Writing

In 4th Grade our focus is writing. Our county has issued a rubric that is used in my classroom. The same rubric is used when your child's writings are being scored. Below you will find the rubric we must use for grades k-5.

6 Point Writing Rubric Grades K-6
	1 BEGINNING WRITER	2 EARLY WRITER	3 DEVELOPING WRITER	4 PROFICIENT WRITER	5 FLUENT WRITER	6 MATURE WRITER
Focus IS THE PAPER CLEAR AND MAINTAINED?	Minimally addresses the topic Unrelated information my be included	Slightly related to the topic	Generally focused on the topic, may contain some unrelated ideas May lack a sense of completeness or wholeness	Generally focused on the topic, may contain some extraneous information Seems complete or whole	Focus on the topic Demonstrates a sense of completeness or wholeness	Focus on the topic Demonstrates a sense of completeness or wholeness
ORGANIZATION IS THERE A LOGICAL FLOW OF IDEA? WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN?	Does not exhibit an organizational pattern Few, if any, transitional devices	Little evidence of an organizational pattern or use of transitional devices	Organizational pattern attempted Some transitional devices Lapses may occur	Organizational pattern attempted Lapses may occur Transitional devices included	Organizational pattern attempted Lapses may occur Transitional devices included	Logical flow of ideas Includes transitional devices
SUPPORT DOES THE SUPPORT REVEAL THE FOCUS?	Little if any development of supporting ideas Lists, cliches, limited or immature word choice.	Development of supporting ideas inadequate or illogical Word choice is limited or immature	Some supporting ideas or examples may not be developed Word choice generally adequate	Some supporting ideas contain specifics and details; some ideas may not be developed Word choice is generally adequate	Adequate supporting ideas or examples Word choice adequate by may lack precision	Ample supporting ideas or examples Precision word choice Mature command of language
CONVENTIONS DO THE CONVENTIONS IMPEDE UNDERSTANDING?	Frequent errors in conventions Simple sentence convention Sentence structure may impede communication	Frequent errors in basic punctuation and capitalization demonstrated Commonly used words usually spelled correctly Attempt to use a variety of sentence structures; most or simple constructions	Knowledge of basic conventions are demonstrated Commonly used words are usually spelled correctly Attempt to use a variety of sentence structures	Knowledge of basic conventions are demonstrated Commonly used words are usually spelled correctly Attempt to use a variety of sentence structures	Occassional errors in s/v agreement; but doesn't impede communication Most sentences are complete but few fragments may exist Conventions generally followed Various sentence structure	S/v agreement are generally correct Sentences almost always complete unless fragrments are purposeful Various sentence structure Conventions generally followed

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