Fundations®-Aligned Maze Passages · Level 3 Unit 6

12 one-page maze passages for Fundations® Level 3, Unit 6: four for each week of the unit (three weeks), 6 stories and 6 short nonfiction passages. Every word is decodable through the last lesson day of its week or is a taught trick word, so students can read each maze on their own right after that week's lessons.

A maze is a short passage with a missing word about every seventh word; the first sentence is left whole. At each gap the student sees three words stacked in a small box: one fits, one is a real word that does not make sense there, and one does not fit the grammar. The student reads silently and circles the word that fits. It is a quick check of reading fluency and comprehension.

Use four mazes a week. Give each one after that week's lessons: hand it out face up, read the directions together, and time 3 minutes while students read silently and circle one word in each box. Each passage is 123–138 words with 16–19 boxes. A key page for every passage shows the answers with the same line breaks as the student page. On the weekly scoring page you record correct, errors and score (correct minus errors) for all four passages, and students chart each score on the progress graph, which has a column for every passage in the unit.

Passages in this unit:
• Week 1 (Days 1–5): Leo and the Robot (story); Tigers (nonfiction); Rosa Runs the Relay (story); How Ice Cream Is Made (nonfiction). Trick words in bold: animal, many
• Week 2 (Days 6–10): The Banana Float (story); A Trip to Alaska (nonfiction); The Away Game (story); Growing a Tomato Plant (nonfiction). Trick words in bold: animal, many
• Week 3 (Days 11–14): Julia and the Piano (story); How a Radio Works (nonfiction); A Day at the Stadium (story); What Is a Rodeo? (nonfiction). Trick words in bold: animal, many

In this unit — Skill: Open syllables; soft c and g. Sounds: Open syllables; vowel y; soft c/g; schwa a. New trick words: animal, many (in bold in the passages).

It comes in two editions, Color and Printer-Friendly (one PDF each, 30 pages: a how-to page for teachers after the cover, then each week's four mazes, their answer keys and the scoring page, and the progress graph). Student pages have no example or pre-circled answer.

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What's included
• 12 one-page maze passages, 4 per week (three weeks): 6 stories and 6 nonfiction
• Three stacked choices in each box; 16–19 boxes per passage
• That week's trick words in bold in every passage
• An answer key page for every passage (12)
• A weekly scoring page (3) and a progress graph
• A how-to page for teachers
• Color and Printer-Friendly editions (30 pages each)