iRubric: Reader's Workshop rubric

Independently picks a "right pick" in a reasonable amount of time; prepared with book before reading workshop.

Picks books of his or her level mostly. Prepared most of the time with a book.

Often cannot pick books of the appropriate level. Prepared some of the time with their book.

Spends most of the independent reading time picking books. Consistently picks books too hard or too easy; abandons many books.

Goes to reading quickly after the mini-lesson, respects classmates reading and those conferencing with teacher; reads quietly enitre time.

Takes a minute or two to get to reading after the mini- lesson, may require some redirection. Has to be reminded of the systems of workshop while teacher is in a conference; reads most of the time but is sometimes off task.

Takes a while to get into their reading after the mini- lesson. Requires a lot of redirecton and often attempts to interrupt conferences; behavior warrants Mrs. Gravley coming out of her conference to redirect. Gets little reading done.

Spends most of the reading time "getting ready" to read after the mini-lesson and requires much redirection daily; behavior warrants Mrs. Gravley coming out of her conference to redirect or discipline. Gets almost no reading done.

Student is prepared for the conference and is ready to talk about their work in a meaningful way. They have also done the work that prepares them for the conference. If student is not in conference they are working independently and using the systems of workshop to guide them.

Student comes to conference prepared and ready to talk. Student sometimes has meaningful things to say. They have not fully implemented skills from our conference into their work.<BR>
If student is not in conference they sometimes need redirection.

Student comes to conference unprepared to talk about their work and has little meaningful to say about their work in the conference. They have not attempted the skills that were learned in the last conference. When student is not in conference they need a lot of redirection.

Student is not ready for conference and does not take the conference seriously. They have nothing meaningful to say about their work and haven't tried any of the skills taught in previous conference. Student requires constant redirection when they are not in a conference.