Dimension/Task

Limited
(1 pt.)

Acceptable
(2 pts.)

Proficient
(3 pts.)

1. Participation in small
group work and actively
contributed ideas.

The student did not

or barely participate
in small group
discussion. They did
not contribute any
ideas to the group
rather they worked
independently or did
not work at all.

The student actively

The student was somewhat contributed multiple
participating. They were
ideas to the small
occasionally on task but the group work. They
other half of the time they
were very involved
were not working with the and intuitive. The
group because they were
student was always
distracted or talking to other willing to share and
students.
was a great asset to the
group.

2. Participation in class
discussion.

The student did not

or barely participate
in the whole group
discussion. They
were not paying
attention and were
focused on other
activities.

The student answered no or

one questions and was
somewhat interested in the
discussion. Although the
student appeared to be on
task, the student may have
been working on other
homework or another
activity.

The student
participated multiple
times in the group
discussion, was paying
attention the entire
time and was very
interested in
understanding and
retaining the
information.

3.Listening and respect to

peers and teacher.

The student did not

listen while the
teacher was talking,
or while his/her peers
were talking. They
were being
disrespectful,
distracting and
uninterested.

The student was respectful

at times but was also caught
talking above students or the
teacher. They were on task
and understood the
information but were not
respecting what the teacher
had to say. The student was
not listening to all ideas of
other peers, just some.

The student was

actively listening,
being respectful while
the students and
teacher are taking. The
student was focused on
the lesson this was
shown by taking notes
and making eye
contact with who was
speaking.