iRubric: First Grade Reading Comprehension rubric

Responded with incorrect information

Responded with literal interpretation and some misinterpretation

Responded with literal interpretation

Responded with interpretation that shows higher level thinking

Student was able to identify some details about 3-4 story elements by listening to text and looking at pictures with prompting

Student was able to identify significant details about all 4 story elements by making connections/drawing conclusions, or using inferences from the text and pictures without prompting

Student provided limited or no responses to teacher questions and prompts (if any, only literal responses) with prompting

Student provided vague responses to teacher questions and prompts (provided mostly literal responses) needed prompting to add to responses

Student provided adequate responses to teacher questions and prompts (provided mostly literal responses
Provided very few high order responses with prompting

Student provided insightful responses to teacher questions or prompts
(provided literal and high order thinking responses)

Student could not draw conclusions based on prior knowledge and text evidence

Did not make predictions/draw conclusions, based on what they know in the pictures about the characters or the text


Could not use information or pictures even with prompting

Student could not on prior knowledge and text evidence


Could make only limited predictions/draw conclusions, based on what student knows in the pictures



Did not use previous information or pictures without full prompting

Student could either use prior knowledge or text evidence to draw conclusions that make logical sense with prompting and questioning

Could make predictions/draw conclusions based on what they know from the pictures


Used previous information or pictures with some prompting

Student could use both prior knowledge and text evidence to draw conclusions that make logical sense independently

Could make predictions about story that include connections between the text and background knowledge or ideas and beliefs

Used previous information or pictures effectively with no prompting