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Independent Reading Rubric

This document is a reading assessment rubric for elementary students. It assesses students on 5 categories: stays on task, chooses appropriate books, understands story elements, tries to understand, and improvement. For each category, it provides descriptors to evaluate students at a level of 4 (highest), 3, 2, or 1 (lowest). The rubric is meant to help teachers evaluate how well students comprehend books during their independent reading time.

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Independent Reading Rubric

This document is a reading assessment rubric for elementary students. It assesses students on 5 categories: stays on task, chooses appropriate books, understands story elements, tries to understand, and improvement. For each category, it provides descriptors to evaluate students at a level of 4 (highest), 3, 2, or 1 (lowest). The rubric is meant to help teachers evaluate how well students comprehend books during their independent reading time.

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Independent Reading - Elementary : Independent

Reading

Teacher Name: Rios

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Stays on task Student reads the Student reads almost Student reads some Student wastes a lot
entire period. This all (80% or more) of (50% or more) of the of reading time.
may be independent the period. time.
reading or done with
adult or peer
assistance, as
assigned.

Chooses Student chooses a Student chooses a Student chooses a Student chooses a


Appropriate book which s/he has book which s/he has book s/he has read book that s/he has
not read before, never read before once before that is read many times
Books which is at or above and which is slightly close to his/her before or which is
grade level, or has below his/her reading reading level and more than one
been previous level. was approved by the grade below
approved by the teacher. student's reading
teacher. level.
Understands Student knows the Student knows the Student knows the Student has trouble
story elements title of the story as names and names OR naming and
well as the names descriptions of the descriptions of the describing the
and descriptions of important characters important characters characters in the
the important and where the story in the story. story.
characters. Can tell takes place.
approximately when
and where the story
happened.
Tries to Stops reading when Stops reading when Stops reading when Gives up entirely OR
understand it doesn't make it doesn't make it doesn't makes plows on without
sense and reads sense and tries to sense and asks for trying to understand
parts again. Looks use strategies to get assistance. the story.
up words s/he through the tricky
doesn't know. spots or to figure out
new words.

Improvement Student shows high Student shows Student makes effort Student does not
improvement. Good proficiency in to read, tries to show any
comprehension, reading. Capable of understand, but improvement, or
reads the entire comprehending. shows no effort in reading.
book, understands all Student rarely improvement in
elements of story struggles to read or comprehension.
sound out words.

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