Kindergarten Rubric for Emergent Reading and Writing

Criteria Not Yet Beginning Developing Well Developed

Interest in Does not seek books on Will select books Occasionally Seeks out own books
own to look through at with encouragement selects own books for for book time
Stories book time Participates in story story time Borrows books
and Books Prefers other activities time with Participates and frequently and eagerly
to story time encouragement seems to enjoy story Consistently focuses on
Does not participate in time sometimes story teller and listens
story time attentively
Participates eagerly in
story conversations
Remember Does not choose to Recites songs, chants Participates Participates with ease
participate in songs, or poems with others occasionally with and enthusiasm
s Songs, poems and chants in chorus encouragement of Independently recites
Poems and Does not recite these Recites some simple, teacher poems, songs and chants
Chants accurately well-practiced chants Recites chants, accurately
or songs with songs or poems
prompts practised by the group
Print Holds book incorrectly Holds book correctly Holds book Understands pictures
Does not attend to print Attends mostly to correctly and words together tell a
Understan in books or environment pictures in books Attends to some story
ding Does not follow front- May begin at back of words in book Follow directionality of
back, left right book Moves through print (L-R)
progressions for books book from front to back May point to some
and print words as they read
Indicates differences
between letters, words and
sentences when asked
Interest in Does not choose to Scribbles with no Copies or traces Experiments with print
experiment with writing attempt to convey without specific intent independently; tries to print
Writing Refuses to write without meaning to convey meaning words;
visible stress or Shows little interest Aware that writing Independently makes
frustration in writing conveys meaning when sound/symbol connections
Does not asked Copies words from
demonstrate much environment in order to
understanding that convey meaning/message
print conveys
meaning;
Letter May inconsistently Recognizes fewer Recognizes 26-51 Recognizes all 26 letter
recognize one or two than 26 upper and of the upper and lower in both upper and lower case
Recognitio letters lower case letters in random order
case letters in random
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Letter/Sou Recognizes no letter Recognizes 1-7 Recognizes 8-18 Recognizes all 19
sounds consonant letter consonant letter sounds consonant letter sounds and
nd 1 or more vowel sounds
sounds
Recognitio
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