Assessment & Reflection Rubrics IB PYP Transdisciplinary Themes Upper Grades

Maximise reflection and assessment within your  inquiry & save time planning with these IB PYP concept-based assessment rubrics. These Concept-Based Assessment Rubrics are designed to enhance student inquiry, self-reflection, and conceptual understanding, all while saving you valuable planning and prep time. These rubrics seamlessly integrate into your IB PYP Units of Inquiry, supporting student growth with conceptual understanding with structured self-assessment tools. Designed for grades 4 & 5. UK and USA spelling included.

These digital and printable rubrics align with the latest 2023/2024 IB PYP framework and support inquiry-based learning by integrating conceptual understanding with skills throughout Bloom’s and using SOLO Taxonomy as a continuum for assessment.

Key Features:

✔ Structured, child-friendly rubrics for all six IB PYP Transdisciplinary Themes
✔ Focuses on concept-based understanding

 Encourages students to:

✔ Uses a SOLO Taxonomy-based continuum with four assessment levels:

✔ Editable, printable, and digital templates—easy to customise for your learners

How These Rubrics Support Inquiry & Save Time

1. Quick & Effective Student Self-Assessment

✔ Ready-to-use, structured rubrics that help students reflect on their learning without additional teacher prep.
✔ Supports student ownership of learning, allowing teachers to focus on facilitating inquiry rather than creating assessments from scratch.

Example: Before starting a unit, students can use the rubric to assess their prior knowledge of scientific concepts and systems. This provides insight into student understanding, helping teachers adjust lessons to meet individual learning needs.

2. Seamless Integration into Unit Planning

✔ Acts as a roadmap for formative and summative assessment, aligning with key concepts, skills, and inquiry goals.
✔ Supports higher-order thinking (Bloom’s Taxonomy) by guiding students to analyse, evaluate, and apply their learning.
✔ Editable, printable, and digital—ready to customize and adapt for your class!

Example: While planning a unit you can use the rubric to identify gaps in student understanding of the additional concepts. This informs lesson planning and  learning outcomes.

You can find more reflection and assessment tools for upper grades here, such as the Reflection & Assessment Task Cards for each theme, Concept-based Exit Slips, ATL Skills Rubrics, Reflection & Assessment Spinners.

Enjoy!

Susan Powers