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Ideas
Continuum for Beginning Writers
Using 6 Traits (K-2)
Organization
Word Choice
Voice
Sentence Fluency
Name ____________________ School___________
Conventions
Teacher____________________ Grade___________
Key
BLUE: baseline date
RED: Common Summative #1
GREEN: Common Summative #2
BLACK: Common Summative #3
Total
Level 1 (typical of Pre-K)
IDEAS
___Communicates by
drawing pictures and
telling about it
___Tells labels
___Tells a story in
sequence
___Includes approximated
writing
Level 2 (typical of K)
Level 3 (typical of 1st)
IDEAS
IDEAS
___ Communicates clearly the ___Communicates clearly the
main points intended for
main point(s) intended for
readers to understand
readers to understand
through words
through pictures and some
___One clear idea is supported
words
by details in words
___ Attempts to support an
idea with a detail in pictures
or in words
___Many ideas but not focused
on one topic
ORGANIZATION
___Tells stories for
dictation that have a
beginning, middle and
an end
___Expresses ideas for
dictation related to a
topic so someone else
can understand and
write them
ORGANIZATION
___ Uses words and pictures in
an attempt to write a story
that has a beginning
followed by a series of
events
___ Includes a title and author
name in the writing piece
WORD CHOICE
___Uses new words when
talking about drawings
___Uses new words when
telling stories or talking
about an informational
topic
WORD CHOICE
___Tries new words when
labeling pictures or writing
a story
___ Most vocabulary is
appropriate for the topic
___ Uses environmental (word
walls, charts, signs, etc.)
words correctly
Level 4 (typical of 1st/2nd)
Level 5 (typical of 2nd)
IDEAS
IDEAS
___ Communicates clearly the main ___ Communicates clearly the
points intended for readers to
main points intended for
understand through complete
readers to understand with
sentences
supporting and relevant
___Generally focuses on a topic
details
___Important details are present
___Has focused, clear main
idea that stays on topic
ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION
___ Writes stories with an engaging
___ Writes stories that have a
beginning
beginning, middle and an
___ Writes a middle with a
end
logical sequence
___May use predictable
___Writes an ending that
transitions (first, then, etc.)
leaves the reader
___ Includes an appropriate
satisfied
title and author name in the ___Transitions are somewhat
writing piece
varied from sentence to
sentence
___ Includes an appropriate title,
author name, and a dedication
page in writing piece
WORD CHOICE
WORD CHOICE
___ Uses new words when
___ Experiments with alternative
writing a story
words (e.g. said)
___ Uses vocabulary
___Uses varied word choice to
appropriate for the topic
create interesting description or
___Attempts at word choice are
dialogue
varied to create interesting
___Attempts to use descriptive
descriptions
words to create images
___Attempts to use dialogue
ORGANIZATION
___Writes a story that has an
engaging beginning,
logically sequenced
middle, and an ending that
leaves the reader satisfied
___Transitions are smooth and
varied
___Begins to arrange thoughts
into paragraphs
___ Includes an appropriate
title, author
name.dedication page, &
author page in the writing
piece
WORD CHOICE
___Learns new words from
reading and tries them out
in writing.
___Chooses alternative words
(e.g. said)
___Uses memorable words or
phrases
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Continuum for Beginning Writers Using 6 Traits (continued)
Level 1 (typical of Pre-K)
Level 2 (typical of K)
Level 3 (typical of 1st)
Level 4 (typical of 1st/2nd)
Level 5
(typical of 2nd)
VOICE
VOICE
VOICE
___Writes and/or draws to show ___ Writes to show thoughts and ___Writes to show thoughts and
feelings in a unique or
feelings (may include
thoughts or feelings
surprising way
drawing)
___Attempts to use punctuation
___Uses
appropriate punctuation
___Uses punctuation and/or font
or font changes to express
and/or
font changes to make
changes to make the text
feelings
the text interesting and
interesting and effective
effective
VOICE
___ Shares thoughts or
feelings about a topic
VOICE
___ Draws to show thoughts
or feelings
___ Experiments with
punctuation to express
feelings
SENTENCE FLUENCY
___Communicates in
complete thoughts
SENTENCE FLUENCY
SENTENCE FLUENCY
___Attempts simple sentences ___Uses simple sentences with
noun + verb agreement
___Uses
prepositional phrases
___Repetitive sentence
(e.g.
to
the bus, on the bus)
patterns
___Experiments with other
sentence patterns
CONVENTIONS
___Writes in scribbles or
random strings of
letters
___Writes name (may be a
mix of upper/lower
case letters)
___Understands the
difference between
punctuation and letters
CONVENTIONS
___Attempts unknown words
through sound analysis
and gets beginning and
ending sounds
___Spells Kindergarten high
frequency words
consistently
___Uses mixed upper and
lower case letters
___ Capitalizes the word “I”
___ Attempts punctuation
(period, question mark,
exclamation)
___ Handwriting: Uses correct
letter formation for most
letters
___Handwriting: Uses spaces
between words.
CONVENTIONS
___ Attempts unknown words
through sound analysis and
includes vowels
___Spells Kindergarten and
some First Grade high
frequency words consistently
___Consistently uses capitals at
the beginning of a sentence
___Uses punctuation (period,
question mark, exclamation)
conventionally
___ Handwriting: Uses correct
letter formation and writes
letters proportionately to
each other
___ Handwriting: Consistently
uses appropriate spacing.
SENTENCE FLUENCY
___Uses simple and compound
sentences
___Attempts a variety of
sentence beginnings
___Begins to use appropriate
tense throughout text (e.g.
past, present, or future)
SENTENCE FLUENCY
___Consistently uses a variety of
sentence lengths, complexity
and types (e.g. declarative,
interrogative, exclamatory)
___Sentence structure is correct
and creative (e.g. noun/verb
agreement)
___Consistently uses appropriate
tense throughout text (e.g.
past, present, or future)
CONVENTIONS
___Uses sound analysis to write
unknown words in each
syllable and includes vowels
in each syllable
___ Applies spelling patterns,
word parts, and features
___Spells First Grade high
frequency words consistently
___Uses beginning capitals on
sentences & known proper
nouns
___Uses punctuation (period,
exclamation, question mark)
conventionally and attempts
to use commas, quotation
marks or apostrophes
___ Handwriting: Writes a
legible document
CONVENTIONS
___ Applies spelling patterns, word
parts, and features to multisyllabic words (compound
words, contractions,
prefix/suffixes, inflectional
endings, etc.)
___ Spells Second Grade high
frequency words consistently
___Uses capitals for proper nouns
(days, months, cities, states,
places, in titles)
___ Uses a variety of ending
marks conventionally and
experiments with commas,
quotation marks, apostrophes,
ellipses, etc.
___ Handwriting: Writes a legible
document
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Level 1/0-6/Pre-K
Level 2/7-12/K
CSA #1
Beg
Prog
Prof
Adv
Kdg
0-6
7-9
10-12
13-30
CSA #2
Beg
Prog
Prof
Adv
0-7
8-11
12-14
15-30
Level 3/13-18/1st
Level 4/19-24/1st-2nd
CSA #1
Beg
Prog
Prof
Adv
1st
0-11
12-15
16-19
20-30
2nd
0-13
14-20
21-28
29-30
CSA #2
Beg
Prog
Prof
Adv
0-12
13-17
18-23
24-30
0-18
19-22
23-28
29-30
CSA #3
Beg
Prog
Prof
Adv
0-12
13-19
20-23
24-30
0-18
19-24
25-28
29-30
Level 5/25-30/2nd