General Rubric of Listening/Viewing and Discussion Activities
Grades K and 1




Student's Name:                                                Date of Assessment:

4   Excellence

• The student listened with excellent attentiveness, face forward, eyes on the speaker or item being viewed.
• The student participated in class discussion by  framing excellently thought out questions to gain more information.
• The student participated in class discussion by stating thoughts and understandings in a very articulate manner.
• The student demonstrated an excellent understanding of the information presented as reflected in his/her comments.


3 Distinction

•  The student listened with good attentiveness, face forward, eyes on the speaker or item being viewed.
• The student participated in class discussion by  framing well thought out questions to gain more information.
•   The student participated in class discussion by stating thoughts and understandings in a fairly articulate manner.
• The student demonstrated an good understanding of the information presented as reflected in his/her comments.


2 Expected

• The student listened with fair attentiveness, face forward, eyes on the speaker or item being viewed.
• The student participated in class discussion by  framing fairly well thought out questions to gain more information.
• The student participated in class discussion by stating thoughts and understandings in a somewhat articulate manner.
• The student demonstrated somewhat of an understanding of the information presented as reflected in his/her comments.


1 Needs to Improve

• The student listened with little attentiveness, was frequently distracted and did not, often, pay attention to the speaker or item being viewed.
• The student participated  little in class discussion.
• The student participated  rarely in class discussion and did not state thoughts and understandings in an understandable manner.
• The student demonstrated poor or no understanding of the information presented as reflected in his/her comments.

•    The student not listened with any attentiveness, was frequently distracted and did not pay attention to the speaker or item being viewed.
• The student did not participate in class discussion.

Teacher's/Media Coordinator's Comments: