First Grade
This report is based on Ohio grade-level standards established
for each subject area. The ratings indicate your student’s
progress in relation to the year-end standard.
Evaluation Marks
Expectation Mark
3 = Mastered Standard
Minus (-) = Area of Concern
If a minus (-) sign appears
without a number, this means
the student has not yet
achieved a 1.
2 = Approaches Standard
1 = Beginning Standard
N = Not Assessed
RUBRIC
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT
1
2
3
Completes some
assignments or projects.
Inconsistently produces
quality work.
Inconsistently uses time
wisely.
Works independently with
reinforcement.
Listens or follows
directions with
reinforcement.
Completes assignments or
projects.
Work and Study Habits
Completes assignments or projects
Produces quality work
Rarely completes assignments or projects.
Rarely produces quality
work.
Uses time wisely
Rarely uses time wisely.
Works independently
Rarely works
independently.
Listens and follows directions
Rarely listens and follows
directions.
Produces quality work.
Uses time wisely.
Works independently.
Listens and follows
directions
Attitude & Citizenship
Demonstrates effort and a positive
attitude
Rarely demonstrates effort
and a positive attitude.
Works cooperatively within a group
Rarely works
cooperatively.
Is courteous and respectful
Gets along with others
Is rarely courteous and
respectful.
Rarely gets along with
others.
Follows school and classroom rules
Rarely follows school and
classroom rules.
Uses self-control
Rarely uses self-control.
Accepts responsibility for actions
Rarely accepts responsibility for actions.
Demonstrates effort or a
positive attitude
inconsistently.
Works cooperatively within
a group at times with
reinforcement.
Demonstrates effort and a
positive attitude.
Works cooperatively within
a group.
Is courteous or respectful.
Is courteous and
respectful.
Gets along with some.
Gets along with others.
Inconsistently follows
school and classroom
rules.
Inconsistently uses selfcontrol.
Accepts responsibility for
some actions.
Follows school and
classroom rules.
Uses self-control.
Accepts responsibility for
actions.
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First Grade
RUBRIC
LANGUAGE ARTS
READING
1
2
3
Reading Literature
Provides evidence from
text to support answers to
comprehension questions
Names characters, setting,
main idea and gives
supporting details
Retells most important
events in order, including
characters names
Compares and contrasts
the elements of fiction and
non-fiction
Asks and answers questions about key
details in a text
Answers literal questions
Answers literal and
inferential questions
Describes characters, settings, and
major events in a story
Names characters and
setting
Names characters, setting,
and main idea
Retells stories with key details
Retells with some
prompting
Includes most events from
beginning, middle and end,
generally in sequence
Explains differences between fiction
and non-fiction
Identifies key elements of
fiction
Identifies key elements of
non-fiction
Locates table of contents
Locates table of contents
and glossary
Locates and uses table of
contents and glossary
Knows and applies grade-level phonics
skills when decoding words
Identifies beginning and
ending consonant sounds
Applies beginning and
ending consonants and
vowels to words
Applies letter-sound
matches to words including
long-vowel digraphs and
blends
Recognizes and reads sight words
Reads a limited number of
introduced sight words
Reads with sufficient accuracy and
fluency to support comprehension
Reads word-by-word
Reading Informational Text
Knows and uses various text features
to locate information in a text
Reading Foundation Skills
WRITING
1
Reads a growing stock
sight words as introduced
to date
Reads in short phrases,
corrects some miscues,
and reads with some
expression
2
Reads common first grade
sight words
Reads grade level text
fluently (DRA 16)
(@45WPM)
3
Writing Process
Writes in complete sentences using
nouns, verbs and adjectives
Copies and completes a
sentence prompt
Writes in complete
sentences
Writes informative/explanatory text
Writes words about a topic
Writes sentences about a
topic
Writes narrative text
Writes words about a topic
Writes sentences about a
topic
Writes in complete
sentences using nouns,
verbs and adjectives
Writing Applications
Uses the writing process to
write
informative/explanatory
text
Uses the writing process to
write narrative with a
beginning, middle, and end
Writing Conventions
Prints legibly
Uses correct punctuation
Uses appropriate capitalization
Spells grade-level words
Writes recognizable letters
Uses periods
inconsistently
Capitalizes sentences and
proper nouns
inconsistently
Spells a limited number of
grade-level appropriate
words as introduced to
date
Uses correct letter
formation
Uses ending punctuation
most of the time
Capitalizes sentences and
proper nouns most of the
time
Uses correct letter
formation and spacing
Consistently uses ending
punctuation correctly
Consistently capitalizes
sentences and proper
nouns correctly
Spells grade-levelappropriate words as
introduced to date
Consistently spells gradelevel-appropriate words
correctly in daily writing
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RUBRIC
SCIENCE
1
2
3
Scientific Inquiry and Application
Demonstrates science inquiry and
applications.
Observes investigations.
Participates in simple
investigations.
Communicates
observations about
investigations.
Identifies the sun as a
source of energy.
Describes that the sun
warms land, air and water.
Understands that
exposure to sunlight
affects temperature.
Identifies different areas
where water can be
observed.
Recognizes that water can
change between a solid
and a liquid.
Recognizes that
temperature affects the
properties of water.
Distinguishes between
living and non-living
things.
Names the needs (air,
food, water, shelter) of
living things.
Understands that needs
are influenced by the
physical environment.
Earth and Space Science
Identifies the sun as a principal source
of energy.
Physical Science
Describes changes in the physical
properties of water
Life Science
Identifies basic needs of living things.
RUBRIC
SOCIAL STUDIES
1
2
3
History
Compares and contrasts daily events
in the past, present, and future
Distinguishes between the
past and the present
Compares and contrasts
daily events in the past
and the present
Compares and contrasts
daily events in the past,
present, and future
Identifies landforms and
bodies of water on a map
Identifies symbols and
places on a simple map
Uses a map to answer
questions
Geography
Uses maps to locate and identify
places
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Geography
Identifies customs and traditions of
various cultures
Draws a picture of a family
tradition
Identifies customs and
traditions of family and
community
Identifies customs and
traditions of various
cultures
States the need for fair
rules
Understands there are
different rules for different
settings (school,
communities)
Explains that rules need to
be fair and include
consequences for those
who break them
Distinguishes between
goods and services
Names places in the
community to obtain goods
or services
Explains that there are
different ways to obtain
goods and services
Government
Describes the need for rules and
consequences in different settings for
good citizenship
Economics
Explains that there are different ways
to obtain goods and services
RUBRIC
MATHEMATICS
1
2
3
Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Counts, reads and writes any
number up to 120.
Counts, reads and writes
numbers up to 50
Counts, reads and writes
numbers up to 100
Counts, reads and writes
numbers up to 120
Understands place value in a twodigit number.
Represents tens and ones
with concrete objects
Writes two-digit numbers
given a pictorial model
Demonstrates that a twodigit number represents
tens and ones.
Compares two numbers by using
the relation symbols ( >, =, and <)
Identifies the greater or
lesser value of two numbers
Understands the meaning of
relation symbols when
comparing numbers
Uses relation symbols to
compare two numbers
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Uses manipulatives or a
picture to solve addition
facts through 10
Uses manipulatives or a
picture to solve subtraction
facts through 10
Solves a word problem
using manipulatives or a
picture
Uses multiple strategies to
solve addition facts within
10
Uses multiple strategies to
solve subtraction facts
within 10
Tells and writes time in hours and
half-hours using analog and digital
clocks.
Tells time to the nearest
hour.
Tells time to nearest hour
and half-hour
Measures lengths using standard
and non-standard units
Orders three objects by
length
States the length of an
object as a whole number of
length units
Tells and writes time to the
hour and half-hour using
analog and digital clocks.
Measures an object with
standard or non-standard
units
Organizes, represents and
interprets data to answer
questions about a graph or a chart
Organizes data into
categories
Represents data on a graph
or a chart
Interprets data on a graph
or a chart
Identifies defining attributes
of geometric shapes
Builds and draws shapes to
possess defining attributes
Creates composite shapes
and creates new shapes
Represents and solves problems
involving addition
Represents and solves problems
involving subtraction
Uses addition and subtraction
within 20 to solve word problems
Uses various strategies to
solve a word problem
Demonstrates fluency for
addition facts within 10
Demonstrates fluency for
subtraction facts within 10
Writes a number model to
explain how a word problem
was solved
Measurement and Data
Geometry
Reasons with shapes and their
attributes
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