iRubric: Science Paragraph Writing rubric

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Science Paragraph Writing Paragraph Writing Students will write a paragraph about a life cycle of a plant or an animal. Rubric Code: AX823XW By KMcSweeney Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Writing a Paragraph
	1 pts	2 pts	3 pts
Topic	1 The paragraph does not stay on topic. Sequence words are not used.	2 The paragraph partially stays on topic. There is 1-2 sequence words.	3 The paragraph stays on topic and is in the correct order. Sequence words are used correctly.
Supporting Details	1 Paragraph includes 0-1 supporting sentences to support the main idea.	2 Paragraph includes 2 supporting sentences that have a detail sentence. Setences support the main idea.	3 Paragraph includes 3 supporting sentences that have a detail sentence. Sentences must clearly support the main idea.
Punctuation	1 Many capitalization and punctuation errors.	2 Only a few errors of capitalization or punctuation.	3 Capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns and correct punctuation is used.
Spelling	1 Many spelling errors.	2 Few spelling errors.	3 Grade level appropriate words are spelled correctly, including sight words.
Neatness/Form	1 Paragraph is sloppy. No indention. Red lines are ignored while writing.	2 Paragraph is mostly neat. Paragraph is indented. There are only a few lines that are outside of or too far inside of the red lines.	3 Paragraph is neatly written, indented and written on the correct side of the paper. All writing is between the red lines.
Science Vocabulary	1 Content specific vocabulary is not present	2 Few of the content specific vocabulary words are used.	3 All of the content specific vocabulary is used.