Narrative Writing Rubric

Standards Based Assessment Rubric
Kindergarten Narrative
(End of Year Expectations)
Ideas
ELACCKW3
ELACCKSL4
ELACCKW5
Exceeds Expectations
4
Meets all expectations set forth
in (3) and includes one or more
of the following:
A. Uses some descriptive words
B. Provides a title
C. Uses temporal words to
signal event order
D. Provides closure
Meets Expectations
3
A. Uses a combination of
drawing, dictating, and
writing to narrate a single
event, or loosely related
events, tells about the
events in the order in which
they occurred, and provides
a reaction to what
happened.
Approaching Expectations
2
A. Uses a combination of
drawing, dictating,
and/or writing to
narrate a single event,
or loosely related
events, but is unable
to do either or both of
the following:
-tell about the events in
the order in which they
happened
-provide a reaction to
what happened
Expectations Not Met
1
A. May scribble or draw
a picture, but is
unable to narrate a
story.
Teacher/ Commentary
B. Adds details to
pictures and/or writing
after receiving
feedback from peers.
Details strengthen
writing.
B. Adds details to
pictures and/or
writing after receiving
feedback from peers,
but it may not
strengthen writing.
B. Adds no details to
pictures or writing
after receiving
feedback from peers
Organization
ELACCKRF1
Meets all expectations set forth
in (3) AND
A. Letters are well-formed and
spaced correctly
B. Uses transition words
A. Consistently writes
left to right, top to
bottom
B. Most words are spaced
correctly
A. Begins to write from
left to right
B. Begins to space words
correctly
A. Does not use left to
right directionality in
writing
B. No words or no
spaces between words
Style A. Student uses a variety of
word choices and sentence
patterns. Writing may include
declarative and interrogative
sentences.
A. Student uses simple
word choices and basic
sentence patterns.
A. Student copies words
from other sources
and uses them in
simple sentences
A. Student shows no
awareness of
audience OR words
do not make sense

Conventions
ELACCKL1
ELACCKL2
Meets all expectations set
forth in (3) and includes one
or more of the following:
A. Uses many correctly spelled
consonant vowel consonant
words
B. Consistently spells grade
level appropriate words
correctly
C. Consistently uses complete
sentences
D. Begins proper nouns with a
capital letter
A. Writes phonetically spelled
words, using correct initial
and ending sounds in most
words and many
consonant vowel
consonant words
B. Begins to use some
complete sentences
C. Consistently capitalizes the
first word in the sentence
and the pronoun I
D. Uses, recognizes and names
end punctuation
A. Writes phonetically spelled
words, using correct initial
sounds in most words and
some consonant vowel
consonant words
B. Puts words together that
do not form a complete
sentence.
C. Inconsistently uses
capitalization for the first
word in the sentence and/
or the pronoun I
D. Begins to use some end
punctuation, but may or
may not be able to
recognize or name it
A. No one-to-one lettersound
correspondence, or
uses random letters to
represent print
B. Does not put words
together to make
sentences
C. Uses only capital
or lowercase letters,
OR capitalizes
random letters
D. Does not use end
punctuation
ELACCKW6: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with
peers. Yes__________Tool Used?____________________ No__________