iRubric: Writing Rubric for Writing a Letter to Santa

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Writing Rubric for Writing a Letter to Santa Writing Rubric for Writing a Letter to Santa Students will write a letter to Santa using a greeting, body, salutation and signature. Rubric Code: S687WW By rbenwick Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Writing a Friendly Letter
	Excellent 25 pts	Good 20 pts	Proficient 15 pts	Below level 10 pts	Score (N/A)
Parts of a Letter	Excellent Writes all four parts of the letter ( Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Good Writes three of the four parts of a friendly letter.	Proficient Writes two to three of the four parts of a friendly letter.	Below level Writes none of the four parts of a friendly letter.	Score
Sentence Structure	Excellent All sentences have correct punctuation and capitalization and spacing. Writing is neat.	Good Each sentence has correct punctuation and capitalization and spacing. Writing is neat.	Proficient There are 1-3 punctuation or capitalization errors. Contains little legible writing and use of spacing between letters and words	Below level There are many punctuation and capitalization errors. Sentences are poorly written and structured. Writing is not legible with no spacing between words.	Score
Spelling	Excellent All word wall words are spelled correctly and all inventive spelling includes vowels and taught phonograms.	Good All word wall words are spelled correctly but inventive spelling does not include vowels and taught phonograms.	Proficient Contains little evidence of words spelled correctly with 3-6 errors found in word wall words. Few or no phonograms have been used.	Below level Most words are spelled incorrectly with little evidence of knowledge of must have words.	Score
Body of letter	Excellent Contains all five parts of the body.(Thank you for last year's gifts, how are you, good boy or girl, list of gifts and ending sentence.)	Good Contains four of the five parts of the body of the letter.	Proficient Contains three of the five parts of the body of the letter.	Below level Contains only two of the five parts of the body of the letter.	Score