Although you will be graded for your effort on the "Reading a Map" and the "Can You Swim with the Fishes?" worksheets, most of your grade will depend on your research journal and your story. Use the rubric below as a guide as you finish these projects.
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Adult Bass
4 points |
Juvenile Bass
3 points |
Fry
2 points |
Egg
1 point |
Journal |
All journal entries are complete and include well thought out predictions |
All journal entries are complete but predictions need more thought |
One or two journal entries are missing or incomplete |
More than two journal entries are missing or incomplete |
Story Ideas |
The story includes 3 or more events or facts related to the striped bass data |
The story includes 1 or 2 events or facts related to the striped bass data |
The story does not include any striped bass data but still relates to fish |
The story does not include any striped bass data and is not related to fish |
Story Capitalization |
All words are correctly capitalized |
Most words are correctly capitalized (only 1 or 2 mistakes) |
Some words are correctly capitalized (3 or 4 mistakes) |
Few words are correctly capitalized (5 or more mistakes) |
Story Punctuation |
All sentences have the correct punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation marks) at the end |
Most sentences have the correct punctuation at the end (only 1 or 2 mistakes) |
Some sentences have the correct punctuation at the end (3 or 4 mistakes) |
Few sentences have the correct punctuation at the end (5 or more mistakes) |