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Articulation Student Scale {Freebie}

So, I work in a district where I am subject to the teacher evaluation scale.  This means I have to play by the rules of a Marzano based evaluation system.  I could go off in an entirely different direction here…but I won’t.  I have created some things to try to make what I do fit into that box, but given it a speech spin!  Cue, articulation rubric!

I created this four point scale to cover me for all of my students who are working on articulation skills.  It is an easy tool…in fact, I can use it across my caseload!  This gives me some good (and interesting) feedback about where my students feel they are working.  I included a full page, plus two half pages that you can use with your students as well!  I use the full page on my board, then the half pages for the student to have.

You can grab it HERE.  If you do snag it, leave me some feedback love 🙂

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  1. Rachelle McCranie says

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    Thank you. Are you going to do one for language?

  2. Allison says

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    Thanks! I have something similar, but this is much prettier to hang up in my room!

  3. Ellen says

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    Thank you for this great resource! I love using visuals and getting my hands on ways for the students to be monitoring and thinking about their own progress and productions. Yay for rubrics!

  4. Ashley Lowrey says

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    I think this is a great way to have my students think about their speech

  5. Karen says

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    Thank you so much for this! I love it!

  6. Bridget says

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    Thank you! This is a really clever idea.

  7. School SLP (Kim Jarvis) says

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    This is great! I’m excited to see what my students have to say about their own speech… and where they think they are at. Thank you!

  8. Amy Roberts says

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    This is good way for students to be more responsible for monitoring their own speech. Thank you!

  9. Pat Mervine says

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    Great visual. Thanks!

  10. Annie Doyle says

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    I really like using rubrics and this one is great. I’m not familiar with the Marzano Evaluation System.

  11. Sara says

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    LOVE this! Thank you girl!!

  12. Deidre says

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    What a great resource!! This goes perfectly with our grading scale. Thanks for sharing 🙂 Of course, now that our school year is over, I’ll have to wait until August to implement it.

  13. Joy Glick says

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    Love this rubric! Thank you for posting!! 🙂

  14. Frances Creel says

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    Thank you so much. I love the simplicity and clarity of the posters.

  15. Owens SLP says

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    I love this. I use something similar with red light, green light, yellow light that the students can point to to show me where they feel they are at. I would love to read some more of your ideas for “Playing by the rules” of the Marzano scale.

    • Jenn says

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      Lol, I made a stoplight scale, it’s in my TPT store! It worked until this year, where I had to have a 4 tiered rating system. I hope to bring more to you guys this summer on that subject 🙂

  16. Vicki B in VA says

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    Great visual for my students to do their own assessment. Will be interesting to see what they think about their articulation skills. Yes, it is a little like trying to “fit a square peg into a round hole”, but you seem to be putting a positive spin on things. 🙂

  17. Rebekah says

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    Thanks! Looking forward to trying this out!

  18. Deanna says

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    I adore this freebie! I’m struggling to get it printed though and was hoping that you would be able to walk me through how to print it! Dropbox does not give me a print icon and when I press cntl+p I am given an error message “an error occurred when printing.” My students really struggle with gauging how they are doing and this is PERFECT for my speech room!
    Thanks so much!

    • Jenn says

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      Hi Deanna! You should download it first (there should be a button in the upper right hand corner), then it will open in Adobe and you can print from there. I hope that helps! Thanks for stopping by 🙂

  19. Terri Drushell says

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    Thanks for sharing this set of visuals! I know it will come in handy this year. You are so creative – I love your products and have purchased many! Thanks for all your hard work that benefits the rest of us!

  20. Dawn says

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    Thank you so much. This looks great! Can’t wait to use it with my students.

  21. ECCundiff says

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    I love this 4 point scale for its conciseness. I am eager to use it with my artic students. (And I am eager to see how I can use it with other speech students.) Thank you for sharing.

  22. Joy Glick says

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    Thank you for sharing this!! Can’t wait to use it with my students!

  23. Debbie says

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    Thanks so much for the freebie! I like that it is simple.

  24. Cindy Whitney says

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    Great tool and cute too!! Thanks much for the resource.

  25. Susan Olmo says

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    Can’t wait to use this chart during the 2014-15 school year. Thank u!!

  26. Ronnie Kaufman says

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    Hi Jenn,

    Love this rubric….cannot download it….tried your suggestion to someone else, re: “download button in upper right corner”, but I cannot find that button.!?

    Please help…I was able to get the page to open, but then cannot save it anywhere.

    Arghhh…sorry to bother you.
    Ronnie

    • Jenn says

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      I am not sure how to help you without looking at it 🙁 I’m sorry!

  27. francine says

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    Just printed this out! Thanks!

  28. Jodie Peterson says

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    I love this. It is so simple and yet effective. I can’t wait to use this with my speech groups to check their understanding!

  29. Amy says

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    This is great! We are doing the Marzano System within our district as well. This is a great way to allow kiddos to take ownership in their speech progress!

  30. Heidi says

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    This is great, and you are awesome! Thank you for sharing your ideas and creations!!

    • Jenn says

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      Thank you Heidi!

  31. MK says

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    Awesome visual! I have my students put in their individual folders and color as they make progress.
    Thanks!

  32. VP says

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    Thank you for providing this!

  33. Simone Pendergraft says

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    Thanks for sharing! I love this rating scale! Do you have one that you use for language?

    • Jenn says

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      Thanks Simone! I don’t have one for language like this, sorry!

    • Jenn says

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      Hi Simone! So glad you like it! I do not currently have one for language. Thanks for stopping by 🙂

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