Common Core State Standards Writing Rubric
Narrative Writing Rubric (Grade K)
Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events,
tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
Score
4
Proficient
Establishment of Narrative Focus and Organization
Narrative Focus
Organization
Development: Language and Elaboration of Evidence
Elaboration of Evidence
Language and Vocabulary
 Uses a combination of
drawing, dictating, and
writing to narrate a single
event or several loosely linked
events.
 Tells about the events in
the order in which they
happened.
 Provides a reaction to
what happened.
 Prints upper and lower case
letter correctly.
 Uses proper spacing between
words and word placement on
the lines.
3
Approaching
 Attempts to use a
combination of drawing,
dictating, and writing to
narrate a single event or
several loosely linked events.
 Attempts to tell about the
events mostly in the order in
which they happened.
 Attempts to provide a
reaction to what happened.
 Prints most upper and lower
case letter correctly.
 Mostly uses proper spacing
between most words and word
placement on the lines.
2
Below
 Uses drawing and dictating
to narrate a single event or
several loosely linked events
with some success.
 Events are present but may
not be in the order in which
they happened.
 Provides an inappropriate
or confusing reaction to
what happened.
 Prints some upper and lower
case letter correctly.
 Uses some proper spacing
between most words and word
placement on the lines.
1
Far Below
 Uses drawing and dictating
to narrate a single event with
little to no success.
 No events are present.
 Does not provide a
reaction to what happened.
 Prints few to no upper and
lower case letter correctly.
 Uses little to no proper
spacing between most words or
word placement on the lines.
S. Parenzin, December 2012
Conventions
 Capitalizes the first word in a
sentence and the pronoun “I”
 Uses end punctuation
 Writes letters for most
consonant and short vowel
sounds.
 Spells simple words
phonetically.
 Capitalizes the first word in a
sentence and the pronoun “I”
most of the time.
 Uses end punctuation most of
the time.
 Writes letters for most
consonant and short vowel
sounds.
 Spells simple words phonetically
most of the time.
 Capitalizes the first word in a
sentence and the pronoun “I”
some of the time.
 Uses some end punctuation
 Writes letters for some
consonant and short vowel
sounds.
 Spells simple words phonetically
some of the time.
 Does not capitalize the first
word in a sentence or the pronoun
“I”
 Does not use end punctuation
 Writes letters with little to no
consonant or short vowel sounds.
 Spells few to no simple words
phonetically.