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Friendly Letter Rubric Writing Rubric for Writing a Friendly Letter (1-2) Writing rubric for writing a friendly letter for 1st and 2nd graders Adapted from ELA Common Core Standards and WIDA language proficiency standards Rubric Code: T87W94 By lindsaymeeker Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Writing a Friendly Letter
	Advanced 4 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Making Progress 2 pts	Try Again 1 pts	Total Points Earned (N/A)
Parts of a Letter	Advanced Writes all five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Proficient Writes four of the five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Making Progress Writes two to three of the five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Try Again Writes none of the five parts of a friendly letter. (Date, Greeting, Body, Saluation, Signature)	Total Points Earned Self Teacher
Legibility and Spacing	Advanced There is one finger space between each word. You can tell the sentences apart from one another. The handwriting is readable.	Proficient The handwriting is readable but the sentences are too close together or too far apart. There is one finger space between each word.	Making Progress Some of the handwriting is readable, but the sentences and words are too close together or way too far apart.	Try Again The handwriting is messy and the writer needs a mini lesson on using spaces correctly.	Total Points Earned Self Teacher
Ideas	Advanced Each sentence starts out differently and the writer used a describing word in each sentence. The letter helps draw a picture in the reader's head.	Proficient Some of the sentences start out differently and some of the sentences use a describing word. The letter helps draw a picture in the reader's head.	Making Progress The sentences start out the same and less than half of the sentences use describing words. It is hard to see a picture in your head when you read this letter.	Try Again The writer needs a word bank to help him/her to write sentences that help draw a picture in the reader's head.	Total Points Earned Self Teacher
Sentence Fluency	Advanced The words in each sentence are in the right order, and the punctuation is correct in each sentence.	Proficient The words in each sentence are in the right order, but only some of the sentences have correct punctuation.	Making Progress Some of the sentences have the words in the right order, but some of the sentences are confusing. The writer needs a mini lesson on punctuation.	Try Again The writer needs to use sentence frames to try this assignment again to show sentence order and punctuation.	Total Points Earned Self Teacher