3 Rubrics for Elementary School [Analytic Rubrics]

As teachers, one of our main roles is to help students understand how and what they are going to learn. Rubrics for elementary school are one of the best ways to help students understand their tasks.

Not only do rubrics break down each outcome we want students to focus on, but the descriptive sections also help students better understand how they should engage with class tasks.

In this post, we are going to provide you with 3 rubrics for elementary school.

3 Rubrics for Elementary School [Analytic Rubrics]

Our favourite way to help students (and teachers) make coursework more engaging is to use analytic rubrics. Analytic rubrics are a style of rubric that isolates each assessment criteria. By using rubrics for elementary school, students will better understand how and what they are being assessed on.

Our favourite rubrics for elementary school journal entry rubrics, reading response rubrics, and literacy check rubrics. Let’s take a look at each.

Journal Entry Rubric

Journals are wonderful creative writing tasks that provide students with minimal prompts and allow students to practice expression. Journal entry Rubrics for elementary school are a great addition to journal writing because they help students better understand how they can structure their writing.

The SUPERRUBRIC journal entry helps students center on 5 key assessment criteria: Content and clarity, structure and organization, detail and voice, use of language and conventions, and word choice.

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Reading Response Rubric

Reading responses is a very popular task in classes and can easily be combined with other assignments. While a journal entry is more of an informal and creative writing task, a reading response could be used at the end of each guided or independent reading activity to help practice comprehension.

Our reading response rubric focuses on 5 key assessment criteria: understanding and reflection, depth of connections, use of language and conventions, word choice, and formatting/references.

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Literacy Check Rubric

A literacy check is a great tool for teachers to see where students are at. You can use a literacy check rubric as a diagnostic tool and a formative assessment tool. Our literacy check takes a holistic approach looking at the various skills needed by students to have well-rounded literacy.

The SUPERRUBRIC literacy check has 5 key assessment criteria: Reading, writing, listening, speaking, and learning skills & work habits.

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Want to look more specifically at reading and writing in elementary school? Take a look at our recent post, 3 Rubrics For Elementary Reading & Writing. Click here to read more.

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