Sample Emerging/Early Developing Phase Writing Checklist and Rating Scale

Student's Name: ___________________________________________ Rating Scale:
1 = Seldom
2 = Sometimes
3 = Consistently

Behaviors       Comments and Dates Assessed
__Attempts to communicate in print
__Approximates print with scribbles, strokes
__Writes strings of letters
__Writes own name
__Writes labels for pictures
__Writes words
__Writes groups of words (phrases and sentences)
__Contributes to environmental print display
__Participates in shared writing activities (e.g., daily news, morning message)
__Tells and retells stories
__Participates in sharing
__Views self as writer
__Independently initiates writings
__Takes risks in writing (e.g., uses approximate spellings)
__Willingly shares or explains own writing to others
__Follows directionality of print - left-to-right, top-to-bottom
__Knows where to begin writing
__Prints adequately
__Copies words and sentences
__Writes word lists
__Adopts conventional spelling of frequently used words
__Recognizes correct word order
__Writes short sentences using capitals and end punctuation
__Writes story sentences (answering who, where, what, when, and why)
__Writes and illustrates story
__Writes factual statements
__Checks writing by reading aloud

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