Learning & Leading With Habits of Mind

meet goals (persisting, managing impulsivity) and (2) shows thorough-
ness in work (striving for accuracy, thinking and communicating with
clarity and precision).
At the Marcy Open School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, parents,
teachers, and children consider progress in both academic subjects and
the Habits of Mind. One page of the school’s progress report lists each

Reporting Growth in Habits of Mind 261

FIGURE 14.3

4th Grade Rubric for Two Work Habits

Work Habits for Citizenship

Source: John Lyman Elementary School, Middlefield, Connecticut.

Makes appropriate choices to complete tasks and meet goals

[persisting, managing impulsivity].

4 Works efficiently enough to allow for self-initiated extensions. Sets new

goals as goals are reached.

3Makes appropriate choices to complete tasks and meet goals.Can plan

his/her week.

2Sometimes makes appropriate choices to complete tasks and meet

goals.

1 Rarely makes appropriate choices to complete tasks and meet goals.

Shows thoroughness in work [striving for accuracy, thinking

and communicating with clarity and precision].

4 Exceeds grade-level expectations for the amount of reflection and

effort used to complete work.

3 Takes sufficient time to do his/her best with all assignments. Shows

concern for completeness of work. Willing to go back and improve

work when asked.

2 Sometimes takes sufficient time to do his/her best with all assignments.

Sometimes shows concern for completeness of work. Sometimes is

willing to go back and improve work when asked.

1 Rarely takes sufficient time to do his/her best with all assignments.

Rarely shows concern for completeness of work. Rarely is willing to go

back and improve work when asked.