Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Using their best handwriting, the student  has organized their notes by using a checklist, a flowchart, concept maps or another form that we have talked about in class	The student has researched about their rock but their notes are not organized	The student has researched about their rock, the notes are organized in some way but it is difficult to understand how they organize them	The student has researched about their rock, the notes are organized in one of the forms mentioned but the notes are little messy	The student has researched their rock, organized their notes using one of the ways mentioned, and has done so in their best handwriting
The student had their materials fully prepared for their Rock Talk and gave information on why they showed all their materials	The student had their needed materials but they were not prepared and ready to show	The student had all their materials set up on the table but they presented them out of order of what their outline said	The student had all their materials set up on the table and presented them in the order they had planned in their outline but did not explain the reasons for showing all their materials.	The student had all their materials set up on the table and presented them in the order they  had planned in their outline and give lots of information for the reasons for showing their materials
The length of the presentation was 3-4 minutes	The presentation was less than 2 minutes	The presentation was less than three minutes	The presentation was barely three minutes or it was closer to five minutes	The presentation was exactly between 3-4 minutes
The student answered all of the guided questions in their presentation and gave additional information	The student only answered 1 of the questions	The student only answered 2-3 of the questions	The student answered all 4 of the questions	The student answered all 4 of the questions and gave additional information about their rock.
The student knew about their topic and got the class interested in their rock	The student read sentences from their index card and did not speak clearly	The student followed their outline for the most part but	The student knew the information and only used the index card as a guide and the student spoke clearly but had a few too many pauses	The student knew the information and only used the index card as a guide, looked at the audience and spoke clearly with only 1-2 pauses total