Success criteria in writing

We have been using success criteria slips in writing to help us target our ideas around our genre. These success criteria slips vary, based on what we are working on and are developed with the children before working on the particular aspect. 

Today we did our introduction to our life cycle explanation. We had completed our plan and were working on introducing the insect for the reader. Because this was a new topic, we completed a very basic introduction success criteria with symbols for identification. 

I of course modelled the process after writing so students were able to see what was expected of them and work towards achieving all the aspects of our introduction success criteria. The symbols were also used so students (and myself) could easily see the evidence of what they were working on in their writing. We used a W for wow words, a butterfly for the name of the insect, and then simple numbers so they could see how many ideas they had. 

Super simple, yet effective! The students even commented on how easy it was when using the success criteria slip to check they had achieved it all!

Find the template here for you to make a copy and use it in your classroom!!