Writing Badges

Editor in Chief

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Badge Name: Editor in Chief Category: Writing

Standard: 1.W.5 With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

Expectation: I can edit my writing with help.

Understanding Scores:

  1. Unable to focus on a topic, respond to question and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed with guidance and support from adults.

  2. Unable to focus on a topic, respond to question and suggestions from peers, and add setails to strengthen writing as needed with guidance and support from adults.

  3. Consistently shows ability to focus on a topic, respond to question and suggestions from peers, and add setails to strengthen writing as needed with guidance and support from adults.

  4. Not applicable

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My Opinion

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Badge Name: My Opinion Category: Writing

Standard: 1.W.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

Expectation: I can write opinion stories.

Understanding Scores:

  1. Unable to write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

  2. Inconsistently writes opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

  3. Consistently writes opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name of the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.

  4. Not applicable

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Small Moment

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Badge Name: Small Moment Category: Writing

Standard: 1.W.3 Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequences events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

Expectation: I can write narrative stories.

Understanding Scores:

  1. Unable to write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

  2. Inconsistently writes narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

  3. Consistently writes narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.

  4. Not applicable

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Text Features

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Badge Name: Text Features

Expectation: I can understand and use text features to find facts or information in a text.

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The Teacher

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Badge Name: The Teacher Category: Writing

Standard: 1.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

Expectation: I can write a teaching text.

Understanding Scores:

  1. Unable to write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

  2. Inconsistently writes informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

  3. Consistently writes informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

  4. Not applicable

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