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Writing a Friendly Letter Writing a Friendly Letter Writing a friendly letter rubric for fourth grade Rubric Code: Y276W4 By jmccarthy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Writing a Friendly Letter
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Very Little Evidence 1 pts	Total Points Earned (N/A)
Parts of a Letter	Excellent Writes all five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Good Writes four of the five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Needs Improvement Writes two to three of the five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Very Little Evidence Writes none of the five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Total Points Earned
Position of Letter Parts	Excellent All five parts of a friendly letter are positioned correctly on letter.	Good Four parts of a friendly letter are positioned correctly on letter.	Needs Improvement Two to three parts of a friendly letter are positioned correctly on letter.	Very Little Evidence None of the parts of a friendly letter are positioned correclty.	Total Points Earned
Mechanics	Excellent Uses correct capitalization and punctuation in all five parts of a friendly letters. 0 spelling errors noted of grade level and word wall words.	Good Uses correct capitalization and punctuation in four parts of a friendly letter. 2 spelling errors noted of grade level and word wall words.	Needs Improvement Uses correct capitalization and punctuation in two to three parts of a friendly letter. 3 spelling errors noted of grade level and word wall words.	Very Little Evidence Uses correct capitaliztion and punctuation in one or none of the parts of a friendly letter. 5 or more spelling errors noted of grade level and word wall words.	Total Points Earned
Content of Letter	Excellent Body of a friendly letter contains at least three-five paragraphs. Paragraphs contain one main idea, complete sentences, and transitions.	Good Body of a friendly letter contains at least two-three paragraphs. Paragraphs contain one main idea, complete sentences, and transitions.	Needs Improvement Body of a friendly letter contains one-two paragraphs. Paragraphs contain one main idea and complete sentences.	Very Little Evidence Body of a friendly letter contains one paragraph. Paragraph contains run-on sentences and/or fragments.	Total Points Earned