Rubistar

I was subbing for a 5th grade teacher last week, and happened upon a rubric she had, for her class, on writing. My son is in 5th grade, in a different school, and he has had some issues with Language Arts, specifically, with writing skills.

I saw this as a wonderful opportunity to re-create her rubric and apply it towards helping my son with his creative writing. While it is not the most intricate of rubrics, since it is for 5th grade levels, it suits my purpose for both this class, as well as a real-life requirement that I can apply in a practical manor!

I liked Rubistar, and found it very helpful, but I seemed to have issues with formatting. I wanted everything left-justified and numbered 4-1, with each item on its own line, e.g.
4 - The student has.....
3 - The student has.....
I was not able to do that with Rubistar, nor was I able to fix it, once I downloaded it to an Excel SS.

While I will be linking to all of my examples, I re-created my rubric in Excel, with the formatting I preferred to use.

Nonetheless, I found Rubistar to be a helpful tool that I shall probably use in the future when creating rubrics for a higher grade level. Thus, NETS-T standards this activity relates to are:
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.
5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership.
Rubistar Rubric: 5th Grade Writing Rubric
Excel Format 5th Grade Writing Rubric
I had an issue uploading the Excel upload of my Rubistar to GDocs, but will attempt to link to it, although I linked to my own Excel rubric above. Rubistar Excel format