The Five Senses Informative Writing—Summative Assessment Kindergarten Message Needs Improvement Developing Proficient Advanced Unable to verbally Using a Using a Using writing, clearly states the articulate the topic. combination of combination of topic. drawing and writing and dictation, clearly drawing, clearly states the topic. states the topic. Unable to verbally Using a Using a Using writing, provides 2 or more articulate additional combination of combination of pieces of information related to the information about the drawing and writing and topic. topic. dictation, gives at drawing, gives 1 or least 1 piece of more pieces of information about information about the topic. the topic. Writes letter-like Writes word(s) Writes a simple Writes a message that contains symbols; random which label the informative multiple facts for the topic. strings of letters; or drawing thought. copies environmental (We touch using (We touch using our hands. Nerves print our hands.) send messages to our brain when something is hot.) Drawing Unable to verbally label Verbally labels Draws picture that Draws picture that shows the 5 a picture that matches drawing(s) that shows 2 or more of senses and includes other details the writing topic. matches writing the senses (labeling representing the five senses (i.e. topic (i.e. may parts of a body). shows a hand touching something only draw a body or music notes next to the ear). and verbally label eyes for sight). Mechanics Needs Improvement Developing Proficient Advanced Records no consonant Records some Records most Records all consonant letter sounds letter sounds. consonant letter consonant letter and all short vowel sounds in sounds in order. sounds and some sequential order. short vowel sounds in sequential order. No awareness of Writes letters First word of First word of sentence uppercase; if capitalization. (mixture of upper- sentence uppercase is used, it is uppercase. All “I” and lowercase or is other letters lowercase. “I” (if used) letters). uppercase.
The Five Senses Informative Writing—Summative Assessment Kindergarten Message Needs Improvement Developing Proficient Advanced Unable to verbally articulate the topic. Using a combination of drawing and dictation, clearly states the topic. Using a combination of writing and drawing, clearly states the topic. Using writing, clearly states the topic. Unable to verbally articulate additional information about the topic. Using a combination of drawing and dictation, gives at least 1 piece of information about the topic. Using a combination of writing and drawing, gives 1 or more pieces of information about the topic. Using writing, provides 2 or more pieces of information related to the topic. Writes letter-like symbols; random strings of letters; or copies environmental print Writes word(s) which label the drawing Writes a simple informative thought. (We touch using our hands.) Writes a message that contains multiple facts for the topic. (We touch using our hands. Nerves send messages to our brain when something is hot.) Drawing Unable to verbally label a picture that matches the writing topic. Verbally labels drawing(s) that matches writing topic (i.e. may only draw a body and verbally label eyes for sight). Draws picture that shows 2 or more of the senses (labeling parts of a body). Draws picture that shows the 5 senses and includes other details representing the five senses (i.e. shows a hand touching something or music notes next to the ear). Mechanics Needs Improvement Developing Proficient Advanced Records no consonant letter sounds. Records some consonant letter sounds in order. Records most consonant letter sounds and some short vowel sounds in sequential order. Records all consonant letter sounds and all short vowel sounds in sequential order. No awareness of capitalization. Writes letters (mixture of upper- and lowercase letters). First word of sentence uppercase or “I” (if used) is uppercase. First word of sentence uppercase; if “I” is used, it is uppercase. All other letters lowercase.
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