iRubric: First Grade Writing rubric

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First Grade Writing First Grade Writing This rubric will be used to assess numerous genres of first grade writing. Rubric Code: S658AC By lcnaughton Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, Undergraduate

First Grade Writing
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Average 3 pts	Poor 2 pts	Weak 1 pts
Ideas & Content	Excellent Stays focused on the topic. Includes original ideas and sensory details that relate to the topic.	Good Stays mostly focused on the topic. May include minor tangents and some rambling and/or repetition. Includes ideas and/or sensory details that relate to the topic.	Average Stays minimally on topic. Includes some ideas and/or sensory details that relate to the topic. May include some sensory detail.	Poor Has little or no focus on topic. Includes few ideas and sensory details.	Weak Lacks topic. Includes no ideas and/or sensory details that relate to the topic.
Organization	Excellent Attempts paragraph form. May include indenting, topic sentence, and/or details. Includes a beginning, middle, and end. May attempt transitions.	Good Attempts a beginning, middle, and end. Has a logical sequence of events and topic sentence has supporting details and concluding sentence.	Average Attempts a beginning and middle but does not include an ending.	Poor Attempts beginning but does not include middle or end.	Weak Shows no sense of beginning, middle, or end.
Style (Voice, Word Choice, Fluency)	Excellent Use complete phrasing. Uses varied descriptive words. Attempts to use varied literary devices. Demonstrates an awareness of audience.	Good Uses complete thoughts. Uses basic vocabulary and descriptive words appropriately. Demonstrates an awareness of audience.	Average Uses complete thoughts some of the time. Uses basic vocabulary. Demonstrates some awareness of audience.	Poor Attempts use of complete thoughts. Uses basic vocabulary. Demonstrates minimal awareness of audience.	Weak Lacks complete thoughts. Uses copied unrelated words. Demonstrates no awareness of audience.
Language Conventions	Excellent	Good Few or no errors in capitalization. Few or no errors in punctuation. Few or no errors in grade level appropriate spelling. Few or no run-on sentences or sentence fragments.	Average Most capitalization is correct. Most sentences contain correct punctuation. Most grade level words are spelled correctly. Writing may have run-on sentences or sentence fragments.	Poor Some capitalization is correct. Some punctuation is correct. Some grade level spelling is correct. Writing may have run-on sentences or sentence fragments.	Weak Many errors in capitalization. Punctuation missing or incorrect. Many errors in grade level spelling. Many run-on sentences or sentence fragments.