Grade Mechanics
Organization
4  All words are spelled
correctly.
 Uses Capital Letters
Correctly
 Uses end punctuation
correctly.
 Uses lines to correctly form
letters
3  High Frequency words are
spelled correctly.
 Most sentences have
capitals and periods.
 Uses lines correctly to form
most upper and lowercase
letters.
2  Few words are spelled
correctly.
 Few sentences have capitals
and periods.
 Student has some difficulty
with writing.
 Uses lines correctly for
lowercase letters.
1  Most words are spelled
incorrectly.
 Most sentences do NOT
have capitals and periods.
 Writing is not legible most
of the time.
 Writes letters between the
lines.
0  No capitals and periods.
 Sentences are unreadable.
 Student does not know that
words are made up of a
group of letters.
 Letters are not legible.
Meaning/Ideas
 Clearly states Main
Idea.
 Includes 3 or more
details in correct order.
 Uses a clear conclusion
 Clearly states Main
Idea.
 Includes just 3 details in
correct order.
 Conclusion is not
accurate or is not used.
 Expresses Main Idea,
but may be unclear.
 Includes less than 2
details. Details are not
listed in order.
 No conclusion
 Missing the Main Idea.
 Includes less than 1
detail without any order.
 No conclusion
 Writing is off topic.
 Details are lacking and
incorrect.
 No Conclusion
Structure/
 Uses Correct
Sentence Structure and
it varies.
 Writes at least 5
sentences in the
paragraph.
 Uses Finger Spacing
appropriately.
 Uses Correct
Sentence Structure
 Writes 4 sentences.
 Uses correct finger
spacing most of the
time.

 Uses correct sentence
structure most of the
time.
 Writes 3 sentences in
the paragraph.
 Spacing is not
consistent
 Does not use correct
sentence structure.
 Only writes two
sentences.
 Writes only 1
sentence.
 Does not use
appropriate sentence
structure
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