Rubric Grade 1

Math Problem-Solving: Mathematical Thinking – Counting 14-20

Category	1	2	3	4
Accuracy	No response or incorrect response			Counts 14 accurately
Keeping track of circles	No apparent way of keeping track	Randomly draws circles	Shows evidence of making an adjustment	Shows organization
Strategy for finding how many more circles	No use of strategy	Counts circles repeatedly	Counting on	Shows evidence of knowing number combinations

Math Problem-Solving: Mathematical Thinking - Number Combinations Using 9 Shapes

Category	1	2	3	4
Accuracy	No response or incorrect response	One correct response	Two correct responses	Three correct responses
Recording Solutions	No response	Randomly records solution	Some method showing solutions	Organized method showing solutions
Strategy for approaching the problem	No use of strategy	Draws shapes	Draws shapes in an organized pattern to equal 9	Demonstrates evidence of number sentence

Math Problem-Solving: Mathematical Thinking - Representation of Combining Groups of Animals

Category	1	2	3	4
Accuracy and recording	No response or incorrect response	Draws just pictures or numbers	Draws pictures or numbers but no total	Draws pictures or numbers and provides total number of animals
Representation	No response or incorrect response	Draws pictures, manipulatives or symbols	Draws pictures, manipulatives, or symbols and includes the corresponding number	Writes number sentences
Ways of finding the total number of animals	No response or incorrect response	Counts on fingers or needs a suggestion to use a tool (cubes, number line, etc.)	Uses tools or symbols to find total	Uses number combinations to find totals

Math Problem-Solving: Mathematical Thinking - Continuing/Creating Patterns

Category	1	2	3	4
Ability to continue a pattern	Unable to continue the pattern or no response			Accurately continues the pattern
Creates different patterns	No response or incorrect response	Creates a 2-character pattern (ab)	Creates a 3-character pattern (abb, aab, abc)	Creates a pattern with 4 or more characters per unit (abcd, abcd)
Records patterns accurately	No response or incorrect response	1 repeat of pattern	2 repeats of pattern	3 or more repeats of pattern

Math Problem-Solving: Mathematical Thinking – Representing Survey Data

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Representation

No response or incorrect response

1 out of 3 categories correct

2 out of 3 categories correct

Draws all 3 categories correct

Recording solutions

No attempt at recording solutions

Some attempt at recording solutions

Includes required number of representations with some inaccuracies

Representation meets criteria; no inaccuracies

Math Problem-Solving: Building Number Sense – Sequential Counting

Category	1	2	3	4
Accuracy	All responses inaccurate	1 out of 3 responses correct	2 out of 3 responses correct	All responses correct
Recording numbers	All responses inaccurate	Reverses the majority of digits (05 for 50)	Reverses some digits	All answers written correctly with no reversals
Transitions between decades	All responses inaccurate	Confusion with transition between decades (ex. 39, 30) in two problems	Confusion with transition between decades in one problem	Recognizes transition between decades (ex. 39, 40)

Math Problem-Solving: Building Number Sense – Combining Three Groups Equaling Thirteen

Category	1	2	3	4
Accuracy	All responses inaccurate	1 or 2 accurate solutions	3 accurate solutions	More than 3 accurate solutions
Strategy for approaching the problem	Some attempt of a strategy by using pictures, numbers and words		Uses models, pictures, or number combinations	Mentally knows number combinations
Keeping track of solutions	No attempt to keep track of solutions	Totally random approach to showing solutions	Some attempt at organization	Organized work
Recording solutions	Some attempt at recording	Uses 1 out of 3 means of recording	Uses 2 out of 3 means of recording	Shows work with pictures, numbers and words

Math Problem-Solving: Building Number Sense - Combining and Comparing Number Pairs

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Accuracy

Inaccurate responses; does not identify the pair with the greater total

Correctly identifies the pair with the greater total

Math Problem-Solving: Building Number Sense – Word Problems Combining and Separating Two Numbers

Category	1	2	3	4
Accuracy		Correct response to one problem		Correct response to both problems
Method of solution	Some attempt to use an appropriate method of solution	Counts from one, draws pictures to solve problems	Counts up or down to solve problems	Uses numerical relationships to solve problems
Recording	Poorly organized with minimal recording	One method of recording	Two methods of recording	Records using pictures, numbers and words

Math Problem-Solving: Survey Questions and Secret Rules – Sorting and Categorizing Attributes (1 group)

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Identifies attribute to sort by

Incorrect response

Accurate response

Accurately groups by given rule

Less than 3 out of 5 correct

3 out of 5 correct

4 out of 5 correct

All correct

Math Problem-Solving: Survey Questions and Secret Rules – Sorting and Categorizing Attributes (2 groups)

Category	1	2	3	4
Chooses a category and correctly sorts objects		Accurately sorts into more than two groups		Accurately sorts into 2 groups
Identifies a single attribute to sort by		Sorts by multiple attributes		Sorts by one attribute (ex. 4 sides, not 4 sides)
Applies rule (category) to all shapes	Applies the rule to less than 7 shapes	Applies the rule to 7-8 shapes	Applies the rule to 9-10 shapes	Applies the rule to 11-12 shapes
Labels reflect how shapes are grouped	Attempt to label the groups	Correctly labels one group		Correctly labels both groups

Math Problem-Solving: Survey Questions and Secret Rules – Organizing, Representing and Interpreting Data

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Accuracy

Incorrect response

1 category correct

Both categories correct

Story about representation

Explanation unclear

Attempts to organize story but is not able to summarize

Summarizes the data but does not draw any conclusions

Draws conclusions based on data and is clearly stated and organized

Math Problem-Solving: Survey Questions and Secret Rules – Organizing, Representing and Interpreting Data

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Clear representation of data

Incorrect response

One set of data correct

Both sets of data clearly represented

Interpreting data

Answers only 1 or 2 questions correctly

Answers 3 out of 5 questions correctly

Answers 4 out of 5 questions correctly

Answers all 5 questions correctly