Formative Assessment Rubric: Kindergarten Literacy Foundational Skills
Beginning Developing
 Proficient
Criteria Does Not Meet Standard
1 point
High- Student demonstrates
Frequency beginning sight word
Words skills by recognizing and
reciting some of the
RF.K.3.C
kindergarten high-
frequency words.
Literacy
 Student demonstrates
Conventions beginning writing
conventions skills. Some
L.K.2 sentences begin with a
capital letter, there is too
little or too much space
between words, and
punctuation is used on
some sentences.
Writing Student demonstrates
beginning writing skills by
L.K.1.F writing one or two
sentences.
Editorial Student does not create
Illustration
 an editorial illustration.
Exemplary
Nearly meets Standard Meets Standard
2 points 3 points
Student demonstrates Student demonstrates
developing sight word proficient sight word skills
skills by recognizing and by consistently
reciting most of the recognizing and reciting
kindergarten high- all of the kindergarten
frequency words with high-frequency words
speed and accuracy. with speed and accuracy.
Student demonstrates Student demonstrates
developing writing proficient writing
conventions skills. Most conventions skills.
sentences begin with a Student begins each
capital letter, there is sentence with a capital
too little or too much letter, includes space
space between words, between words, and uses
and punctuation is used punctuation.
on most sentences.
Student demonstrates Student demonstrates
developing writing skills proficient writing skills by
by composing and composing and writing
writing three basic three sentences that
sentences. include some describing
and connecting words.
Student demonstrates Student demonstrates
developing editorial proficient editorial
illustration skills by illustration skills by
Total
Exceeds Standard Points
4 points
Student demonstrates
exemplary sight word
skills by consistently
recognizing and reciting all
of the kindergarten high-
frequency words with
speed and accuracy.
Student has mastered the
grade level list and has
advanced to a higher level
sight word list.
Student demonstrates
exemplary writing
conventions skills. Student
begins each sentence with
a capital letter, includes
space between words, and
uses punctuation. Student
uses commas,
apostrophes, or other
advanced conventions.
Student demonstrates
exemplary writing skills by
composing and writing
three expanded sentences
that paint vivid pictures
and express complex
thoughts.
Student demonstrates
exemplary editorial
illustration skills by
SL.K.5 creating a drawing that creating a relative, creating a relative,
is somewhat related to drawing that expresses an detailed drawing that
the text. idea from the text. expresses an idea or ideas
from the text.
Speaking Student does not Student demonstrates Student demonstrates Student demonstrates
and participate in the Stand developing speaking proficient speaking and exemplary speaking and
Listening Up and Share activity, skills, and when listening skills by speaking listening skills by speaking
and when listening, is listening, is somewhat audibly and expressing audibly and expressing
SL.K.6
distracted, and needs distracted. thoughts, feelings, and thoughts, feelings, and
SL.K.1.A
redirection. ideas clearly. Student ideas clearly. Student
listens to others and invites peers into the
takes turns. discussion. Student
respectfully listens to
others, and patiently takes
turns.
Phonemic Student applies beginning Student applies Student applies proficient Student applies exemplary
Awareness, phonemic awareness, developing phonemic phonemic awareness, phonemic awareness,
Phonics, and phonics, and word awareness, phonics, phonics, and word phonics, and word
Word analysis skills in decoding and word analysis skills analysis skills in decoding analysis skills in decoding
Analysis
words. Student writes in decoding words. words. Student codes words. Student codes all
Skills
words beneath the Student codes some of most of the words with of the words with
RF.K.3 pictures. the words with diacritical marks and uses diacritical marks and uses
diacritical marks and boxes to contain combi- boxes to contain
uses boxes to contain nation vowels and letters. combination vowels and
combination vowels letters.
and letters.
Total Points: __/24