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Draft an informational paragraph. Write a paragraph that tells about one ocean animal's habitat. After reading “Ocean Life from A to Z Book” (Stierle and Crawley 2007) and watching the interactive DVD (Readers Book & DVD) students will write an information paragraph that tells about one ocean creature’s habitat.

Rubric Code: RX42784

By MindySRicardo

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Writing rubric After reading “Ocean Life from A to Z Book” (Stierle and Crawley 2007) and watching the interactive DVD (Readers Book & DVD) students will write an information paragraph that tells about one ocean creature’s habitat.
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Focus/Support What you say.	Excellent Clear and developed topic with 3 or more relevant facts or details per paragraph.	Good Mostly clear and developed topic with 2 relevant fact or detail per paragraph.	Fair Develops somewhat clear topic with 1 relevant fact or detail per paragraph.	Poor Topic or events are unclear or no relevant facts or detail per paragraph.
Style How you say it.	Excellent Broad descriptive vocabulary. Connects readers with materials learned.	Good Uses specific vocabulary. Connects readers with materials learned.	Fair Rarely uses specific vocabulary. May not connect readers with materials learned.	Poor Poor use of vocabulary. Does not connect readers with materials learned.
Organization	Excellent Introduces topic clearly, mostly organizes ideas to support purpose.	Good Introduces topic, organizes some ideas to support purpose.	Fair Introduce topic, organizes few ideas to support purpose.	Poor Attempts to introduce topic, disorganized ideas, does not support purpose.
Mechanics	Excellent Capital letters. Indented paragraphs. Sentence structure. Punctuation. Spelling.	Good Capital letters. Punctuation. Sentence structure. Spelling. Some errors (1-2 per paragraph).	Fair Capital letters. Punctuation. Sentence structure. Spelling. Many errors (3-4 per paragraph).	Poor Capital letters. Punctuation. Sentence structure. Spelling. Lots of errors (5 or more per paragraph).