iRubric: Early Writing Rubric

- Picture with 3 or more details
- Purpose of picture is to enhance story
- Their writing matches their picture
- All writing is on topic

- Picture with a few details
- Purpose of picture is to tell story equally with words/letters
- Their writing mostly matches their picture
- Most writing is on topic

- Picture is difficult to recognize, no details
- Purpose of picture is to tell story
- Matches some of their writing to their picture
- Some writing is on topic

- Picture is difficult to recognize, no details
- Picture is unrelated to the task
- Does not write on topic or match any of their writing to their picture.

- Letters correspond to phonetic spellings
-Beginning and ending consonants match sounds
-Some correct short vowels are used
- Stretches sounds to spell unknown words

- Real letters, but do not always match sounds
-Beginning and ending consonants match sounds

- Real letters, but do not always match sounds
-Mostly only beginning consonants match sounds

- Lines, circles or letter-like forms
-Mostly letter stings
- May copy one or two environmental writing

- Appropriate punctuation marks at the end of each sentence.

- Student misses one appropriate punctuation mark at the end of a sentence.

- Random periods/other punctuation marks in his/her writing.

- No punctuation.