MAZE Practice
Authored by Andrew Sargent
English
5th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on reading comprehension through MAZE assessment, a specialized technique where students select the correct word from three options to complete meaningful sentences within continuous text passages. Designed for 5th grade students, the assessment evaluates multiple critical reading skills simultaneously: contextual vocabulary understanding, grammatical knowledge including pronoun usage and verb tenses, semantic comprehension, and the ability to maintain meaning across connected text. Students must demonstrate proficiency in distinguishing between homophones (no/know/now), selecting appropriate pronouns (her vs. she), choosing contextually appropriate verbs (deciding/decide/decided), and understanding prepositions and subject-verb agreement. The quiz requires students to process information at both the sentence and passage levels, making connections between ideas while maintaining comprehension of two distinct narratives - a story about a girl learning to ride a bike and an informational text about cheetahs. Created by Andrew Sargent, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 5. This MAZE practice quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment, allowing teachers to quickly identify students who may be struggling with reading fluency and comprehension. The format works particularly well as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before reading instruction, as independent practice to reinforce comprehension strategies, or as homework to extend learning beyond the classroom. Teachers can use the results to guide small group instruction and identify specific areas where students need additional support, whether in vocabulary development, grammar application, or contextual reasoning. This assessment directly supports Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4 for reading fluency and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1 for language conventions, while also addressing CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.4 for determining word meanings in informational text.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Once upon a time there was a little girl. She [ate, lived, slept] in a house with two brothers.
ate
lived
slept
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Her brothers were older than [he, her, she] was. They would always do things for her.
he
her
she
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
They never let her try to [make, see, do] things on her own.
make
see
do
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.L.5.4A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
One day she got a brand new bike. This bike had [no, know, now] training wheels.
no
know
now
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
She was excited to try it out. She was also [afraid, sad, mad] she would fall and hurt herself.
afraid
sad
mad
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
She always wanted a [small, okay, big] grown up bike like her brothers.
small
okay
big
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The next day she [left, went, came] to the park with her brothers.
left
went
came
Tags
CCSS.RF.3.3B
CCSS.RF.3.3C
CCSS.RF.3.3D
CCSS.RF.4.3A
CCSS.RF.5.3A
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