4th Grade Report Card Rubric

Fourth Grade Report Card Rubric	4 Exemplary	3 Accomplished	2 Developing	1 Beginning
A. Cooperative and respectful	Always displays cooperative and respectful behavior to students and teachers.  Goes out of his/her way to help others and be considerate of others’ feelings and needs.	Displays cooperative and respectful behavior to students and teachers most of the time.	Displays cooperative and respectful behavior to students and teachers sometimes.  May need reminders on how to behave respectfully.	Seldom displays cooperative and respectful behavior to students and teachers.  Even with reminders, behavior may not improve.
B. Follows classroom directions given in Spanish	Always listens carefully to and follows directions given in Spanish.  Is able to (at least partially) decipher new directions based on the words and structures that he/she already knows.	Carefully listens to and follows directions given in Spanish.	Carefully listens to and follows directions given in Spanish, with some help and repetition needed at times.	Seldom listens to or follows directions given in Spanish. Cannot decipher phrases that are used frequently in class, even with help.
C. Obtains information by asking familiar questions and interpreting Spanish spoken in class	Always obtains information in class by using familiar questions, as well as combining other structures and vocabulary to formulate new questions.  Is able to interpret Spanish spoken by others and retain the information for further use.	Consistently obtains information in class, using familiar and formulaic questions.  Is able to interpret Spanish spoken by others and retain the information for further use.	Obtains information in class, using familiar and formulaic questions.  Is able to interpret Spanish spoken by others.  May need help and repetition to understand and retain information.	Seldom obtains information in class, using familiar and formulaic questions.  Is often unable to interpret Spanish spoken by others.
D. Draws from a variety of vocabulary to describe and share opinions in Spanish	Always uses a wide breadth of vocabulary, from current and previous units, as well as attempts to find and incorporate new words, when sharing opinions and describing things.	Consistently uses a wide breadth of vocabulary when sharing opinions and describing things.  Sometimes will incorporate vocabulary from previous units or attempt to use new words.	Uses a variety of words from the current unit when sharing opinions and describing things.  Occasionally uses words from previous units and rarely attempts to learn and incorporate new words.	Only uses a small variety of the words from the current unit.  Does not incorporate words from previous units or attempt to learn new words.
E. Presents information in a brief demonstration/report in Spanish	Student is consistently able to present a short, descriptive report in response to a prompt that is logical, shows detailed, thorough information and shows control of the Spanish language.	Student can sometimes present a short report in response to a prompt.  Report will include some details, but is not thorough.  The student shows partial control of the Spanish language.	Students can occasionally present a short report in response to a prompt.  Report includes the important information, but lacks details.  The student shows partial control of the Spanish language.	Student is unable to present a short report.  The student is only able to name things from the prompt, not describe them. There are few to no details included.  The student does not show control of the Spanish language.