RUBRIC FOR FIRST GRADERS BOOK

Visually
Appealing

Book has many

pictures that help the
reader make sense of
the information

Book has pictures,

but not on every page
and they help the
reader makes sense
of the information

Book has little to no

pictures. The picture
do not help the
reader make sense of
the information

Organization

The book is well

organized and has
flow to it.

The book is semi organized and has

flow to it in some
parts of the book.

There is no flow or
organization to the
book. The first
graders will be very
confused

Grammar

Capitalization and
punctuation has no
errors.

Capitalization and
punctuation has at
most 5 errors.

Capitalization and
punctuation has at
least 6 errors.

Most of the
information is
presented and it
makes sense to a
first grader.

One or less of the

information is
provided and does
not make sense to a
first grader.

All the information is

provided and there is
1. Jamest
more information
own was a
that is presented in a
settlement
way that first graders
that started a
will understand.
long time ago
in 1607

Information:

2. Pocah
ontas was a
Native
American who
helped the
settlers and
the Indians
get along. She
also helped
the settlers by
showing them
how to farm
better
3. Christ
opher

Newport was
one of the
settlers that
came on one
of the original
ships.