iRubric: Grade 1; Trimester 3 Narrative Writing rubric

*Capitalizes all names of people, the pronoun I, and words at beginning of sentences * Uses appropriate punctuation (.!?) at the end of all sentences * Varies sentences throughout writing (e.g, declarative, exclamatory, interrogative) * Correctly uses singular and regular/irregular plurals * Correctly uses all contractions (isn't, aren't, can't, won't, they'll, we've) * Correctly uses singular possessive pronouns (my/mine, his/her, etc)

* Correct capitalization of the names of people, the pronoun I, and words at the beginning of sentences is mostly correct * Uses appropriate punctuation at the end of most sentences...but all sentences have evident punctuation at the end * Correctly uses singular and regular plural nouns * Most commonly used contractions are written correctly (isn't, aren't, can't, won't) * Most common singular/possessive pronouns are used correctly (my/mine, his/her, etc)

* Capitalization of the names of people, the pronoun I, and words at the beginning of sentences is random * Punctuation is random and .!? are not appropriately used * Few common contractions are used correctly (isn't, aren't, can't, won't) * Few common singular/possessive pronouns are used correctly (my/mine, his/her, etc)

* Knowledge of capitalization is not evident (letters in the middle of words, no capitalization of beg. of sentences, names or the pronoun I, etc.) * Knowledge of punctuation is not evident * No common contractions are used correctly (isn't, aren't, can't, won't) * No common singular/possessive pronouns are used correctly (my/mine, his/her, etc)