Cooking is a hard job, said the (clerk/store/dog). If you need
help, you can (always/ever/only) call Chef Lobo. Hes the best
(cook/cleaner/writer) in town! Here is his telephone
(cord/number/clock.
When they got home, Percy said, Lets (make/spin/sort) the cake
first.
They mixed the (dirt/vegetables/batter). They put it in the pan.
They (baked/ate/took) it in the oven. They put the
(baking/frosting/broccoli) on the cake.
This cake is a (mess/trouble/pretty)! said Percy.
Maybe we should (talk/walk/call) Chef Lobo, said Pete.
So they did.
 A few (instant/minutes/people) later, the doorbell rang.
Never (fear/alarm/happy), Chef Lobo is here! cried the chef. Ill
(cook/create/heat) you a feast fit for a (wolf/person/water)! I mean, fit
for a pig!
Chef Lobo (took/grabbed/sang) out a huge pot and filled it with
(water/grass/bake).
Maze Teacher Copy:
Once upon a time there were three little pigs. Pete lived in a
straw house. Percy lived in a stick house. Petunia lived in a brick house.
A Big Bad Wolf blew down the straw house and the stick house.
After that, all three pigs lived together in Petunias brick house.
One day, Petunia went to visit her friend Penny Pig.
Goodbye, boys, said Petunia. Dont let any strangers in the
house!
Our sister was so kind to let us live with her, said Pete. How
can we thank her?
Lets surprise Petunia! said Percy. We can make her favorite
dinner.
But we dont know how to cook! said Pete.
How hard can it be? asked Percy.
Percy looked in his sisters cookbooks. He found out how to make
Petunias favorite meal vegetable stew and carrot cake. Pete made a
list of everything they needed to buy.
Then Percy and Pete went to the market.
What are you going to do with all this food? asked the clerk.
Were going to make dinner for our sister, said Pete. Its a
surprise!
Cooking is a hard job, said the clerk. If you need help, you can
always call Chef Lobo. Hes the best cook in town! Here is his
telephone number.
When they got home, Percy said, Lets make the cake first.
They mixed the batter. They put it in the pan. They baked it in
the oven. They put the frosting on the cake.
This cake is a mess! said Percy.
Maybe we should call Chef Lobo, said Pete.
So they did.
A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.
Never fear, Chef Lobo is here! cried the chef. Ill cook you a
feast fit for a wolf! I mean, fit for a pig!
Chef Lobo took out a huge pot and filled it with water.
Cloze Student Copy:
Once upon a time there were three little pigs. Pete lived in a
straw_____. Percy lived in a stick _____. Petunia lived in a brick _____.
A Big Bad Wolf _____ down the straw _____ and the stick house.
After that, _____ three pigs lived _____ in Petunias brick _____.
One day, Petunia went to _____ her friend Penny Pig.
Goodbye, _____, said Petunia. Dont let any _____ in the
house!
Our _____was so kind to let us _____ with her, said Pete. How
can we _____ her?
Lets surprise Petunia! _____ Percy. We can make her _____
dinner.
But we dont know _____ to cook! said Pete.
How _____ can it be? asked Percy.
Percy _____ in his sisters cookbooks. He _____ out how to make
Petunias _____ meal vegetable stew and carrot cake. Pete _____ a list
of everything they _____ to buy.
Then Percy and Pete _____ to the market.
What are you _____ to do with all this _____? asked the clerk.
Were _____ to make dinner for our _____, said Pete. Its a
_____!
Cooking is a hard _____, said the clerk. If you need _____, you
can always _____ Chef Lobo. Hes the _____ cook in town! Here is his
_____ number.
When they got _____, Percy said, Lets _____ the cake first.
They _____ the batter. They _____ it in the pan. They _____ it in the
oven. They _____ the frosting on the _____.
This cake is a _____! said Percy.
Maybe we should _____ Chef Lobo, said Pete.
So they _____.
A few _____ later, the doorbell _____.
Never fear, Chef Lobo is _____! cried the chef. Ill _____ you a
feast fit for a _____! I mean, fit for a _____!
Chef Lobo took out a huge pot and filled it with water.
Cloze Teacher Copy:
Once upon a time there were three little pigs. Pete lived in a
straw house. Percy lived in a stick house. Petunia lived in a brick house.
A Big Bad Wolf blew down the straw house and the stick house.
After that, all three pigs lived together in Petunias brick house.
One day, Petunia went to visit her friend Penny Pig.
Goodbye, boys, said Petunia. Dont let any strangers in the
house!
Our sister was so kind to let us live with her, said Pete. How
can we thank her?
Lets surprise Petunia! said Percy. We can make her favorite
dinner.
But we dont know how to cook! said Pete.
How hard can it be? asked Percy.
Percy looked in his sisters cookbooks. He found out how to make
Petunias favorite meal vegetable stew and carrot cake. Pete made a
list of everything they needed to buy.
Then Percy and Pete went to the market.
What are you going to do with all this food? asked the clerk.
Were going to make dinner for our sister, said Pete. Its a
surprise!
Cooking is a hard job, said the clerk. If you need help, you can
always call Chef Lobo. Hes the best cook in town! Here is his
telephone number.
When they got home, Percy said, Lets make the cake first.
They mixed the batter. They put it in the pan. They baked it in
the oven. They put the frosting on the cake.
This cake is a mess! said Percy.
Maybe we should call Chef Lobo, said Pete.
So they did.
A few minutes later, the doorbell rang.
Never fear, Chef Lobo is here! cried the chef. Ill cook you a
feast fit for a wolf! I mean, fit for a pig!
Chef Lobo took out a huge pot and filled it with water.
Student 1s Maze Reading Level Results: 36/38 = 94.7% = Independent
Reading Level

Student 2s Cloze Reading Level Results: 23/50 = 46% = Instructional

Reading Level
 Summary:

Here you will summarize your experience creating and using both the
MAZE and CLOZE reading assessments with a student of your choice.
You may wish to comment on ease of development of the tool (time
and difficulty), comfort using the tool, obstacles or suggestions in using
the tool, and outcomes. What did you learn about your student by
creating and implementing these two tools with your student?

I found creating both of these reading assessment tools to be

relatively simple, yet time consuming to do. Determining the
appropriate words to delete for the cloze assessment and where in the
maze assessment to give three options was a little difficult to do. I
know for the maze assessment it is approximately every seventh word
and the cloze, every fifth, however sometimes it did not work out to be
exactly that. The maze assessment took much longer to create
because it was difficult to put together the necessary three words in
each blank spot. It was hard to not put in words that would still make
sense contextually and that were also grade appropriate.
 I felt comfortable using these tools from a teacher/EA standpoint.
They are straightforward to create, but can be time consuming if you
want to create them properly. I found that the maze assessment was
much easier for one of my students to complete as opposed to the
cloze assessment. The student I had doing the cloze assessment really
struggled with all of the blanks whereas with the maze assessment, the
student would read aloud the word possibilities to see what made the
most sense to him. There was a higher chance of him getting the
correct answer with the maze assessment. I believe if I were to make a
cloze assessment again, a word bank would be much more helpful for a
student. Perhaps, if I knew that the student I was working with was a
strong reader, a word bank would not be necessary and would be more
challenging. However with a beginner/intermediate reader, it appeared
as though he was getting very frustrated and wanted to give up
without any clues or hints present. Even though the cloze assessment
did not have a time limit, I believe that because my student knew that
time was being monitored, it caused him anxiety.