posters, captions, and sentences. • Develops a story plot that has a beginning,
middle, and end. Organization. • Develops lists, posters, captions, and sentences.
Writing Rubric Writing prompts based on the theme of each unit are found on pages 273-282. You can read the prompts to make sure children understand what is expected of them. A writing rubric is provided below. 4-POINT SCORING RUBRIC
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Fluent
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Capable
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Developing
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Emerging
Focus and Coherence Gives interesting and detailed information about a topic.
Focus and Coherence Gives information about a topic.
Focus and Coherence Gives information about a topic, but may stray from focus.
Focus and Coherence Does not give information about a topic.
Organization • Fully develops lists, posters, captions, and sentences. • Develops a story plot that has a beginning, middle, and end.
Organization • Develops lists, posters, captions, and sentences. • Develops a story plot with a beginning and end.
Organization • Partially develops lists, posters, captions, and sentences. • Omits an ending to the story.
Organization • Does not develop lists, posters, captions, and sentences. • Does not develop a story sequence.
Development of Ideas/ Word Choice Creates writing that lists, invites, explains, tells a story, or describes. Uses precise word choice to enhance quality of content.
Development of Ideas/ Word Choice Attempts to create writing that lists, invites, explains, tells a story, or describes. Uses word choice to suit the purpose.
Development of Ideas/ Word Choice Attempts to create writing that lists, invites, explains, tells a story, or describes, but may be inconsistent. Chooses words that are not appropriate for the purpose.
Development of Ideas/ Word Choice Provides little or no development of ideas to list, invite, explain, tell a story, or describe. Omits or fails to use chosen words correctly.
Voice Uses a personal voice that adds an inviting, unique tone to the writing and drawing.
Voice Uses a personal voice that generally expresses an inviting, unique tone in writing and drawing.
Voice Writer has some difficulty expressing an inviting, unique tone in writing and drawing.
Voice Writer has difficulty expressing an inviting, unique tone in writing and drawing.
Conventions/Sentence Fluency Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage are generally correct. Spells high-frequency words correctly. Consistently writes complete sentences.
Conventions/Sentence Fluency Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and usage are mostly correct. Uses high-frequency words. Shows variety in sentence lengths and patterns.
Conventions/Sentence Fluency Uses phonetic spelling. Makes mistakes that can interfere with the reading of the writing. Writes letter strings to form a sentence.
Conventions/Sentence Fluency Does not pay attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Needs help in understanding text/pictures. Uses words, not sentence patterns.
Writing Rubric
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Make a picture list of things you do to help at home.
Writing Prompt • Families
• Unit 1
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Writing Prompt
My friends and I like to
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Writing Prompt • Friends
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Writing Prompt
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Write a sentence about your favorite vehicle.
Writing Prompt • Transportation
• Unit 3
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Name
Writing Prompt
Write an invitation to a picnic. Please Come For:
Date:
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Time:
Place:
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Writing Prompt • Food
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Writing Prompt
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Draw and write a caption about your favorite animal.
Writing Prompt • Animals
• Unit 5
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Writing Prompt
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Write a list of workers in your school.
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Writing Prompt • Neighborhood
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Writing Prompt
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Make a poster that tells about weather you like.
Writing Prompt • Weather
• Unit 7
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Writing Prompt
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Write a poem about plants.
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Writing Prompt • Plants
• Unit 8
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Writing Prompt
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Write about an insect you want to learn more about.
Writing Prompt • Amazing Creatures
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Writing Prompt
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Write a story about a character you like.
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Writing Prompt • Know a Lot!
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