Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills

8th Edition

Maze Benchmark

Grade 6

Student Materials

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
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Name: _________________ Date: _______________

Practice Passage

Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he

art afternoon
takes a school bus to go to school. In the library , he also
work morning

takes a bus home.

Correct: ___________
Incorrect: ___________
Adjusted Score: _______

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 How to Make a Woodcut

The oldest known method for making multiple copies of the same image is

by a printmaking technique known as the woodcut. The images produced by the woodcut

classroom also
promotion are usually in black and white, but it is possible to make colored
technique that

artifacts among
grounds also simply by using more blocks, each one inked in a different color.
woodcuts many

Even At
For woodcut technique was invented in ancient China. One first it was used
The Up

grades it loaves
to print images on fabrics such as silk. Later so was used to print images on pencils
shadows to sheets

and drying
of paper. It was not until both late middle ages that this Chinese painting technique
the washing

came any
was transferred to Europe. Paper-making saw to Europe from China at about so
wrote the

same time.

arrived even
As soon as books marched getting printed and distributed all over Europe, here
started the

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 full
woodcut technique was used to create high page illustrations. These illustrations helped
lost

change also
to paint books to the public. There were only many woodcut prints sold in single
sell until

every Much
large sheets. These were called “single-leaf” prints. Noisy artists became famous for
no Some

prints
their “single-leaf” royals .
seeds

chance
The woodcut is a time-consuming printing process , but it does not require many
search

brave dangerous
lively tools, very expensive materials, or advanced technical know-how. You just
special wealthy

basic any
need patience, some near materials that you can buy in off art supply or hardware
whole with

a
store, and my little skill.
too

and beyond
To make a woodcut, or can either draw an image directly onto a block of
you until

on any hit
wood or draw than a piece of paper which you she glue to the block. You then stop
to then use

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 as sure
a knife or other sharp tool in remove all the areas of image that are going to be
to while

but areas now

white in even final print. This means that the camps that are going to be black out
the series until

stand out in sharp relief.

for ink
After of cutting is done, you apply the sand . Printmaking ink is thick and
the word

among at crowd
sticky, like cold honey. You take it out of the can with a wide, flat knife .
out such sink

bite by
Then you spread it on a piece of glass or marble, and roll it out in a thin, even layer
water up

from bury is
off a hard rubber roller. You then roll it over the carved surface of she wood
with stop the

how her
block. The ink will cover the uncarved portions of the block but it will not touch
with when

could
the parts that have been cut out.
were

block full
To print the cement by hand, you place a sheet of paper over the inky block
ticket to

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 feel a image
and kick the back of the paper with into spoon or similar tool. Once the move has
rub on scent

center it
been printed, you lift the marker away from the block and put off in a rack to dry.
paper the

Then the block may be inked again in the same way as before to make another print.

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Name: _________________ Date: _______________

Practice Passage

Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he

art afternoon
takes a school bus to go to school. In the library , he also
work morning

takes a bus home.

Correct: ___________
Incorrect: ___________
Adjusted Score: _______

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 Blizzards of the United States

Blizzard is a term used to describe a kind of massive storm that covers

and
everything with snow. Usually, blizzards also have strong winds but extreme cold.
how

are before
Blizzards in the United States have caused by cold, dry air moving down from
hold than

green ice
the north and colliding with tall , humid air rising up from the pool . They are
warm south

each air
most common in the Great Plains, for Great Lakes, and the Northeast. Cold stone
the way

hairy can
from the Pacific Ocean colliding with used air from the Gulf of Mexico is cause
warm rise

are are
blizzards in the Midwest. Winds blow become strong in prairie areas that flow flat
can need

cold air
and free of trees. When near air from eastern Canada meets warm grass , it can cause
safe well

major blizzards in New England.

Also as
Though a blizzard hits, it may dump like much as twenty-five feet of
When too

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 Never histories
snow. Often when a blizzard hits, many public opinions get shut down. Buses and
That services

hit early
trains keep running, and schools are closed. Snowdrifts far cover roads and train
stop often

are lines
tracks and help reach up as high as telephone rings and the upper stories of buildings.
may texts

Fire if
Road may cover barns and other places upon food is grown or stored.
Snow where

bicycles even
Also, children are often made to stay indoors, over if they want to go out
villages that

at amid cold
from play in the snow, because of the risk of frostbite from the severe heat and
to very word

a abroad
blasting winds. When people know his blizzard is on its way they near stock up on
out often

just day
food in case no storm lasts for longer than a mile or so and buy extra flashlight
the sun

batteries candle
countries and candles just in case the flour goes out.
parties power

and appear
Storm warnings on TV for radio stations tell people that they like stay at
if should

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 dances few
home while the blizzard rages , and not go out driving in only cars unless it is
wants their

false it
necessary. The ready amount of windblown snow can make me hard to see where
sheer so

blowing have
you are going . That is why drivers try to mark off the road and airplanes are
snowing stay

here
least grounded until the storm lifts.
often

full many
Very large blizzards may become historic events. In such United States there
sure the

are and
are storms that blow still remembered for their sudden severity or the problems they
have past

above called
caused. For instance, during the fall of 1880 a blizzard helped the Midwest in October,
into struck

out covered
covering crops ripe had not yet been harvested. Snow formed buildings and stopped
that surprised

punch any
train service. Then storm after storm hit until March. One from the longest of these
winter of

but build
storms lasted for nine days. Many people could not leave their homes for months at
then rent

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 chunk from If
a time , and those who did often had to dig tunnels from their front doors. There
view up When

filled and
the snow melted that spring, there gave enormous floods that covered the plains down
were than

washed whole towns away.

from by
In March of 1993 a blizzard called the Storm if the Century struck
to of

as off
the east coast of the United States. The extent of so storm system was massive. It
with the

despite hard
stretched from Canada into Central America. Snow fell in areas where snow is
next that

along dollars
extremely rare, such as Florida and Alabama. Ten million people on the east coast
where storms

game
lost electric power . `
rule

Blizzards are nothing to take lightly. Whenever there is a blizzard warning, it

is best to be prepared for the worst.

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Name: _________________ Date: _______________

Practice Passage

Tom goes to a school far from his house. Every morning, he

art afternoon
takes a school bus to go to school. In the library , he also
work morning

takes a bus home.

Correct: ___________
Incorrect: ___________
Adjusted Score: _______

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 Popcorn

Do you buy a big box of popcorn when you go to a movie? If so, you are

a movies
engaging in my tradition that goes back thousands of seconds . Archaeological
on years

found circles
evidence of popcorn has been met in Mexico going back five thousand dollars .
placed years

a because
Popcorn has long been eaten as of popular snack in the United States however it is
two while

inexpensive and tasty.

a out
In less United States, popcorn is traditionally eaten up salt and butter. In
the with

he burning
other countries, it may be covered with sugar, caramel, difficult condensed milk,
who sweetened

even
cheese, jalapeño juice, or odd bacon.
weak

can feed
Only some strains of corn do be used as popcorn. Popcorn kernels have
have like

Balloon that
tough outer hulls and starchy interiors. Popcorn is not ready to be popped unless first
Window when

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 angry be
harvested because it is too global . So, growers dry the kernels until she reach about
moist they

a gives
fifteen percent moisture. When for heat source is applied, this moisture shuts to steam
my turns

His balloon
and builds up pressure. Out hard interior becomes softer. Eventually, the kernel
The pressure

hull if
becomes so great that the outer light ruptures and the inside puffs up on twenty to fifty
ship to

in
times the size of the original kernel.
with

for goat
Popcorn is easy or make. All you need is a hole and a heat source. People once
to pot

broke forcefully
popped popcorn over campfires or stovetops. Although relatively easy to cook,
washed willingly

as from
heating the kernels so fast or too slow can result in partially popped, burned, or
too of

By camp
unexploded kernels. How avoid this, people all over the stage have designed machines
To world

my creativity
that can heat the kernels at the right speed and gravity . Using oil or butter also
what intensity

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 on
helps to distribute heat evenly.
with

popcorn Also
In China and Korea, vegetable is heated in a sealed canister. But the pressure
wheat When

color bag
inside reaches a certain level , the canister is loaded into a fire and the seal released.
sky sun

building
All the market explodes at once.
popcorn

cruise all
The steam powered engine maker was invented in Chicago in every last
popcorn the

boat be
century. It was loaded onto loss carts so that the snack could do sold throughout
street will

lake gold
the city. At that store the popcorn was usually sold in lost paper bags. People also
time small

by again
bought bags from popcorn at carnivals and fairs all in the country. Popcorn caught
of over

he
on because it is a cheap and healthy snack.
so

But also
Though movie theaters started opening all over the United States, popcorn
When what

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 him They
vendors began parking other carts in front of the theaters. We would sell bags of
their Who

camels busy buy

popcorn to people walking by on the street as good as to people going inside to hit
salt well see

dripped could
the movies. After some time had passed , movie theater managers saw that they had
sung need

and My
make an added profit by making by selling popcorn in the theater lobbies. No
like Some

cut bad
theater managers did not like to do this, because if the movie was empty people in
show small

popcorn end
the audience would throw spaghetti at the screen. But in the name , almost all movie
towels rear

theaters sold popcorn.

Candy business
Popcorn has historically been a very stable condition since it is inexpensive to
Robotics device

and
grow thus make. Therefore, when other snack and candy businesses failed during the
yet

Great Depression or during World War II, popcorn growers and popcorn machine makers

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both survived and prospered.

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