| La Conner Elementary School Writing Descriptors |
Preschool Writing Descriptors
1st Quarter
• Simple but recognizable person • Face, body, arms, legs • Demonstrates some control • Students work is recognizable but lacks important detail critical to the story • Teacher labels object using words, simple phrase or sentence about story
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Preschool Writing Descriptors | |
| 2nd Quarter | |
• Recognizable figures/illustrations • Added details to illustration • Labeling/Naming figures • Student dictates words and or short phrases/simple sentences including a setting and significant event
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Preschool Writing Descriptors 3rd Quarter
• Recognizable • Important details including in illustration • Lacks student “writing” • Some independent student labeling • Student able to tell story through teacher questioning 'Writin- g Descriptors
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4th Quarter
• Work contains detail critical to the story • Includes student “writing” (speech and thought bubbles, noises)
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Kindergarten Writing Descriptors | |
| 1st Quarter | |
• There is a representation of some sort of writing below the line. • Contains some sort of “writing” within the picture such as labels, speech bubbles, thought bubbles or noises (some teacher, some student). • There is evidence of a character, setting, event/action within the picture. (This might be teacher supported)
• Oral language/Dictation
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Kindergarten Writing Descriptors | |
| 2nd Quarter | |
• There is one line of text beneath picture with evidence of beginning sound identification. • Continues to contain some sort of “writing” within the picture such as labels, speech bubbles, thought bubbles or noises (some teacher, some student).
• There is evidence of a character, setting, event/action within the picture.
• Begins to show an understanding of word spacing. • Oral language/dictation
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Kindergarten Writing Descriptors 3rd Quarter
• There is evidence of a character, setting, event/action within the picture. • Contains a lengthening line of text or two sentences. • Contains beginning and ending sounds and some correctly spelled words. • Words written are directly related to the picture. • Word spacing becomes more consistent • Oral language/Dictation
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Kindergarten Writing Descriptors 4th Quarter
• There is evidence of a character, setting, event/action within the picture.
• There is a two-‐part sketch plan; a beginning and an end. • Contains some descriptive detail and dialogue in the pictures. • Contains two sentences relating to the beginning and the end. • Contains correctly spelled selected sightwords. • Contains many closely spelled words and words with beginning, middle and ending sounds. • Word spacing is consistent.
1st Grade Writing Descriptors | |
| 1st Quarter | |
Descriptors include essential kindergarten 4th quarter descriptors and: | |
| • | Uses a 3 part plan (beginning, middle, end) |
| • | Writes 3 sentences |
| • | Sentences match the drawings |
| • | Drawings include: labels, speech or thought bubbles,character, and setting |
| • | Writing includes: spacing, lowercase letters, and evidence of capital letters at the | |
| beginning of sentences and ending punctuation | ||
| • | Knows 75-‐100 words |
1st Grade Writing Descriptors | |
| 2nd Quarter | |
Descriptors include previous essential 1st grade descriptors and: | |
| • | A title |
| • | Writes 4-‐5 sentences |
| • | Selects topic themselves |
| • | Knows 100-‐125 words |
| • | Capitalizes first names, proper nouns, and the beginning of sentences |
| • | Writing includes: character, setting, and significant event |
1st Grade Writing Descriptors
3rd Quarter
Descriptors include previous essential 1st grade descriptors and:
• A 4-‐part plan (beginning, middle, middle, end) • Dialogue appears in writing • May have more than one character • Knows 125-‐150 words • Includes 5-‐7 sentences • Begins to identify audience (reader) • Carries story on for two days • Uses descriptive words and supporting details • Proofreads for spelling and punctuation • Writing expresses emotion 
1st Grade Writing Descriptors
4th Quarter
Descriptors include previous essential 1st grade descriptors and:
• Writes 6-‐8 sentences • Knows 150-‐175 words • Writing matches story plan (B.M.M.E) • Makes adjustments, (may add or take away • Proofreads for spelling, grammar, and punctuation • Begins to publish story • Carries story over a longer period of time • Begins to identify expository writing. 
1st Quarter
• Beginning, Middle, End with details • Dialogue, setting, characters • 8-‐10 sentences • Descriptive words • Spelling – more use of complex letter sounds/sound relationships
– sight words
• Evidence of editing and revision
2nd Grade Writing Descriptors
2nd Quarter
• Beginning, Middle, End • Minimum of 3 transitions • Dialogue, setting and characters • Uses a beginning statement to introduce writing • Some descriptions • Evidence of editing and revision • Ten to twelve sentences
2nd Grade Writing Descriptors
3rd Quarter
• Beginning, Middle, Middle, End • Minimum of four transition words • Dialogue (may be single word) • Opening and closing sentence (beginning paragraph development) • Clear setting and character • Some adjectives or descriptions • Evidence of editing and revision
2nd Grade Writing Descriptors
4th Quarter
• Beginning, middle, middle, end (sequential, ordered applicable events) • Transition words • Dialogue with exchange • Opening sentence and closing sentence (paragraph with one topic & support • details) • Clear setting (maybe more than one setting) • More than one main character • Adjectives and descriptions • Appropriate Title • Evidence of editing and revision
