EMERGING - 1

DEMONSTRATING - 2

MASTERING - 3

EXCELLING - 4

Know world and what it taught.

Knows little and needs a lot of help

Knows basics but sometimes in doubt

Sure, knowing leader

Eager, knowing, curious leader-teacher

Understands what is taught.

Begins to know with help from others

Knows basics and can tell what they know

Knows and can tell what a grade level student should know

Knows more than grade level and finds out extra information

Apply learning.

Needs help to apply what was learned

Does not often need help to apply what was learned

Does not require help to apply what was learned

Finds creative ways to apply what was learned

Know and apply information.

Needs help to know and apply information

Tries by oneself to know and apply information

Often able to know and apply information

Finds many ways to know and apply information of interest

Ask questions and say what you believe.

Needs help to say what they believe

Begins to ask questions in order to say what they believe

Understands questions and almost always says what they believe

Clearly understands questions and says what they believe in an original way