Kindergarten Informational Writing Rubric

4 Thorough/ Consistent/ Exceeding

Meets adequate expectations and
includes the following:

3 - Adequate

Includes details about

Descriptive language

topic.

Provides additional

Includes some
information about the topic.

the topic
Content and
Organization

information

Identifies the topic.

Drawing matches the

Grammar

Capitalization,
Punctuation, and
Spelling

Stays on topic.

Prints upper- and

lower-case letters correctly

Prints most upper- and

lower-case letters correctly

Uses proper spacing

between words

Mostly uses proper

spacing between words

Capitalizes the first

word in a sentence, the pronoun I, and
proper nouns.

2 - Partial

Attempts to write
to inform or explain.

May use drawing

and/or dictating drawing
matches topic but may have
other elements.

Includes some
information about the topic but
may go off topic.

1 - Minimal

Does not
attempt to write to inform
explain.

Uses random
pictures, words, or statements.

Information is
not related to the topic.

Prints some
upper- and lower-case letters
correctly.

Has some/
minimal spacing between
words.

Prints random
upper-and lower-case letters
correctly

Does not use

spacing between words or
uses incorrect spacing
throughout.

Capitalizes the first

word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

Does not
capitalize either the first word in
a sentence or the pronoun I.

incorrectly.

Uses ending
punctuation correctly.

Spells words
phonetically

Uses conventional
spelling for most words with common
spelling patterns.

May use ending

punctuation correctly.

Spells with
beginning and/or ending sounds.

Does not use

ending punctuation correctly.

Capitalizes

Spells with
random letters.

Does not use

any ending punctuation.

Spells sight words

correctly

Student Name:______________________________ Topic:___________________________________________ Date:______________________

Content/ organization score:________

Grammar score:_________ Capital/ punctuation/ spelling score:_________ Overall Score: ___________

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