Grade 3- UNIT 1
Writing a Paragraph
Name:_______________________________________
Extended
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Ideas
Organization
Conventions
Competent
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Developing
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Beginning
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The student
includes many
relevant details
that enhance the
writing.
– correct
indentation
- variety of
supporting details
on topic
- strong main idea
sentence
- closing sentence
readdresses main
idea of paragraph
The student
includes many
details.
The student
includes some
details.
The student
includes few
details.
- few errors when
indenting
- supporting
details on topic
- main idea
sentence
- closing sentence
readdresses main
idea of paragraph
– missing
indentation
- limited
supporting details
off topic
- missing main
idea sentence
- missing closing
sentence
- grade level and
above grade level
words spelled
correctly
- used capital
letters at the
beginning of
sentences and
proper nouns
- proper use of
margins
- punctuation used
correctly
- grade level
words spelled
correctly
- correct phonetic
spelling for other
words
- used capital
letters at the
beginning of most
sentences and on
most proper nouns
- general proper
use of margins
- punctuation used
correctly most of
the time
- missing
indentation or
incorrect use of
indentation
- limited
supporting details
on topic
- unclear main idea
sentence
- unclear closing
sentence
- some grade level
words spelled
correctly
- some correct
phonetic spelling
for other words
- used capital
letters at the
beginning of some
sentences and on
some proper nouns
- some proper use
of margins
- punctuation used
correctly some of
the time
- few grade level
words spelled
correctly
- limited phonetic
spelling for other
words
- used capital
letters at the
beginning of few
sentences and on
few proper nouns
or/ did not use
capital letters
correctly
- did not use
margins
- limited correct
punctuation
Teacher Comments:
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