Vocabulary Story Rubrics

This week we created a rubric for the students' vocabulary stories. First, I gave the class a selection of good vocabulary stories that their classmates have written. As a table group, they read the stories and discussed what makes a good vocabulary story. Then, as a whole group, we listed what traits make up the best possible vocabulary story and called those 4’s. From there we figured out what those behaviors would look like in the worst possible vocabulary story and called those 1’s. Then we filled in the in-between behaviors and decided what 2’s and 3’s looked like. We did this so that the students have a clear sense of what is expected and a tool for assessing themselves on whether or not they reached those expectations and what they can still strive for. Starting this week, the Pueo will be bringing home a rubric that they should fill out after they complete their vocabulary story. The form will be two-sided. They will fill out one side and leave the other side blank for me to fill out. I included a copy of the rubric in the homework section if you want to take a look or if you need an extra.

Posted on February 8, 2008 7:49 AM | Permalink