Rubric for Beginning Writers                                

Name: _________________ Teacher: LeAnn Schmidt
Date: 2/14/24 Class: Kindergarten
Description: Informational Writing
4 3 2 1
Information/Facts Has a topic and at least 1 or more correct fact related to text. Has a topic and facts but the facts are unrelated to text. Has a topic but no facts. Doesn’t have any facts or topic.
Writing Stage *Uses beginning and ending sounds and sight words. *Experiments with vowel sounds *Writes a complete sentence *Write more than one sentence *Uses some letters and matching sounds *Writes 1 sentence *Uses strings of letters or series of random letters *Uses pictures to tell a story *Dictates
Language Components Uses all 4 Language Components. *Starts a sentence with a capital. *Uses punctuation at the end. *Uses spacing in writing. *Uses sight words. Uses 3 of the 4 Language Components. *Starts a sentence with a capital. *Uses punctuation at the end. *Uses spacing in writing. *Uses sight words. Uses 2 of the 4 Language Components. *Starts a sentence with a capital. *Uses punctuation at the end. *Uses spacing in writing. *Uses sight words. Uses 1 or none of the 4 Language Components. *Starts a sentence with a capital. *Uses punctuation at the end. *Uses spacing in writing. *Uses sight words.