Kindergarten Opinion Writing Rubric

Students Name: ___________________________

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Language Score: ____

Foundational Skills Score: ____

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Standards
Foundation
al Skills
R.F.1

Demonstrate an understanding of
the organization and basic
features of print.
Standards

Writing
W.1

Use a combination of drawing,

writing, or dictating to compose
opinion pieces in which they tell
a reader the people or the name
of the book they are writing
about and state an opinion or
preference about the topic or
book.
Standards

L.1
Language
Convention
s

L.2

L.4

Date:

Demonstrate command of the

conventions of standard English
grammar and usage when writing
or speaking.
Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling when writing.
Determine of clarify the meaning
of unknown and multiplemeaning words and phrases
based on kindergarten reading
and contexts.

Writing Score:

N/A

1
(01)

2
(2)

3
(3

4
(42)

N/A

1
(01)

2
(2)

3
(3)

4
(4)

N/A

1
(03)

2
(4-6)

3
(7-9)

4
(1012)

Foundational Skills
Standard

1
Below Basic
Student has
one of the
following:

Demonstrate
an
understandi
ng of the
organization
and the
basic
features of
print.

Writes
words
going from
left to right
Uses
groups of
letters to
represent
words
Uses
spaces
between
words
Uses upper
and lower
case letters

2
Basic
Student has
any two of the
following:

Writes
words
going from
left to right
Uses
groups of
letters to
represent
words
Uses
spaces
between
words
Uses upper
and lower
case letters

3
Proficient
Student does
any three of
the following:

Writes
words
going from
left to right
Uses
groups of
letters to
represent
words
Uses
spaces
between
words
Uses upper
and lower
case letters

4
Mastered

Student does all of

the following:
Writes words
going from left to
right
Uses groups of
letters to
represent words
Uses spaces
between words
Uses upper and
lower case letters

Writing
Standard

1
Below Basic

2
Basic

3
Proficient

4
Mastered

Student does any

one of the
following:

Use a
combination of
drawing,
dictating, and
writing to
compose opinion
pieces in which
they tell a reader
the topic or the
name of the book
they are writing
about and state
an opinion or
preference about
the topic or book

Student does any

two of the
following:

Student does all

of the following:

Names topic
or title of
book.
Gives an
opinion or
preference
Writes using a
combination
of writing,
drawing, and
dictating.

Names topic
or title of
book.
Gives an
opinion or
preference
Writes using a
combination
of writing,
drawing, and
dictating.

Names topic
or title of
book.
Gives an
opinion or
preference
Writes using a
combination
of writing,
drawing, and
dictating.

Student does
all of the
following:

Names
topic or
title of
book.
Gives an
opinion or
preference
Writes
using
words

Language
1
Below Basic

2
Basic

3
Proficient

4
Mastered

Student does any

one of the
following:

Student does
any two of the
following:

Student does
any three of the
following:

Student does all

of the following:

Standard
Demonstrate
command of
the
conventions of
standard
English
grammar and
usage when
writing or
speaking.

Prints capital
and lower case
letters.
Uses nouns
and verbs in a
sentence.
Adds letters (s,
es, etc) to
make plural
nouns
Produces

Prints capital
and lower
case letters.
Uses nouns
and verbs in
a sentence.
Adds letters
(s, es, etc)
to make
plural nouns
Produces

Prints capital
and lower
case letters.
Uses nouns
and verbs in
a sentence.
Adds letters
(s, es, etc)
to make
plural nouns
Produces

Prints capital
and lower
case letters.
Uses nouns
and verbs in
a sentence.
Adds letters
(s, es, etc)
to make
plural nouns
Produces
complete

complete
sentences.
Student does any
one of the
following:
Demonstrate
command of
the
conventions of
standard
English
capitalization,
punctuation,
and spelling
when writing.

Capitalizes
first word in a
sentence and
pronoun I
Recognizes
when to use
end
punctuation
Matches
letters to the
correct sounds
Spells words
phonetically

Student does one

of the following:

Determine or
clarify the
meaning of
unknown and
multiplemeaning
words and
phrases based
on
kindergarten
reading and
content.

Uses words
with same or
opposite
meaning
(synonyms
and antonyms)
Uses verbs
with similar
meaning ( run,
jog)
Uses words
appropriately
or correctly
Uses
beginning and
endings of
words (-ed, -s,
re-, un-, pre-,
-ful, -less)

complete
sentences.
Student does
any two of the
following:

complete
sentences.
Student does
any three of the
following:

Capitalizes
first word in
a sentence
and pronoun
I
Recognizes
when to use
end
punctuation
Matches
letters to the
correct
sounds
Spells words
phonetically
Student does
any two of the
following:

Uses words
with same or
opposite
meaning
(synonyms
and
antonyms)
Uses verbs
with similar
meaning
( run, jog)
Uses words
appropriately
or correctly
Uses
beginning
and endings
of words (ed, -s, re-,
un-, pre-,
-ful, -less)

Capitalizes
first word in
a sentence
and pronoun
I
Recognizes
when to use
end
punctuation
Matches
letters to the
correct
sounds
Spells words
phonetically
Student does
any three of the
following:

Uses words
with same or
opposite
meaning
(synonyms
and
antonyms)
Uses verbs
with similar
meaning
( run, jog)
Uses words
appropriately
or correctly
Uses
beginning
and endings
of words (ed, -s, re-,
un-, pre-,
-ful, -less)

sentences.
Student does all
of the following:

Capitalizes
first word in
a sentence
and pronoun
I
Recognizes
when to use
end
punctuation
Matches
letters to the
correct
sounds
Spells words
phonetically

Student does all

of the following:

Uses words
with same or
opposite
meaning
(synonyms
and
antonyms)
Uses verbs
with similar
meaning
( run, jog)
Uses words
appropriately
or correctly
Uses
beginning
and endings
of words (ed, -s, re-,
un-, pre-,
-ful, -less)