Students begin each day by writing in their journals. A rubric is used to assess student writing and to help them as they work on their page.
Currently, we are learning to capitalize the first word in every sentence and the word I. We are also practicing writing at least two sentences when we write our stories. We are learning to punctuate our sentences with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.
Our rubric:
1. Did I capitalize the first letter of my sentences and the word I? 2. Did I end my sentences with the correct punctuation? (period, exclamation mark, or question mark) 3. Did I use a finger space between my words? 4. Does my illustration match my sentences?