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Scissor Skills 
Scissor Skills
Rubric Code: E245363
By ChristinaMyers
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Subject: (General)  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: K-5

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  POOR

1 pts

FAIR

2 pts

GOOD

3 pts

VERY GOOD

4 pts

EXCELLENT

5 pts

Scissor Grasp

POOR

-Holds scissors incorrectly.
-Requires maximum to hand over hand assistance in order to place scissors in "thumbs-up" orientation.
FAIR

-May need reminder of "thumbs-up" orientation.
-May grasp scissors using all fingers.
-Continues to need minimum to moderate assistance in order to position scissors.
GOOD

-Holds scissors with "thumbs-up" orientation when provided with a visual demonstration and moderate verbal/tactile cues.
-Holds scissors using thumb and no more than 3 fingers.
-Some flexion of 4th and 5th digits.
VERY GOOD

-Holds scissors with "thumbs-up" orientation when provided with a visual demonstration or minimal verbal cues.
-Holds scissors using thumb, index, and middle fingers.
-Some flexion of 4th and 5th digits.
EXCELLENT

-Consistently grasps scissors with "thumbs-up" orientation independently.
-Grasps scissors with thumb, index, and middle fingers.
-4th and 5th digits are flexed securely into palm of hand.
Assistive Patterning

POOR

-May alternate hands
-Does not turn paper.
-May need assistance to
position paper and
scissors.
-May place paper on table
rather than holding
in hand.
FAIR

-Holds paper with non-dominant hand when provided with no more than moderate assistance.
-May turn body instead of paper.
-May rest paper or hand on table when cutting.
-The hand holding the paper may be in a "thumbs-down" position.
GOOD

-Holds paper with non-dominant hand when provided with minimal assistance.
-Consistently stops cutting to reposition paper.
-Holds paper with non-dominant hand in a "thumbs-up" position at least 50% of the time.
VERY GOOD

-Holds paper with non-dominant hand when provided with minimal verbal/visual cues.
-May occasionally stop cutting to reposition paper.
-Holds paper with non-dominant hand in a "thumbs-up" position 50-75% of the time.
EXCELLENT

-Smoothly coordinates
movements of cutting and paper using both hands.
-Completes project without needing to re-position paper or scissors.
-Holds paper with non-dominant hand in a thumbs-up position 76-100% of the time.
Straight Lines

POOR

-Holds scissors to paper.
-Makes at least 1 snip.
-Requires maximum to hand over hand assistance to cut paper less than 6" across.
FAIR

-Cuts 6" paper into 2 pieces using consecutive snips in the direction of the line with no more than moderate assistance.
GOOD

-Cuts along a 6" line measuring 1/4" in thickness without deviating from the line more than 3 times when provided no more than minimal assistance.
VERY GOOD

-Cuts along a 6" line measuring 1/8" in thickness without deviating from the line more than one time when provided with minimal verbal cues.
EXCELLENT

-Cuts along a 6" line measuring 1/16" in thickness without deviating from the line more than one time independently.
Simple Shapes

POOR

-Holds scissors to paper.
-Makes at least 1 snip.
-May cut across paper with no attention to the shape boundaries.
FAIR

-Cuts across paper.
-Attempts to cut in the direction of shape outline.
-Requires no more than moderate assistance to cut shapes.
GOOD

-Cuts out a circle, square and triangle with a 1/4" thick boundary line without deviating from the line more than 3 times when provided with no more than minimal assistance.
VERY GOOD

-Cuts out a circle, square, and triangle measuring 1/8" in thickness without deviating from the line more than one time when provided with minimal verbal cues.
EXCELLENT

-Cuts out a circle, square, and triangle measuring 1/16" in thickness without deviating from the line more than one time independently.
Complex Shapes

POOR

-Holds scissors to paper.
-Makes at least 1 snip.
-May cut across paper with no attention to the shape boundaries.
FAIR

-Cuts across paper.
-May cut in direction of shape outline but disregards curves and angles.
-Requires no more than moderate assistance to cut shapes.
GOOD

-Cuts out a complex shape that contains angles and curves with multiple deviations from line but retaining basic contours of shape.
VERY GOOD

-Cuts out a complex shape that contains angles and curves, deviating from the line no more than 3 times and no more than 1/8" from the line.
EXCELLENT

-Cuts out a complex shape that contains angles and curves, deviating from the line no more than 1-2 times and no more than 1/16" from the line.




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