Rubric for Reading- Retelling- Pretend Reading of student written Frog Fact Books
(Because January first graders have a wide range of reading abilities, the task is more concerned with the accuracy of factual information about frogs, collected and read/recited from memory or retold by the child.)
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Accuracy of Reading	Text is read with complete accuracy.	Most of the text is read accurately.	Student recites or retells memorized text with accuracy, but lacks one to one correspondence needed for true reading to be evident.	Student recites or retells text with partial accuracy to text and lacks one to one correspondence.	Student recites retells text with minimal accuracy to text and lacks one to one correspondence.
Accuracy of Information	Factual content is completely correct.	Factual content is correct with only one error or misconception.	Factual content is mostly correct with a few errors.	Factual content is less correct than incorrect.	Factual content is completely confused or incorrect.
Illustrations	Illustrations relate meaningfully to the text, are skillfully rendered and add voice or personality to the text.	Illustrations relate meaningfully to the text, may be skillfully rendered OR add voice or personality to the text.	Illustrations relate to the meaning of the text.	Illustrations relate meaningfully to most of the text, but omit some important detail.	Illustrations are present but have minimal apparent relationship to the text.
Quality of Handwriting	Letters are correctly formed, neatly written, the correct size and words are well spaced. (4)	Letters are correctly formed, the correct size OR neatly written and words are well spaced. (3)	Letters are correctly formed OR neatly written OR the correct size, and words are well spaced. (2)	Letters are correctly formed, OR neatly written, OR the correct size OR words are well spaced. (1)	None of the 4 characteristics is consistently found to be true. Text is difficult to read.