Rubric for Science Notebook

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CATEGORY	WOW! (4)	GOOD (3)	ALMOST (2)	POOR (1)	SCORE
Neatness and organization	Handwriting is neat. Notebooks is organized s easy to understand the format.	Handwriting is usually neat. Notebook reveal to have good organization and it seems to be easy to understand the format.	Handwriting is not very neat. Notebooks is difficult to understand the format.	Handwriting is sloppy and hard to read. The notebook is difficult to follow.
Content accuracy	Written arguments, sentences and, comments evidence comprehension of science concepts and proper vocabulary.	Written arguments, sentences and comments evidence some comprehension of science concepts and proper vocabulary.	Written arguments, sentences and comments evidence a limited comprehension of science concepts and vocabulary.	Written arguments, sentences and comments evidence inaccurate comprehension of science concepts and vocabulary.
Required elements	The notebook has titles, dates, color blue or black pen. Besides, every graph or chart has been trace with ruler.	The notebook evidence to have a great number of titles, and dates. Besides, every graph or chart has been trace with ruler on the majority.	The notebook evidence not to have an all the titles, and dates. The traces are not done with ruler and it looks like colorful.	The notebook does not have titles, and dates. Traces have been done by hand and it is too colorful.
Illustrations and diagrams	Images, pictures, illustrations are clear and labeled.	Images, pictures, illustrations are usually clear and labeled.	Some images, pictures, illustrations are clear and labeled.	Images, pictures, illustrations are not clear and they are not labeled.
completeness	The notebook has all the topics learned.	The notebook has the majority of all the topics learned.	The notebook has almost all the topics learned.	The notebook does not have the topics learned.
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