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Owl Adaptations Owl Adaptations Why are owls such successful predators? Name 4 adaptations and explain how they each help owls thrive and hunt in their environment. Rubric Code: CXAC46W By eamenard Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5

Owl Adaptations
	Beginning 1 pts	Emerging 2 pts	Developing 3 pts	Strong 4 pts
4 Adaptations	Beginning Does not correctly identify any owl adaptations. Does not understand what an adaptation is.	Emerging Correctly identifies 1 or 2 owl adaptations.	Developing Correctly identifies 3 owl adaptations	Strong Correctly identifies 4 or more owl adaptations
Connections to environment	Beginning Does not correctly connect any owl adaptations to success in environment or hunting.	Emerging Correctly connects 1 or 2 owl adaptations to success in environment, and accurately explains how those adaptations help owls as predators.	Developing Correctly connects 3 owl adaptions to success in environment, and accurately explains how those adaptations help owls as predators.	Strong Correctly connects 4 or more adaptations to success in environment, and accurately explains how those adaptations help owls as predators.
Writing and grammar	Beginning Lacks focus and development. Little or no evidence of correct grammar, spelling, capitalization or punctuation No sense of sentence structure	Emerging Ideas not fully developed. Has some difficulty with grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation. Basic sentence structure.	Developing Uses some descriptive language. Details support idea. Some minor errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation Uses descriptive words and sentence variety.	Strong Uses descriptive language. Provides relevant information. Few or no errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation. Uses high-level vocabulary and sentence variety.