Emergent

Rubric
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Writing Through
the Year: Unit 1

Sustained Unable to
Maintains Maintains
Maintains
!
Attention attention to attention to
maintain attention to writing
writing some of writing most of
attention all of the time.
the time. the time.

Picture Tells Makes

Draws a
a Story uncontrolled or Picture or words Picture and words
picture and
unidentifiable tell a story. tell a story.
labels.
scribbling.

Topic Able to
Unable to Able to generate
Generation generate a
generate a
a topic most of
Generates topic
topic some of independently.
topic. the time.
the time.

Letter Makes Uses letter-like Forms easily

All letters are
Attempts uncontrolled or formations recognizable
easily
unidentifiable and/or random letters most of
recognizable.
scribbling. letter strings. the time.

Letter/Sound Demonstrates Hears and

Hears and Hears and
limited records most
records some records most
knowledge of consonant letter
consonant consonant letter
letter/sound sounds and some
letter sounds. sounds.
representation. vowel sounds.

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