Report Card Comments for Teachers to Use

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At our school, we must write individualized comments for each subject on each report card.  Even now that we have gone on line, we have no drop-down menu, or comment-by-number system.  Our school prefers to stick with teachers making different individual comments for each student.  But sometimes it’s really hard to think of unique comments when you have thirty students, and twelve different things you are asked to comment on.

For teachers who find themselves in similar cirumstances, I have a list of comments I fall back on when I need to say something, yet can’t come up with anything on my own.  I didn’t think of these myself, but found them as a list of comments-by-number on a report card a student of mine once brought from another school.  I thought they were really good comments, so I saved them.  Maybe they will help some other teachers out there.

FAVORABLE  COMMENTS:

–Cooperative

–Enthusiastic

–Respectful in speech

–Uses time wisely

–Does classwork and homework on time

–Follows oral directions

–Asks for assistance as needed

–Respects property

–Resolves conflicts well

–Has a high standard of neatness

UNFAVORABLE   COMMENTS:

–Uncooperative

–Constant interruptions

–Disrespectul in speech

–Does not stay in chair

–Wastes time

–Assignments are often late and/or incomplete

–Does not follow directions

–Often disputes with others

–Sloppy work

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One Comment on “Report Card Comments for Teachers to Use”

  1. Mrs. C Says:

    Well, yours are at least nicely-worded. We got “rebellious and defiant” for my son G this term. I called the school. You know, you have the kid sitting on the WRONG SIDE of the room, contrary to his IEP. You have him in regular ed for this class. You wonder why he’s disorganized. You give him zero time for transitions (um, because it’s a regular class and there are 29 neurotypical other children there?) and wonder why he balks. YAY.

    Soon I will be asking to disable comments on report cards. It’s ridiculous the teacher had to put that zinger in, and never call me to discuss what was going on with my child. NOT that I could have fixed it. Maybe a more productive avenue would be to talk to the kid’s case manager and see what strategies would be more helpful? But no. Just zing that written volley on over into mom’s lap and wonder why the parents have trouble “communicating nicely” with school staff.

    Winners.

    :]

    PS I have one with constant “sloppy work,” though he has always had difficulty with his writing.


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