Melissa Bucher

TEKS Objective and Rubric

113.11. Social Studies, Kindergarten, Beginning with School Year 2011-2012.
(3) History. The student understands the concept of chronology. The student is expected to:
(A) place events in chronological order

The students will create a timeline onto a poster including each students birthday. Students will
share with each other their name and birthdays (not including year) to each student. Students will
check with another student for spelling and capitalization.

Timeline : Birthday Timeline

Teacher Name: Ms. Bucher
Student Name:

CATEGORY

________________________________________

Title

The timeline has a

creative title that
accurately describes
the material and is
easy to find.

The timeline has an The timeline has a

effective title that
title that is easy to
accurately describes find.
the material and is
easy to find.

Dates

An accurate,
complete date has
been included for
each birthday.

An accurate,
complete date has
been included for
almost every
birthday.

Appearance

The overall
appearance of the
timeline is pleasing
and easy to read.

The overall
The timeline is
appearance of the
relatively readable.
timeline is somewhat
pleasing and easy to
read.

1
The title is missing or
difficult to find.

An accurate date has Dates are inaccurate

been included for
and/or missing for
almost every
several birthdays.
birthday.

The timeline is
difficult to read.

Creativity

Spelling and
capitalization were
checked by another
student and are
correct throughout.

Spelling and
capitalization were
checked by another
student and were
mostly correct.

Spelling and
There were many
capitalization were
spelling and
mostly correct, but
capitalization errors.
were not checked by
another student.

corrects
students.

students on their
new skills.

Independent
Practice

Students
demonstrate
what they have
learned; Directly
relates to guided
practices

Students
demonstrate
most of what they
learned; Partially
relates to guided
practices

Students cannot
demonstrate
what they have
learned; Does
not relate to
guided practices

Closure

Summarize what
was learned;
Provides
connections for
students

Discusses what
was learned;
Provides 1 or 2
basic
connections for
students.

Briefly discusses
what was
learned; Does
not thoroughly
provide
connections.