Water Cycle Activity Rubric

Students Name _________________________________ Category Target 4pts. Acceptable 3pts. Unacceptable 2 pts. Unacceptable 1 pt. Points

Key Terms

Wordle Terms

Main Idea Sentences

Spelling and Grammar

There are 18 or more key terms listed in the key terms list. The Wordle contains all key terms from the key terms list. There are 6 or more main idea sentences in the document. The Wordle, key terms list and main idea sentences contain no misspellings or grammatical errors.

There are 17 -15 key terms listed in the key terms list. The Wordle is missing 1-2 key terms from the key terms list. There are 5 main idea sentences in the document. The Wordle, key terms list and main idea sentences contains 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors.

There are 14-12 key terms listed in the key terms list. The Wordle is missing 3-4 key terms from the key terms list. There are 4 main idea sentences in the document. The Wordle, key terms list and main idea sentences contain 1-2 grammatical errors, but no misspellings.

There are less than 12 key terms listed in the key terms list. The Wordle is missing more than 4 key terms from the key terms list. There are less than 4 main idea sentences in the document. The Wordle, key terms list and main idea sentences contain more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors. The content is confusing or contains more than one factual error. 1 stage of the water cycle is correctly identified and explained. _______/24

Content Accuracy

All content is accurate. There are no factual flaws.

Water Cycle Graphic Organizer

All 4 stages of the water cycle are correctly identified and explained.

Most of the content is accurate, but there is one piece of information that might be inaccurate. 3 stages of the water cycle are correctly identified and explained.

The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly inaccurate. 2 stages of the water cycle are correctly identified and explained.