Maps and You at Northeast School

Maps and You at Northeast School

Assessment Rubrics

History of Mapmaking – Timeline Assignment Grading Rubric

Timeline Task	0 point	5 point	10 points	Grade
Student name was in Title	No title or name	Name but no title	Both Name and Title completed
Recorded 6 events	Recorded less than 4 events	Recorded 4-5 events	Recorded 6 events
Recorded events in chronological order	More than 2 events out of order	1 event out of order	No events out of order
Recorded date	Recorded no dates	Recorded 4-5 dates	Recorded all dates correctly
Descriptions were accurate	Inaccurate descriptions	4-5 descriptions accurate	All descriptions accurate
Printed Timeline	Did not print timeline	n/a	Printed Timeline
Illustrated Event	Did not illustrate event	n/a	Illustrated event
Total Grade (70 max)

Latitude and Longitude

Investigation Grading Rubric

	Grade
5 Points for each correct answer and 10 point for bonus question, maximum of 110

Reflection Grading Rubric

	0	5	10	Grade
Facts	Included less than 4 facts	Included 4-5 facts	Included at least 6 facts
Stanzas	Included less than 4 stanzas	Included 4-5 stanzas	Included at least 6 stanzas
Rhyming	Included less than 4 rhyming stanzas	Included 4-5 rhyming stanzas	Included 6 rhyming stanzas
Punctuation	Less than 4 stanzas had correct punctuation	4-5 stanzas had correct punctuation	All stanzas had correct punctuation
Total Grade (40 max)

	0	5	10	Grade
Activity Participation	Did not participate in activity	Showed minimal interest in activity	Effectively participated in the activity
Question Response
Topic Sentence	Did not include topic sentence	n/a	Included topic sentence
Supporting Details	Wrote fewer that 4 supporting details	Wrote 4-5 supporting details	Wrote at least 6 supporting details
Capitals	4 or more incorrect capitalizations	1-3 incorrect capitalizations	All capitalization correct
Total Grade (40 max.)

Distance Graph	0 point	5 point	10 points	Grade
Data Collection	Did not record 5 trials for 2 people	n/a	Record 5 trials for 2 people
Axis	Did not label axis	Labeled 1 axis correctly	Labeled both axis correctly
Units	Did not record units	Did not record units accurately	Accurately recorded units
Plotting	Did not plot any data	Plotted only one set of data	Plotted both sets of data
Total Grade (40 max)

Direction/Paces	0 point	5 point	10 points	Grade
Writing Directions	Did not write any accurate directions to locations	Wrote accurate directions to 1-2 locations	Wrote accurate directions to 3 locations
Navigating	Could not find any clues	Found 1-2 clues	Found all 3 clues
Reflection Paragraph
Topic Sentence	Did no include topic sentence	n/a	Included topic sentence
6 Supporting Details	Wrote fewer than 4 supporting details	Wrote 4-5 supporting details	Wrote at least 6 supporting details
Capitals	4 or more incorrect capitalizations	1-3 incorrect capitalizations	All capitalizations correct
Total Grade (50 max)

	0 points	5 points	10 points	Grade
Neatness	Map is unreadable	Most of the map is understandable	All of the map features are understandable
Information	Included fewer than 10 locations	Included between 10 – 15 locations	Included more than 15 locations
Size	Paper size was larger than 12” x 18”	n/a	Paper size was equal to or smaller than 12” x 18”
Labels	No labels were present	5 labels were present	More than 10 labels were present
Title	No title was found	Unrelated title was given	Accurate title was given
Legend	No legend was found	Legend was present but did not define all symbols, colors, and lines	Legend defined all symbols, colors, and lines
Non-reader Understanding	Map could not be understood by non-readers	Most of map could be understood by non-readers	Entire map could be understood by non-readers
Total Points (70 max.)

Oral Presentation - Grading Rubric

	0	5	10	Grade
Eye Contact	Speaker did not attend to the audience	Speaker made some eye contact with the audience but tended to read the content	Speaker made consistent eye contact with the audience
Stance/Posture	Speaker did not appear confident with presentation	Speaker showed some confidence presenting material	Speaker showed complete confidence presenting material
Speaking Clearly/Diction	Listeners could not understand the speakers words	Listeners could understand most of the speakers words but the speaker exhibits many breaks with “ahs” and “ums”	Pronunciation and enunciation are very clear.
Volume/Tone/Pace	Volume is too low, pace is too fast, tone is dull.	1-2 of the features: volume, tone, or pace are adequate but not the others	All 3 features: volume, tone, and pace were adequate
Map	Did not use map or organizer to enhance presentation	Used map or organizer but not both in presentation	Used map and organizer in presentation
Total (50 max)

Project Reflection – Grading Rubric

	0	5	10	Grade
Sequential	Did not include topic sentence	n/a	Included topic sentence
Location	Did not specify location for each event	Specified a location for 1-4 events	Specific a location for each event
Details	Did not use any details to describe location	Used 1-2 details to describe location	Used 3 or more details to describe location
Strategies	Did not suggest any strategies to help others understand the locations	Offered only 1 strategy to help others understand the locations	Offered more than 1 strategy to help others understand locations
Total Grade (40 max.)

Total Project Grade	Maximum Points	Total Earned
History of Mapmaking – Timeline	70
Latitude/Longitude Practice	110
Latitude/Longitude Reflection	40
Map Features – Discovery #1	40
Map Features – Discovery #2	40
Map Features – Discovery #3	50
NE School Buddy Map	70
Oral Presentation	50
Project Reflection	40
Project Total (510 max.)