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Writing Rubrics

Rubrics that match the Common Core Curriculum for English Language Arts

Writing rubrics that follow the Common Core Standards! Here are explicit assessment rubrics for your writing lesson plans.

As if teaching isn't daunting enough, now teachers in America and American schools around the world are faced with implementing the new math and language arts standards known as the Common Core.

Change is hard, but it is also good. One thing that is very good is how explicit the standards of good writing are within the Common Core.

Teaching the mechanics of writing used to be hard. Most teachers are very good at coming up with creative writing ideas and using the 6 Traits of Writing, but consistently teaching grammar and mechanics is a struggle.

Why is this? Because our schedules are packed! Sometimes we just lack the ability to quickly and effectively implement a way of:

Consistently and explicitly focusing on the grammar and mechanics of writing
Making those expectations known to students in an easy-to-follow format, and...
Being very sure we teach everything we are supposed to (I know - those standards are huge and confusing!).

Writing Rubrics Are A Life-Saver!

Rubrics allow students to know and understand expectations during the process of learning or during a performance task.

Rubrics also aid teachers with designing writing lesson plans. We are better at teaching writing strategies and holding students to expectations when we use a rubric to guide our teaching.

Writing rubrics are good for teachers and students.

Remember though, that no rubric is any good without a solid foundation in how to teach writing. Don't expect rubrics to tell you HOW to teach - they merely guide your teaching and the student's learning.

These books are stuffed with writing rubrics for grammar and mechanics that follow the Common Core.

These are not writing lessons - that is up to your expertise.

Good teachers know that we design lessons to meet final objectives, objectives aren't kept a secret from the students, and that's how we can conquer the new standards.

Check out the images below - that is exactly what is included - all of the guesswork of grading writing using the Common Core standards is done for you!

writing rubrics

Each ebook is full of ready-to-go rubrics that match the Common Core - ready for you to use immediately in your classroom.

You know the value of rubrics, and they are a must for improving student learning.

There are 2 books: Kindergarten-Grade 2 and Grade 3-5. The format is the same for both of them, but they address each grade level's unique (yet scaffolded) standards for writing.

Conventions of English Rubrics for Progress Monitoring that follow the standards for essential writing skills.

The rubrics are used during the teaching process of writing.

Goals are written explicitly and as you observe students achieving their goals, you reward their progress with stickers.

Each rubric should be used for 3-4 weeks while students work on mastering their skills (there are 5 for each grade level).

Use a daily writing prompt for your grade level, keep their papers with the rubric in a folder, and upon meeting the skills multiple times, give the corresponding performance assessment.

Conventions of English Final Evaluation Rubrics for Assessment of Mastery.

The assessment writing rubrics are the same as the Progress Monitoring rubrics. We assess students explicitly, not implicitly.

The students self-assess along with the teacher, points are given (3,2,1,0) and a final grade is assigned. My parents love this as they have seen what their child has been working on and it is the same thing they are assessed on.

There is no mystery to success!

5 Writing Prompts that correspond with the Final Evaluation Rubrics

Students write a piece with the given prompt that follows the text types, purposes and research skills stated for each grade level.

These writing topics are based on exactly what students have to do in each of the grade level Common Core standards (teaching expository writing, teaching narrative writing, teaching expository writing…yes, they are covered here!).

Are you ready to make teaching English conventions easier while meeting the Common Core standards?

Each digital eBook is $23.99 and ready for instant download so you can start using it in your classroom immediately.

Book 1: Grades K, 1 and 2	Book 2: Grades 3, 4 and 5

This is an ebook - it is not available in hard copy

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