Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills 8th Edition
Maze Progress Monitoring
Grade 2
Administration Directions and Scoring Keys
University of Oregon (2020). 8th Edition of Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS®). Eugene, OR: University of Oregon. Available: https://dibels.uoregon.edu
Examiner script
I am going to give you a worksheet. When you get your worksheet, please write your name at the top and put your pencil down.
(Hand out the Maze student worksheets. Make sure students have written their names down before proceeding.)
You are going to read a passage with some words missing from it. For each missing word you will see a box with three words in it. Your job is to circle the word you think makes the most sense in the context of the passage. Let’s look at the Practice Passage together. Listen as I read.
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he takes a school (pause) art, bus, work (pause) to go to school.
Let’s stop there. Let’s circle the word “bus” because I think “bus” makes the most sense here. Listen to how that sentence sounds now.
Every morning, he takes a school bus to go to school.
Now it’s your turn. Read the next sentence silently to yourself. When you come to a box, read all the words in the box and circle the word that makes the most sense to you. When you are done, put your pencil down.
(Allow up to 30 seconds for students to complete the example and put their pencils down.)
If necessary, after 30 seconds say Put your pencil down. As soon as all students have their pencils down, say Good job.
Now listen. In the (pause) afternoon, library, morning (pause), he also takes a bus home. You should have circled “afternoon” because “afternoon” makes the most sense. Listen. In the afternoon, he also takes a bus home.
Okay, when I say “Begin,” turn the page and start reading the passage silently. Start on the page with the title. When you come to a box, read all the words in the box and circle the word that makes the most sense in the passage. You will stop when you come to a stop sign or I say Stop. Ready? Begin. Start the timer.
At the end of 3 minutes, stop the timer and say Stop. Put your pencils down.
RemindersStart timer Start the timer after you say Begin.
Prompts If a student starts reading the passage out loud, say Please read the passage silently. (Repeat as often as needed.)
If a student skips an entire page, say. Please be sure not to skip pages.
If a student stops working, say Please keep going until I tell you to stop. Just do your best work. (Repeat as often as needed.)
Discontinue There is no discontinue rule. Every student should be encouraged to try their best until three minutes have passed.
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DIBELS 8th Edition Maze Progress Monitoring Maze 2
DIBELS 8th EditionProgress Monitoring Maze.2.1 Key
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Progress Monitoring Maze 2.1
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Practice Passage
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he
takes a schoolart bus work
to go to school. In theafternoon library morning
, he also
takes a bus home.
Correct: ___________Incorrect: ___________Adjusted Score: _______
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The Chairs
Jeffrey lived with his mom, dad, and little brother on a
quiet dead-end street in the suburbs. On weekends, Jeffrey and his
little brother often played baseball out in the street. They’d shout
and make a lot in no of
noise hitting the ball with a lost metal soft
bat.
Sometimes the ball got outat of some
control and flew into another
family’sdog swing yard
. Jeffrey would run to get itback down over
and toss it to
his brother.
Nobody They What
minded that Jeffrey and his brothermade ran slid
a
racket playing baseball or that Jeffreycooked dashed smiled
across their fresh,
green, well-watered lawnsno to whe
retrieve his baseball, nobody
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except forall hoone
neighbor who lived across the street.Al ManThis
neighbor was named Mr. Chang. Once,at thewhen
Jeffrey ran into
his yard to cook get wash
his baseball, Mr. Chang came outand or the
made
a cranky face. That wasalso small the
only time Jeffrey really saw him.
Mr. Changbelow less never
sat in his yard. But oneday slide table
, Jeffrey
saw two new chairs in Mr. Chang’scar pool yard
.
One chair was blue, and thebike ladder other
was red. Mr. Chang
always hada of to
sour look on his face. Itate sat was
hard to think of him
sittingin no to
such cheerful looking chairs.
Later thatboring red same
day, Jeffrey saw two more chairs
on to with
Mr. Chang’s lawn! They were yellowand if only
green. The
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row of chairs pointedbelow nextright
at Jeffrey’s house.
“Creepy,” said Jeffrey. “It’s What’s Who’s
like he’s spying on
us,” saidhis me uncle
mom.
The next morning, two morechairs glasses toys
were there: pink
and orange! Theyall dogs upper
faced Jeffrey’s front door.
“I don’tlike make run
those empty chairs,” Jeffrey’s mom said
after because from
dinner. “They’re harmless,” Jeffrey’s dad replied.
Just Much Now
then the doorbell rang. Jeffrey answeredalso many the
door with his dad.
A womangames they who
did not know stood there. Shefled ran said
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Mr. Chang was her father. Sheblew said walked
, “Dad got new chairs to
watchand theuntil
shooting stars tomorrow night. He wouldlike run slow
you
to join us to watchcat her them
.”
Jeffrey and his dad looked ateach self them
other. His dad
smiled and said, “All How Which
kind! Jeffrey loves looking at the
night star wave
sky.”
Jeffrey smiled. Yes! He hadalmostbecause yearly
forgotten about
the upcoming meteor shower. He said, “Thanks. We’ll be there!”
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Progress Monitoring Maze 2.2
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Practice Passage
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he
takes a schoolart bus work
to go to school. In theafternoon library morning
, he also
takes a bus home.
Correct: ___________Incorrect: ___________Adjusted Score: _______
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The Airplane
The two children had never been on an airplane before. Roy
was very nervous. As they waited at the gate to board their plane,
he thought that hisshe them
sister seemed a little nervous, too.
At He Us
asked Jane if she was worriedorsoto
afraid. She cracked
her gum anddid made said
“No, silly. Why should I be?Eating FlyingHiding
is the
safest way to travel.”
As For With
they waited for the airplane tolie put take
off, Jane chewed
and popped herball car gum
. Roy’s throat felt tight. He beganby if to
sweat.
Roy’s mother reached over fromhim the what
aisle seat. She patted
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his arm.“Basketball’s Everything’s Pineapple’s
fine,” she said.
Now the airplane began paid sent
to move. Roy gazed out the
doctor music window
at the grassy field beside theboat movie runway
.
The engines roared. As the airplanefound saw went
faster and faster,
the field suddenlylookedrained turned
into a green blur.
Then Roydidlet was
pressed back in his seat asand thewho
airplane
picked up even more speed.Meow Sorry Wow
!
The cabin tilted upward. Roy sawand of that
they were not on the
groundanymoreinsidewithout
. They were rising fast above theearthhandpizza
.
“Mom! Look!” he cried. He couldn’tblow cut stop
looking as the
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fields became smallerandbutif
smaller. He saw a distant winding
breezeriver sound
and some small lakes shining infewone the
sunlight.
Then they flew into acloudgrassmouse
. Everything outside the
airplane turned white.
AfterEveryNext
a few minutes, the jet flewintoout until
of the cloud. Roy
was nowinvitinglooking saying
at a sea of clouds fromabovenear since
.
The clouds billowed up pure white,drinking makingseeing
all sorts of
strange shapes likebag snowtree
castles. The sky was bright blue.
Roy’sdrums earslaces
felt clogged. He was having troublecrying dancing hearing
anything.
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He turned to Sandy andjumpedpointed soaked
at his ears. She took a
leg moon stick
of gum out of her pocket,imagined stretched unwrapped
it from the foil,
and gaveanybut it
to him.
She said something, butas he we
couldn’t hear it. She pointed to
herlike nose
mouth and popped a bubble silently.
“Oh,” Royflew saidwent
. His own voice sounded small andfarheavylong
away. But he understood now what Sandyknewput was
telling him.
He put the gumintheup
his mouth and chewed it. Afterhe’d I’ll it’s
chewed a few times, his earsheard popped tore
. He could hear everything
in the cabin again, loud and crystal clear.
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Progress Monitoring Maze 2.3
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Practice Passage
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he
takes a schoolart bus work
to go to school. In theafternoon library morning
, he also
takes a bus home.
Correct: ___________Incorrect: ___________Adjusted Score: _______
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The Starry Sky
Irena’s sister had gotten married that day. It was night now.
The wedding reception was still goingin onup
. It had turned into a
louddanceloosewood
party.
Irena danced with her fatheriton to
the loud music. Her father
dancedby for in
a fast and silly way thatgave madewent
her laugh. He jumped
up andalong downnear
and punched at the air withhisour them
fists. Irena got
tired after abreak lesson while
.Then she went back to thecloudsink table
where her
mother was sitting. Shecamtoowas
hot and sweaty. Her mother picked
bato up
a napkin and fanned her faceoutthan with
it.
Irena yawned. She was soexcitedhungry sleepy
that she forgot to cover
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thecartent yawn
with her hand. Her mother justdroveheld said
, “Why don’t
you go get someaircarday
? It’s so much cooler outside.”
So Irenabrushedcried walked
out of the hotel onto thehouse lawntaxi
. It was
night, and crickets wereenteringpainting singing
. She could see stars, and even
but forthe
Milky Way. And she could hearflies shirtswaves
crashing on the
beach across thegrapehand street
from the hotel. She sat downifon to
the
grass.
A few minutes later, Irena’sdress fatherphone
came out to find her. He
calledsliced thought
her name as he crossed thebilllawn pool
. At first, she did not
evenhearstepthink
him.
The night sky, full ofboth down no
brilliant and dim stars, amazed
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heras that who
if she’d never looked at itaway beforeoutside
. It was so big and
sodifficultexpensive mysterious
! You could not see all ofhe itone
at once.
As Irena sat thereas down on
the lawn gazing straight up, her
animalfather purse
sat down beside her and strokedfor herits
hair.
“Aren’t you sleepy, Mouse?” heaskedjoined wished
.
She turned her head to seehimtheyus
. She could see his face a
littlesmall total
by the light of the stars.HeIf No
was smiling.
“You see,” he said. “AllNext What
that cloudy stuff, that’s billions
ofbirdseyes stars
like our sun. It’s a wholedifferentnecessarytasteless
arm of the spiral
galaxy we’rein upyet
. This galaxy is at least two hundred thousand
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apple lightsnow
years across. That means it takes two hundred thousand
balls candles years
for light to get from onebox end name
to the other!”
“I know,” Irenagavelost said
with a laugh. “I learned itallevertop
in
school.”
“It’s amazing, though, isn’the itto
?”
“Yes. Amazing,” Irena said.
Then they were both quiet, looking up.
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Progress Monitoring Maze 2.4
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Practice Passage
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he
takes a schoolart bus work
to go to school. In theafternoon library morning
, he also
takes a bus home.
Correct: ___________Incorrect: ___________Adjusted Score: _______
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Shadow Play
Do you know all the things your shadow can do? There are
quite a few of them.
You can use your hands tobuy make walk
strange shadows on a wall.
Havea it to
friend shine a flashlight and moveour they your
fingers and
thumbs in different waysfor of to
see what happens. Maybe you can
cut make talk
a shadow that looks like adog love year
, or a cat, or even a
dragon light water
.
You can play games with yourcouch flower shadow
when you are
outside the house,any too well
. Of course, it will have tobe do go
a sunny
day for this todry eat work
. You will not be able toask come find
your shadow
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if it is raining.
A But To
play with your own shadow youare very will
have to find it
first. Butdirt eye you
won’t have to look far. Itis says wins
usually
right at your feet. Buthas is may
it in front, behind, or tocalm no one
side of
you? That all dependslike on this
where the light is coming from.
Mornings Pictures Windows
and late afternoons are the bestbags spoons times
to play
with shadows. Shadows areclosed longer upper
then. Empty backyards or
school playgroundsare come drive
often a good place to findhome wet your
shadow. Try it! Then move aroundand no well
watch how your shadow
moves.
Oncecars dogs you
have found your shadow, try tobite dream jump
on it.
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Can you do it?As Or Yes
does the shadow keep moving awayfrom just soon
as
you jump?
Try to chasehis the your
own shadow. Or run away whiledad it shop
chases you. Try to dance withcat it song
. Try to stand still and freeze
bus ice your
shadow. Try holding up sticks orbranches rivers schools
to make your
shadow look strange.
Any Band It
is even more fun to playdown ever with
shadows if there is
more thangood one warm
person playing. Stand still and aska so to
friend
to trace your shadow witha if or
piece of chalk. Then do theahead each same
with your friend’s shadow.
Try playinglabel music shadow
tag. In this game, you runfast high still
after
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your friends and try toact push step
on their shadows before they can
get plan sing
away. The one whose shadow getsamazed called stepped
on is “it.”
This game canbe have use
played with many friends at once.
A For It
long time ago, people found thateven they what
could create
stories by casting shadowsaway due on
a wall. They used pieces of
hair iron paper
cut to look like animals andpeople smoke view
. They placed a fire
behind thecloud paper wallet
figures to cast shadows. Then theyhurt made went
the
shadows talk and have adventures. It Log She
was like going to the
movies. You can do all kinds of fun things with shadows.
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Progress Monitoring Maze 2.5
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Practice Passage
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he
takes a schoolart bus work
to go to school. In theafternoon library morning
, he also
takes a bus home.
Correct: ___________Incorrect: ___________Adjusted Score: _______
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The Dishwasher
I used to babysit my little brother after school. One day, Mom
called home from work. She asked me to start thebasketball dishwasher mountain
.
She had put dishes in theblueberry classroom dishwasher
that morning but forgot to
startall it no
. She suddenly remembered at work. Thatcut had was
why she
called me. She wantedif or to
have clean dishes when she gotcup home office
.
I said that I would startever if the
dishwasher right away. So I
wentinto next some
the kitchen and put in somedetergent factory notebook
. Then I
pushed the “on” buttonany but to
start it.
I went back tomany the your
living room to finish my homework.
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He I The
knew my mother liked it whenand I to
had all my homework
done beforedinner house plate
time. I could not relax untilat I so
had done it.
Soon my littlebrother flower winter
got hungry. He went for aclock horse snack
.
He often got himself a snackand down in
the afternoons. He got it by
bucket himself window
so that I could concentrate onmy so to
homework. I heard
him scream, “Katie!”
A I Now
sighed. I put down my penciland for that
went to check on
him. Hegave lied was
standing in the hall. His mouthhid lost was
open. His
eyes were wide. Iadded looked opened
. I saw the kitchen floor coveredbut in on
white bubbles. More bubbles were comingalso by out
of the sides and
bottom of him so the
dishwasher.
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I knew what had happened.As I To
put hand soap into the
dishwasheralmost instead within
of the dishwashing detergent. This wasa of so
big mistake. My mother would belittle round upset
at seeing the kitchen
full of bread gum soap
bubbles.
My little brother and Ifound grew swam
towels. We spent the next few
hours meals shoes
cleaning up the bubbles from thebasket kitchen ocean
floor. We
used every towel inbit the very
house. It took us two hours on to with
clean up the mess. We just barely daily loudly
finished in time.
At five thirtyat both in
the afternoon, Mom got home from
hat time work
. The bubbles were all gone.
Wekept sent went
our secret. After dinner, we wentapart empty into
the
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living room to watch TV.Both Half Many
an hour later Mom loudly called
else out yet
, “Kids! Get in here!”
We forgot and from to
clean the soap from inside thecomputer dishwasher pineapple
. When Mom ran it after dinner, the bubbles started all over again.
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Progress Monitoring Maze 2.6
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Practice Passage
Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he
takes a schoolart bus work
to go to school. In theafternoon library morning
, he also
takes a bus home.
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Tin
One day, as I was walking down the street, I saw an empty
tin can. I kicked the can so hard it hit a tree. I liked the sound it
made.
Above Such When
I got to school, I askedif my she
teacher what tin is. He
saidmore so that
tin is a metal. I askedhim often we
where it comes from. He
saidever that very
tin is found in other rocks.As It Not
has to be dug out of
all it the
ground.
Tin miners dig deep pitsalso by into
the earth. As the pits get
deeper smaller younger
and deeper, the miners climb downinto next often
them using
ropes or ladders.
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Oncefor so the
rocks are out of the ground,our they what
have to be
melted to getby it the
tin out. It all sounds hard!But From More
tin has so
many uses thatbuses people ropes
think the hard work is worthit to up
. Tin is
used in devices likedogs phones trees
and computers. It is also usedas for or
making signs. It was once usedby for off
making tinfoil to wrap up
foodin near to
, but now aluminum is used forher none that
.
Tin isn’t the only metal foundabout back inside
rocks. Gold, for
example, is alsobroken found said
inside rocks. That was what myborder sense teacher
went on to say.
I asked, “Are Can Do
there any metals that aren’t foundany in or
rocks?”
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That’s when he told meabout often until
bronze. Bronze is a metal
thatcables gloves people
just made up! I shook myfeet head trick
in amazement.
He said that bronzeis puts will
made by mixing melted tin with
melted pleased washed
copper. People discovered this metal inancient empty silent
times
and they put it toall how last
kinds of different uses. Some of and over the
things people made with bronze backfor then when
– like bowls and
daggers – can befound gone told
in museums.
Then I thought aboutI of the
can I had kicked. If tindug found was
so
hard to get, I asked, “If Not Why
do we make cans out of all it yet
?”
That was when he told mealong thatwith
tin cans are not made of
day milk tin
! They are steel covered with acalm thin warm
layer of tin. But
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both tinand but out
steel can be recycled. So, next time I see a tin can
on the street, I am going to pick it up instead of kicking it!
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