iRubric: Layers of the Earth rubric

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Layers of the Earth Do Plates Affect the Earth The earth has different layers. The students will read two different articles about the Earth's layers they will then describe the different layers in an essay. Rubric Code: WX824A4 By dmerritt Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5

Plate Boundaries
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Earth Layers	Poor Students could not write about any of the Earth's layers.	Fair Student was only able to write about only one layer.	Good Student was able to write about three layers.	Excellent Student was able to write about all of the layers of the Earth.
Models	Poor The student was not able to makes any of the layers of the Earth.	Fair The student was only able to make one of the layers.	Good The student was able to make two or three of the layers of the Earth.	Excellent The student was able to make all of the layers of the Earth.
Vocabulary	Poor Needs to use the vocabulary they learned about the Earth's layers.	Fair Some understanding of the vocabulary they learned about the Earth's layers.	Good Most of the writing used the vocabulary they learned about the Earth's layers.	Excellent All of their writing used the vocabulary they learned about the Earth's layers.
Conventions	Poor Hard to read. Many spelling and punctuation errors.	Fair Some spelling and punctuation errors.	Good Only 1-2 spelling errors. Organized.	Excellent No spelling or punctuation errors. Well written and organized.
Neatness	Poor Very sloppy. No effort shown.	Fair Some effort shown. Could be a little neater.	Good Neatly done, effort shown.	Excellent Neatly done, a lot of effort shown.