4K Report Card Rubrics
Social and Emotional Development:
Emerging
Beginning
Follows School Rules
Follows classroom rules and
routines with adult support
Follows classroom rules and
routines with modifications
Follows classroom rules and
routines with daily reminders
Follows classroom rules and
routines with few reminders
Interacts with Peers
Plays near other children;
uses similar materials and/or
actions
Participates in cooperative
play with one other child
Participates in cooperative
play with a few children
Plays cooperatively with
many children
Cooperates with adult when
attending to personal tasks
Asks for adult assistance with
personal tasks
Completes personal tasks
with occasional reminders
Independently completes
personal tasks
Needs frequent reminders to
keep hands to self (rug,
walking in hallway, playing)
Needs a few reminders to
keep hands to self (rug,
walking in hallway, playing)
Keeps hands to self with
minimal reminders
Always keeps hands to self
Objective
Takes Care of One’s Own
Needs (Toileting,
Dressing, Dining)
Keeps Hands to Self
Developing
Maintaining
Writing/Fine Motor:
Objective
Draws a Person
Emerging
Copies Shapes
Cuts on a Line
Developing
Maintaining
Scribbles
Draws a head or head and
limbs but no body
Draws a head, body, and
some or all limbs
Draws a complete person
with details
Grips crayon with palm grasp
Grips crayon with nonstandard grasps
Holds crayon with threepoint or four-point finger grip
but switches form
Consistently uses three-point
or four-point finger grip
Scribbles
Writes mock letters or letterlike forms
Writes letter strings and/or
partially accurate name
Writes accurate name
Scribbles
Copies at least one shape out
of 5
Copies at least 2-3 shapes
out of 5
Copies 4-5 shapes
Unable to cut with scissors
correctly
Cuts within ½ to ¼ inch from
the line
Cuts on a straight line
Can cut and follow any kind
of line
Grips Handwriting Tools
Writes Name
Beginning
Language/Reading Readiness:
Objective
Engages in Conversation
Identifies and Names
Uppercase Letters
Recognizes Beginning
Sounds
Recognizes Rhyming Pairs
Emerging
Beginning
Engages in back and forth
exchanges of one or two
word phrases
Identifies and names up to 4
uppercase letters when
presented in random order
Does not yet recognize
beginning sounds
Initiates and attends to brief
conversations
Does not yet recognize
rhyming pairs
Identifies and names 5-11
uppercase letters when
presented in random order
Recognizes that words have a
beginning sound, but does
not consistently give the
correct sound when
presented with a word
Recognizes up to 4 rhyming
pairs but doesn’t consistently
identify rhyming pairs
Developing
Maintaining
Engages in conversation of at
least a few exchanges,
sticking to one topic
Identifies and names 12-21
uppercase letters when
presented in random order
Recognizes 5-8 beginning
sounds
Engages in complex, lengthy
conversations (five or more
exchanges)
Identifies and names 22-26
uppercase letters when
presented in random order
Recognizes at least 9 out of
10 beginning sounds
Recognizes 5 to 7 rhyming
pairs
Recognizes at least 8 out of
10 rhyming pairs
Math Readiness:
Objective
Emerging
Matches similar objects
Beginning
Developing
Counts Orally (Rote
Count)
Verbally counts between 110
Sorts objects by a single
characteristic (ex. color,
shape)
Verbally counts between 1120
Counts to Find Quantities
Attempts counting or
correctly counts up to 9
objects
Correctly counts between 10
and 15 objects, counting one
object at a time
Correctly counts between 16
and 20 objects, counting one
object at a time
Correctly counts more than
20 objects, counting one
object at a time
Identifies up to 5 numerals
Can name up to 3 of the 8
basic shapes
Identifies between 6 and 12
numerals
Can name between 4 – 7 of
the 8 basic shapes
Identifies between 13 and 20
numerals
Names all 8 basic shapes
Identifies more than 20
numerals
Names more than the 8 basic
shapes
Can name up to 3 of the 11
colors
Can name between 4 – 7 of
the 11 colors
Can name between 8-10 of
the 11 colors
Can name all 11 colors
Classifies Objects
Identifies Numerals
Identifies Shapes
(Basic shapes= circle, square, rectangle, triangle,
oval, diamond, star, heart)
Identifies Colors
Sorts objects by more than
one characteristic
Maintaining
Verbally counts between 2130
Sorts objects by more than
one characteristic and states
reason they are similar
Verbally counts beyond 30