Year 6 PYP Exhibition Summative 

Assessment Rubric 2020  

Transdisciplinary Theme: Sharing the Planet 

 

Task: To research and raise awareness about a chosen issue 

 

Student Name:  

Website URL:  

Central Idea:  

Lines of Inquiry:  

1.   2.   3.   

   

Essential Elements of the Primary Years Programme  

Knowledge 

Highlight the parts of the transdisciplinary theme below that are connected to your Exhibition issue. Explain the connections in the ‘Student comment’ box below the theme descriptor.  

Sharing the Planet An inquiry into  

● rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things;  ● communities and the relationships within and between them;  ● access to equal opportunities;  ● peace and conflict resolution.  

Student Comment:  

How has your knowledge of your Exhibition issue increased during this Exhibition process? (Write 5-10 complete sentences) 

Student Comment:  

   

Action 

Students have self-assessed and reflected on their actions taken on their Exhibition websites.  

Working towards expectations  Meeting expectations  Exceeding expectations 

● Adult-initiated, shared decisions with student 

● Student-initiated and directed  ● Student-initiated, shared decisions with adults 

Teacher Comment:  

Describe the action that you took. How did your action connect to your Exhibition? How will you continue to take action? (Write 3-6 sentences) 

Student Comment:     

Learner Profile Traits 

The students have self-assessed and reflected on the Learner Profile traits that they have exhibited throughout the process on their Exhibition blogs and in their reflection videos.  Insert the hyperlink to your blog post where you reflected on the Learner Profile traits you have exhibited. If you did not write a blog post about the Learner Profile traits, please do that today and insert the hyperlink here.  Hyperlink:    

Virtual Exhibition Zoom Q&A Reflection 

During the Virtual PYP Exhibition, the students each hosted two Q&A sessions on Zoom, where other people could attend and ask them questions and give feedback.  Reflect on how you did during the Zoom Q&A sessions. Here are some questions you may want to answer in your reflection: 

● How confidently did you present? ● How well were you able to answer the questions people asked? If you couldn’t answer a question, how did you respond? ● How well did you run the session? ● What did you enjoy about the Q&A session?  

 Student Comment:     

Concepts 

The students formulated questions based on the 7 Key Concepts. These questions were used to guide their inquiry and the creation of their lines of inquiry.  Teacher Assessment 

  Working towards expectations  Meeting expectations  Exceeding expectations 

 Formulates questions connected to Key Concepts 

● Writes questions that relate to their issue 

● Writes at least one question for each key concept 

● Each question is clearly connected to the Key Concept 

● Writes more than one question for the key concepts 

● Each question is clearly connected to the Key Concept and invites in-depth inquiry  

 Decides on Central Idea and Lines of Inquiry 

● Selects guiding questions with support 

● Writes their lines of inquiry with considerable teacher input 

● Selects guiding questions with little support 

● Writes their lines of inquiry with some support 

● Selects guiding questions independently 

● Writes their lines of inquiry independently   

 Uses the Key Concepts to guide their research 

● Carries out research for each line of inquiry only with teacher support 

● Research does not consistently connect to the chosen Key Concepts 

● Carries out research for each line of inquiry with some support 

● Research connects to each line of inquiry through the lens of their chosen Key Concepts 

● Independently carries out research for each line of inquiry 

● Research connects to each line of inquiry through the lens of their chosen Key Concepts 

 Insert a photo of your Key Concept questions or a hyperlink to your website where your questions are posted:     

Approaches to Learning Skills 

The students have used a variety of different Approaches to Learning skills during the Exhibition process. Students have reflected on the ATLs in their reflection videos.  Reflect on your use of the transdisciplinary skills throughout the Exhibition process. Highlight the skills that you used, and then record how you have displayed those skills. You can choose to write in complete sentences or use bullet points.  

 

 

THINKING SKILLS Highlight the skills you used during Exhibition:  How have you displayed these skills? 

● Acquisition of knowledge ● Comprehension ● Application 

 

● Analysis ● Synthesis ● Evaluation ● Dialectical thought ● Metacognition 

 

  

RESEARCH SKILLS Highlight the skills you used during Exhibition:  How have you displayed these skills? 

● Formulating questions ● Observing ● Planning ● Collecting data ● Recording data ● Organizing data ● Interpreting data 

 

● Presenting research findings  

  

SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS Highlight the skills you used during Exhibition:  How have you displayed these skills? 

● Gross motor skills ● Fine motor skills ● Spatial awareness ● Organization ● Time management ● Safety ● Healthy lifestyle ● Codes of behavior ● Informed choices 

 

 

  

SOCIAL SKILLS Highlight the skills you used during Exhibition:  How have you displayed these skills? 

● Accepting responsibility ● Respecting others ● Cooperating ● Resolving conflict ● Group decision-making ● Adopting a variety of group roles 

 

 

  

COMMUNICATION SKILLS Highlight the skills you used during Exhibition:  How have you displayed these skills? 

● Listening ● Speaking ● Reading ● Writing ● Viewing ● Presenting ● Nonverbal communication 

 

   

Assessment of Mathematics, Writing, and Art Components 

 Teacher Assessment 

  Working towards expectations  Meeting expectations  Exceeding expectations 

  

Mathematics Component 

● Mathematics component is missing or incomplete 

● Includes one mathematics component 

● Clearly connected to a maths strand 

● Clearly connects to their lines of inquiry 

● Includes more than one mathematics component 

● Clearly connected to a maths strand 

● Strong connections to their lines of inquiry 

● Mathematics component exceeds year level expectations 

    

Writing Component 

● Writing component is missing or incomplete 

● Completes a written piece ● Fulfils all the criteria of that text 

type ● Clearly connects to their lines of 

inquiry 

● Completes more than one written piece 

● Fulfils all the criteria of that text type 

● Strong connections to their lines of inquiry 

● Shows evidence of going through the writing process 

● Written text quality exceeds year level expectations 

  

Art Component 

● Art component is missing or incomplete 

● Completes a final art piece ● Shows evidence of planning and 

drafting their art piece ● Clearly connects to their lines of 

inquiry 

● Completes more than one art piece 

● Shows evidence of planning and drafting each piece of art 

● Strong connections to their lines of inquiry 

 

Website Components 

Students created websites to display their knowledge during the Exhibition and to present their virtual Exhibition.  Look thoroughly at your website. Highlight each statement that is true for your website under Student Assessment.  Student Assessment ロ I have at least 6 tabs (Home, Blog, Knowledge, Bibliography, Photos, Links) ロ My knowledge tab has a dropdown menu with a separate page for each line of inquiry ロ My Homepage is set up according to the example and has all required elements (Presentation video, Reflection video, Central Idea, Lines of Inquiry 

with links to pages, Action, Art, Writing, and Math Components with captions, Padlet link, Zoom meeting links) ロ Research notes on my lines of inquiry are uploaded into the correct page inside the Knowledge tab ロ I have uploaded photos to my Photo Page ロ I have added hyperlinks to other sites or videos on my Links Page ロ My bibliography is updated and in the correct format ロ My page header photos are relevant to my Exhibition topic 

 Teacher Assessment ロ Has at least 6 tabs (Home, Blog, Knowledge, Bibliography, Photos, Links) ロ Knowledge tab has a dropdown menu with a separate page for each line of inquiry ロ Homepage is set up according to the example and has all required elements (Presentation video, Reflection video, Central Idea, Lines of Inquiry with 

links to pages, Action, Art, Writing, and Math Components with captions, Padlet link, Zoom meeting links) ロ Research notes on lines of inquiry are uploaded into the correct page inside the Knowledge tab ロ Has uploaded photos to Photo Page ロ Has added hyperlinks to other sites or videos on Links Page ロ Bibliography is updated and in the correct format ロ Page header photos are relevant to Exhibition topic 

 Teacher Comments: