MONITORING LEARNERS PROGRESS
GRADE 3
ASSESSMENT RUBRICS – ENGLISH ACTIVITIES
TASK 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS
CRITERIA EXCEEDING
EXPECTATIONS
LEVEL 4
Listens and responds Maintains eye contact and
appropriately to correct sitting posture.
relevant information Responds to oral questions
in a variety of using complete correct
contexts, while grammatical language
expressing self structures and appropriate
confidently using the expression.
language structures Uses correct tonal variation,
and the vocabulary pronunciation and
required for appropriate facial
interaction with expressions when responding
others. to oral questions. Can use
interjections and a wide
range of vocabulary with
ease.
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MEETING APPROACHING BELOW
EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS
LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1
Maintains eye contact and Occasionally observes Mostly avoids eye
correct sitting posture. correct sitting posture contact and has poor
Responds to oral questions and eye contact. sitting posture.
using simple sentences and Responds to oral Mostly uses broken and
phrases and appropriate questions using some incomplete
vocabulary. incomplete grammatical grammatical language
Uses appropriate facial language structures with structures with many
expressions when some grammatical grammatical errors. Or
responding to oral errors. Communication gives one word
questions. is hampered by limited responses
vocabulary.
 TASK 2: READING ALOUD (Oral Reading)

EXCEEDING MEETING EXPECTATIONS APPROACHING BELOW

CRITERIA EXPECTATIONS LEVEL 3 EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS
LEVEL 4 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1

Reads aloud more than Reads aloud 90 words in one Reads aloud less than 90 Reads aloud less than 90
90 words in one minute minute. words in one minute with words of the text in one
Reads aloud Reads connected texts Reads connected texts accurately hesitation. minute with prolonged
quickly, quickly, accurately and and with expression. Reads most of the text hesitation and repetition.
accurately and with expression i.e tonal Correctly identifies most words. accurately with minimal Reads word by word with
with expression. variation and facial Correctly observes the use of expression. numerous errors, without
expression. punctuation in the text. Observes the use of some expression.
Correctly identifies all Pronounces most of the words punctuation marks in a Has difficulty observing
words in the text. correctly. text. the use of punctuation
Correctly observes the Pronounces some of the marks in the text.
use of punctuation in a words correctly. Pronounces few words
text. correctly.
Pronounces all the words
correctly.

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TASK 3: READING COMPREHENSION AND LANGUAGE STRUCTURES

(*TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SCORING GUIDE FOR SOME QUESTIONS*)

EXCEEDING MEETING APPROACHING BELOW EXPECTATIONS

CRITERIA EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS LEVEL 1
LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2

Reads with Answers three (3) direct Answers two (2) direct Answers one (1) direct Can hardly answer a direct
comprehension questions, makes three questions, makes two (2) question, makes one question, make simple
a variety of (3) correct simple correct simple predictions; (1) correct simple prediction or an inference.
texts of about predictions; makes three makes two (2) correct prediction; makes one
200 words for (3) correct inference and inferences and answers (1) correct inference Scores a total of 3-1 items
information and answers correctly three correctly two (2) grammatical and answers correctly correctly out of the 12 items
pleasure. (3) grammatical structures structures based on the one (1) grammatical given.
based on the various various contexts in the short structures based on the
contexts in the short passages given. various contexts in the
passages given. short passages given.
Scores a total of 10-8 items
Scores a total of 12-11 correctly out of the 12 items Scores a total of 7-4
items correctly out of the given. items correctly out of
12 items given the 12 items given.

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TASK 4: WRITING SKILLS

EXCEEDING MEETING APPROACHING BELOW

CRITERIA EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS
LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1

Writes 5-10 Paragraphs their work Paragraphs their work and No paragraphing, uses No paragraphing, uses no
simple and uses correct uses correct punctuation and some correct punctuation marks and
sentences punctuation and correct correct language structures. punctuation and uses broken language and
legibly and language structures. Spells most of the words language structures in hardly communicates
neatly to Spells all words correctly. their work. structures.
express ideas correctly. Uses correct tense and Uses some correct Uses incorrect tense and
and feelings. Uses the correct tense appropriate vocabulary in tense and appropriate Inappropriate vocabulary
and a wide range of context. vocabulary in context. out of context with
vocabulary in context. Writes legibly and neatly. Uses some appropriate numerous spellings errors.
Writes legibly and vocabulary in context The handwriting is
neatly. with some correct illegible and untidy.
Has some sense of spellings.
cohesion in Writes legibly.
presentation of ideas.
Communicates feelings
and emotions.

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