Assessment for 1st grade

Premade rubrics for presentations, essays, projects, science fair and more, each in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8). Print, copy or open in the maker. Free.

Tap errors and self-corrections on a passage, time the read, and get accuracy, self-correction ratio and WCPM with the formulas shown. Informal; nothing saved.

Printable exit tickets: twelve prompts or your own, or one to three quiz questions, with a how-sure-are-you line. Four or six to a page with cut lines. Free, no sign-up.

Pick a math skill, topic, book or passage and get questions with a key, an exit ticket, a lesson hook and a reading passage at a level. Made by code from Peabody's own pages, free, no sign-in.

A whole-class quiz game on one screen: 2 to 8 teams, a category board, tiles with surprises or a race. No devices, no player cap, free.

The difference between an analytic and a single-point rubric, when each works, one presentation task written both ways, and how to switch in a free rubric maker.

How to write rubric descriptors students can use: "I can" statements, one verb a cell, levels that differ by one visible thing, real examples for K–2, 3–5 and 6–8.

How to make a rubric kindergarten and 1st graders can use: three levels (Wow!, Yes, Not yet), a picture per row, no points, read aloud. Free printable and maker.

Twenty-five formative assessment examples sorted by when you use them, from whiteboards and cold calls to card sorts and pre-checks, each with what to do and the grades it fits.

Dolch and Fry sight word lists explained, and how to run a whole-class listening check in K–2 with a free printable quiz that hides the word until you say it.

A one-minute reading timer with a words-correct-per-minute calculator for any length of read. Nothing is saved.

Free science fair rubrics matched to grade: a K–2 poster, a 3–5 project and a 6–8 experiment, what each row scores, how to print them for judges or change a cell.

How to take and score a running record: the marks to use, what counts as an error, the formulas for accuracy, error rate and self-correction ratio, a worked example, and a free kit.

What words correct per minute measures, what oral reading fluency norms are, where to find the Hasbrouck and Tindal compiled norms, how to use them for screening, and what WCPM can't tell you.

Enter words read, errors and seconds from a read-aloud and get words per minute and an accuracy band, with what to do next.

Thirty reading fluency activities for K–5, from repeated reading and reader's theater to phrase scooping and one-minute checks, each with what to do, what you need and the grades it fits.

Paste a passage and get the same content at three reading levels, aimed with Peabody’s own level rules and measured when it comes back, with key words and questions. An AI draft to check.

Describe an assignment and get a rubric draft with criteria and level descriptors, then open it in the rubric maker to edit, score and print. An AI draft to check.

Type a lesson objective and get exit tickets and quick checks: a short question, a three-choice question or a self-rating, with answers, ready to print as slips. An AI draft to check.

Eight classroom moments. For each, pick the rubric shape that fits: analytic for a score, single-point for feedback. Every answer says why.

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Ten rubric cells written for grown-ups. Pick the rewrite a student could read and check against their own work. Every answer says why.

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Every sight word the quiz maker can print as a listening quiz, list by list, with the look-alike words it puts in the boxes.

Eight openings of real reading passages. Pick K–2, 3–5 or 6–8 by ear, then see the grade each was written for and its Flesch–Kincaid number.

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Eight running records with their counts. Work out the accuracy, error rate, self-correction ratio or words correct per minute. Every answer shows the arithmetic.

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