Using Rubrics for Strategic

Reading Comprehension Lessons

Cathy Tade, M.A. TESOL
Welcome!

Objectives:


Participants will be able to define and describe
the benefits, challenges, contents of reading
rubrics.


Participants will be able to create a rubric for
their own context(s) .


Participants will be able to adapt/use a rubric as
a form of reading assessment in their classrooms.
Kahoot Pre-Assessment

Complete a 14 question pre-

assessment on Kahoot.
(Participants will also complete a
post-assessment Kahoot at the
end of today’s session.)
What is a rubric?
Rubrics are evaluation tools used to analyze
proficiency and growth.
The following may be included in a rubric:
Skills/Categories

Performance Levels

Descriptors
 Rubric Format

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How can teachers benefit from using
reading comprehension rubrics?

• Provide a snapshot of student learning and

growth

• Serve as a reusable, shareable resource

• Ensure consistency

• Provide clear explanations of evaluation

How can learners and families benefit
from reading comprehension rubrics?

• Target skills are clear.

• Levels are explained.

• Descriptors are included.

• Self-assessment and improvement is

supported.
Rubrics for Classroom Assessment
Partner sharing

• Discuss your past

experience with
reading rubrics.
Partner sharing

How do/could rubrics fit into

your reading comprehension
curriculum?
Steps to use Rubrics for Reading
Assessment and Strategic Lesson
Planning

1. Consider the skills of reading

comprehension: phonemic awareness,
phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and
understanding.
2. Create the rubric.
3. Share the rubric with students and families.
4. Score students using the rubric and
evaluate the data.
5. Use data to inform individual student and
whole class instruction.
Examples of Reading
Rubric

http://www.riroadmap.com/grade-level-reading
-rubrics/
by David Bowman, “Roadmap to Reading
Instruction”

Kindergarten, Level 1 and Level 2-3

Target skills: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics,
Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension (text
understanding)
Levels: 1-5 (highest) with descriptors
Creating Rubrics Digitally

Click on http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Rubric Site from the U.S. Department of
Education
Select Reading.
Select Independent Reading.
Create a rubric for your students.
Use editing to customize your rubric.
Compile data on a Excel or similar chart/graph.
Use class data to inform reading comprehension
skill lessons.
Example of Elementary Student Reading
• Watch example of 1st grader reading on Youtube

• https://youtu.be/vwABFvsoWYw?si=QiqiJnxUjqEKxMmi

• Watch from 7:10-11:43 only

Discuss how you could use a rubric to evaluate this student’s
reading.
Final Discussion
Share your final thoughts
about using reading rubrics
with a discussion partner.

Thanks for participating today!

Kahoot Post-Assessment
Please click on this Kahoot for a
post-assessment.
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