Cloze+Procedure+Assessment

As teachers, we are often having to design our own assessments, or alter existing ones. An effective assessment tool for reading comprehension is a Cloze Procedure activity. Although I would not use this type of assessment until late in the year in my ELL Kindergarten class, it is appropriate for other grade levels all year long. Below is an example of a Cloze Procedure. Students should read the passage and insert the missing words. Use the table at the end to record the words they insert.

I chose to use the book __The Dog Who Cried “Woof”__. This book is a Big Red Reader from Scholastic. It is based on the scholastic book series __Clifford the Big Red Dog__ by Norman Bridwell. This book was adapted by Bob Barkly and illustrated by John Kurtz. The reading level of the book is 2.1, or beginning of 2nd Grade. It could be used with a higher level First Grader, or lower level Third Grader, as well.



Cloze Procedure Assessment

“It’s a beautiful day,” _ Cleo. “Let’s play tag _ the woods.” “Uh… I _think so,” Clifford said.“ you know about the Ghost?” “They say he _the woods!” T-Bone said.“_twenty feet tall. And _smells as bad as _ regular skunks!” “That’s just _ story,” Cleo said.“Don’t _ know Stinky isn’t real?” “_ course we do,” Clifford _.” “Then what are we _ for?”Cleo said.“Clifford, _be it. ”Cleo and _ ran into the woods. _ ran after them. Cleo _ fast but Clifford was _. He reached out to _ her. “Look out behind _!” Cleo shouted. Excerpt from __"The Dog Who Cried “Woof!”__, adapted by Bob Barkly, illustrated by John Kurtz.

Barkly, B. (2001). //The Dog who cried "woof!"//. New York, NY: Scholastic Entertainment Inc.

Notes/Comments:
 * Word || Response || Substitution ||
 * said ||  ||   ||
 * in ||  ||   ||
 * don’t ||  ||   ||
 * Don’t ||  ||   ||
 * Skunk ||  ||   ||
 * haunts ||  ||   ||
 * He’s ||  ||   ||
 * he ||  ||   ||
 * twenty ||  ||   ||
 * a ||  ||   ||
 * you ||  ||   ||
 * Of ||  ||   ||
 * said ||  ||   ||
 * waiting ||  ||   ||
 * you ||  ||   ||
 * T-Bone ||  ||   ||
 * Clifford ||  ||   ||
 * faster ||  ||   ||
 * tag ||  ||   ||
 * you ||  ||   ||

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