Loa Summative Assessment Rubric. Unit 1.

Challenges and Risks

Key Concepts

Highly developed

Competent

Developing

Reflection
The student can think
back over this unit and
discuss risks and
challenges that children
face.

The student can

discuss in detail more
than five risks and/or
challenges that children
face. They clearly
understand the
difference between a
risk and a challenge.

The student can discuss

in detail three or four risks
and challenges that
children face and are able
to explain the differences
between a risk and a
challenge.

The student can discuss

just one or two risks and
challenges that children
face but they dont seem
to understand the
difference between a
risk or challenge.

The student is just

beginning to discuss risks
and challenges that
children face. They need
teacher support to do this
and have trouble explaining
their answers.

Causation
The student can show
understanding of why
these children find
themselves facing these
risks and challenges.

The student can show a

deep understanding of
why these children face
these risks and
challenges. They can
give a variety of
explanations
demonstrating
analytical thought.

The student can show

understanding of why
these children face these
risks and challenges.
Their explanations are
based solely on material
presented to them.

The student can show

basic understanding of
why these children face
these risks and
challenges. Their
answers are short and
underdeveloped without
much explanation.

The student doesnt show

an understanding of cause
and effect and can not
explain why children face
these risks and challenges
around the world.

Responsibility
Is there anything the
student did to make the
situation better?

During this unit, the

student took some
action to make a
challenging or risky
situation better.

During this unit, the

student talked about
some action to make a
challenging or risky
situation better.

During this unit, the

student listened
carefully when others
talked about action to
make a challenging or
risky situation better.

During this unit, the student

didnt think about taking
any action or how they
could help others.

TD Skills

Emerging

Highly developed

Competent

Developing

Emerging

Social skills
Respecting what others
think, sharing and taking
turns.

In this unit, the student

has shown a lot of
respect for others by
listening to their ideas
and waiting for my turn
to add thoughts.

In this unit, the student

has shown respect for
others by listening to their
ideas and taking turns
when talking. Sometimes
in group situations he/she
shouted out and forgot to
wait for turns..

Showing respect was a

bit of a challenge. The
student needs to show a
little more respect by
listening to other
peoples thoughts
instead of always being
the one talking or not
paying attention.

The student interrupted

others during discussions
and/ or I did not listen from
the heart. S/he was often
distracted or not paying
attention.

Thinking skills
Gathering facts and ideas
while understanding and
finding links between

Over the course of the

unit the student took
the time to gather
important facts and

Over the course of the

unit the student took
some time to gather facts
but could have made

Over the course of the

unit the student
gathered basic facts
and information. They

Gathering information was

a challenge. He/she
needed support with
thinking about the issues.

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useful information.
He/she showed how
they understood them
and even found several
links between them.

more of an effort. He/she

showed how they
understood them and
even found a few links
between them.

could have shown more

understanding of the
information they
collected.

Self management
Planning and setting up
for the video.

The student was very

well prepared for the
video interview. They
prepared their answers
ahead of time and
practiced speaking
clearly for the camera
in an appropriate way
during the practice
lessons.

The student gave some

thought to how they
would respond during the
video interview but didnt
practice their lines
enough to seem confident
in front of the camera.
They also struggled to
use all the practice time
effectively during the
sessions provided.

The student needed

constant reminders to
get some things
prepared for the video.
They were off task
during the practice
sessions and therefore
were not able to deliver
their answers clearly in
their video interview.

The student needed

teacher support to do this
task and was not able to
manage themselves
effectively when planning
for or delivering their video
interview messages.

Learner Profiles
The learner profiles when preparing the video talk.
HIghly developed

Competent

Developing

Emerging

Communicator

The student spoke

clearly and
confidently, used
several new words
from this unit and
communicated a very
clear message. The
student clearly
extended themselves
when giving answers.

The student spoke

clearly, projecting
their voice to the
camera. They used
a couple of new
words from this unit
and communicated
a clear message.

The student should have

spoken more clearly. He/
she didnt use new words
from this unit and the
message communicated
was a little confused. It
was hard to hear the
answers in the video
message and the student
had trouble making eye
contact.

The student needed

some support when
sharing their ideas.
They seemed very
uncomfortable about
making the recording
and needed to work
on better presenting
their ideas verbally.

Caring

The student showed

that s/he cares a lot
by trying to find out
more about the
situations they
learned about.
He/she thought about

The student
showed caring by
trying to find out
more about the
situations s/he
learned about.

The student showed a

little caring by their
willingness to listen to
what others said about
the challenges and risks.

The student didnt find

an opportunity to show
caring.

what they could do

to help.
Principled

The student stayed

on task and made
good choices.

The student was on

task for most of the
time and generally
made good
choices.

The student made some

choices which impacted
negatively on their video
production.

The student needed

adult support with
staying on task and
making good use of
the time.

This was Loas first unity of inquiry and he was getting used to researching, evaluating, analyzing information. He showed a good willingness
to participate and to take on new challenges. The preparation for the video was a challenge for Loa, he needed support throughout because
the task was a completely new experience for him. Although the reflection, causation and responsibility aspects of the assessment were not
addressed in this video, Loa did display, important learner profile attributes, as listed in the assessment rubric..

I can
In preparing for the summative interview, I showed that I can
Social Skills
I can listen to others respectfully

Thinking/Research Skills
I can use research skills to gather information and find links

Self-management Skill
I can prepare my research and answers for a task deadline

During the video interview, I can...

Reflection
I can give different examples of risks and challenges

I can explain the difference between risks and challenges

Causation
I can explain why the children face these risks and challenges

Responsibility
I can think of ways to help children who face these risks and challenges

Communicator
I can speak clearly and express my ideas using new vocabulary