Ideas: 4
The writer has told a story. There is no illustration. The ideas are on topic, and details are present, but not fully developed.
Organization: 2
The child writes left to right and top to bottom. No title is present, but may not have been required. The child has a sense of story, with a definite beginning, though the ending is fuzzy.
Voice: 3
The child communicates some feeling of excitement. Treatment of topic is predictable. The writer is definitely writing for someone else to read and makes a limited connection to the reader.
Word Choice: 3
The writer has chosen ordinary words for the story. There are no attempts at new words. There is a sense that the child is writing exactly what he or she would say.
Sentence Fluency: 3
The child is beyond the state of writing phrases, but writes simple, short noun-verb sentences. The child's idea is clearly expressed. No rereading is required, except perhaps the name of the mother's friend.
Conventions: 3
The child uses phonetic spelling effectively, and high frequency words are generally correct. The writer has used standard letter formation. There is spacing between words. I is capitalized, but is also the beginning of each sentence, so it is difficult to tell if the child capitalizes at the beginning of a sentence. Names were not capitalized. There is punctuation. Grammar is standard.
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