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Grade 2, writing: "Demonstrates a thorough understanding of narrative structure."

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  1. Grade 2, writing: "Demonstrates a thorough understanding of narrative structure." I can tell what happened first, next and last.. One action, in the child's own words, and something they can point to on the page.
  2. Grade 4, opinion writing: "Provides sufficient, relevant supporting evidence." I can give two reasons and a fact for each one.. A student can count reasons and facts. That turns "sufficient" into something checkable.
  3. Grade 1, presentation: "Maintains appropriate eye contact with the audience." I look at the class when I talk.. Short enough to say in one breath, and a six-year-old knows if they did it.
  4. Grade 6, science lab report: "Analysis is thorough and insightful." I can explain what my results show and give one reason they might be off.. Two things a sixth grader can find in their own report: an explanation and a source of error.
  5. Grade 3, spelling and punctuation: "Few or no errors in conventions." I can start each sentence with a capital and end it with a period.. Two things a child can check sentence by sentence. Pick the conventions you taught.
  6. Grade 5, group project: "Collaborates effectively with peers and contributes meaningfully." I can do my job in the group and help someone else with theirs.. Two actions a student can name and a partner can confirm.
  7. Kindergarten, drawing and labeling: "Labels are accurate and legible." I write a word next to my picture.. One action a kindergartner can do and check. Read it aloud and add a little picture of a label.
  8. Grade 7, argument essay: "Effectively addresses counterclaims." I can say what someone who disagrees would argue, and answer it.. It says what a counterclaim is and what to do with it, in words a twelve-year-old uses.
  9. The "approaching" cell for grade 4 reasons: "Reasoning is somewhat developed but lacks depth and clarity in places." I give one reason.. The levels should differ by one thing a child can see. If "meets" is two reasons, "approaching" is one.
  10. Grade 2, effort row: "Tries hard and shows a positive attitude." I can go back and fix one thing after I finish.. Describe the work, not the attitude. Checking your work is the effort you can actually see.

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