Octopus Maze WorksheetOctopus Escape DIBELS Maze Practice Grade 4 Name: Date: Start Time: End Time: Total Time: Instructions Read the story below. When you come to a box with three words, circle the one word that makes the most sense in the sentence. Work as quickly and carefully as you can. The octopus is one of the most amazing creatures in the entire ocean. It was | has | blue a very soft body with no swim | rocks | bones at all. Because of this, it can | did | jumps squeeze its whole body through tiny water | holes | soft and cracks. This ability helps the fish | quickly | octopus hide from larger animals that want to | be | fast eat it. Most octopuses have eight legs | arms | slow that are covered in strong suction plates | run | cups . These cups help the octopus grab food | waves | happy and hold onto slippery rocks. If the | an | if octopus gets scared, it can spray hot | cold | dark ink into the water. The ink creates | makes | finding a cloud that confuses the predator. Because | While | Where the other animal is confused, the crab | swims | octopus uses its jet-propulsion to swim away | into | fast very quickly. Octopuses are also known with | for | to their intelligence. Scientists have seen them play | solving | solve puzzles and even open jars to get | put | give to the snacks hidden inside. They am | are | be truly some of the most clever divers | singers | hunters in the deep blue sea. Number Correct Number Errors Total Score
Octopus Maze Answer KeyAnswer Key Octopus Escape Maze Teacher Resource Scoring Guide Correct choices are highlighted in bold green below. The Maze assessment typically lasts for 3 minutes. The score is the number of correct choices minus half the number of errors (optional, depending on your school's specific DIBELS version). The octopus is one of the most amazing creatures in the entire ocean. It was | has | blue a very soft body with no swim | rocks | bones at all. Because of this, it can | did | jumps squeeze its whole body through tiny water | holes | soft and cracks. This ability helps the fish | quickly | octopus hide from larger animals that want to | be | fast eat it. Most octopuses have eight legs | arms | slow that are covered in strong suction plates | run | cups . These cups help the octopus grab food | waves | happy and hold onto slippery rocks. If the | an | if octopus gets scared, it can spray hot | cold | dark ink into the water. The ink creates | makes | finding a cloud that confuses the predator. Because | While | Where the other animal is confused, the crab | swims | octopus uses its jet-propulsion to swim away | into | fast very quickly. Octopuses are also known with | for | to their intelligence. Scientists have seen them play | solving | solve puzzles and even open jars to get | put | give to the snacks hidden inside. They am | are | be truly some of the most clever divers | singers | hunters in the deep blue sea.
