iRubric: Shark Research Report rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...

Shark Research Report

Students are selecting a shark, researching and writing about their animal. The report should tell about where their animal lives, what their animal eats, what their animal looks like, it's habitat, breeding habits, and any interesting fun facts about their animal. Report should include non-fiction features such as fast facts, charts, pictures, etc.

Rubric Code: RX263X9

By pdxceltic

Ready to use

Public Rubric

Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Shark Report
	Missing 0 pts	Limited 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Introduction	Missing	Limited Does not clearly state the topic. Student does not include a "hook" to draw the reader in. Not a complete paragraph	Good Topic is clearly stated. Student does not use a "hook" to draw readers in. Complete paragraph.	Excellent Topic is clearly stated. Student uses "hook" to draw the readers in. Complete, engaging, paragraph.
Physical Description	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Description of animal is inaccurate or does not give any important details.	Good Gives a brief description of animal (3-5) and/or leaves out a couple of important features.	Excellent Gives an accurate description (5+) about the animal and it's unique behaviors
Animals' Habitat/Distribution	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Gives little (1-2) or no details about where the animal is found and includes very few facts about the animals habitat.	Good Gives 3-4 details about where the animal is found in the world and/or too general.	Excellent Gives 5+ details about where in the world the animal is found, and tells many specific facts about it's habitat.
Locomotion	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Student gives limited description of how their shark moves with no specific details	Good Student provides description of how their shark moves with 1-2 specific details.	Excellent Student provides detailed description of how their shark moves with 3 or more specific details.
Animal's Diet/Hunting	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Lists 1-2 simple items that the animal eats, could be general to all animals.	Good Lists 3 appropriate items that the animal eats.	Excellent Lists 4+specific items that the animal eats.
Animals' Life Cycle/Breeding	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Gives little (1-2) or no interesting facts about the animal.	Good Give one or two interesting facts about the chosen animal.	Excellent Student has given three or more interesting facts about their chosen animal.
Adaptations	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Student provides a single adaptation for their shark.	Good Student provides 2 adaptations for their shark.	Excellent Student provides 3 or more adaptations for their shark.
Interesting Facts	Missing Section not completed or student includes non-relevant information.	Limited Gives little (1-2) or irrelevant facts about the animal.	Good Gives 3-4interesting, fun facts about the chosen animal.	Excellent Student has at least 4 interesting fun facts about their chosen animal.
Non-Fiction Features	Missing Student provides no non-fiction features	Limited Cover shows limited effort, Student provides 1-4 features, or repeats the same feature throughout.	Good Cover shows some effort, Student provides 5-6 non-fiction features, some features are repeated.	Excellent Cover shows great effort, Student provides 7-8 non-fiction features, features are not repeated.
Organization	Missing	Limited Facts are not organized into paragraphs.	Good Paragraphs are evident, some information may/may not fit.	Excellent All paragraghs are organized with appropriate details and topic/closing sentences.
Grammar and Spelling	Missing	Limited Very frequent grammar and/or spelling errors which interferes with the flow of the piece.	Good Student has a few spelling and/or grammar errors, which occasionally interrupts the flow of the piece.	Excellent Student has little spelling and/or grammar errors, making it easy for the reader to move through the piece.

Keywords:

Animal Project

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Project

Discuss this rubric