Building Effective Report Card Comments

The video tutorial explains how to create personalized comments for elementary provincial report cards using a framework developed from the Growing Success 2010 guidelines. It outlines the process of writing comments that focus on key learning, strengths, and next steps for improvement. The tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to building a sample comment for a Grade 2 math student, emphasizing the importance of learning goals and success criteria. It concludes with a discussion on how to apply this framework across different subjects and offers additional resources for further guidance.

What is the primary focus of the video tutorial?

• Building comments for high school report cards

• Creating a lesson plan for Grade 2 math

• Building comments for elementary report cards

• Developing a new math curriculum

What is the performance level of the student in the example?

• Level three

• Level two

• Level one

• Level four

What year was the Growing Success guideline implemented?

• 2010

• 2014

• 2008

• 2012

According to Growing Success, what should anecdotal comments focus on?

• Teacher's teaching methods

• What students have learned

• Student behavior

• Classroom environment

What is the purpose of the comment framework?

• To evaluate teacher performance

• To create a new curriculum

• To standardize grading

• To assist teachers in composing personalized comments

What are the three components of the comment framework?

• Introduction, body, conclusion

• Key learning, examples, next steps

• Planning, execution, review

• Goals, objectives, outcomes

What is the first step in building a comment?

• Setting new goals

• Identifying student behavior

• Recalling key learning

• Writing the conclusion

What is a learning goal based on?

• A cluster of expectations

• Student's interests

• Classroom environment

• Teacher's preferences

What should a learning goal describe?

• What students should know and be able to do

• Teacher's teaching methods

• Classroom rules

• Student's behavior

What is used to develop a report card comment?

• Classroom environment

• Qualifiers and descriptors

• Teacher's preferences

• Student's hobbies