Report Card Comments for Language Arts and Reading

Report Card Comments for Language Arts and Reading

Comments for Students' Report Cards

• _______'s reading has improved considerably throughout the year. Please continue to practice reading with her nightly.

• _______ speaks very well in front of the class. However, her written work needs much improvement. With greater effort, the improvement should slowly come.

• _______ has shown a great amount of improvement with her creative writing. She has learned to use more colorful words.

• _______ is making excellent progress reading sight words. Please continue to practice with him nightly.

• _______'s spelling scores have improved greatly since the beginning of the school year. Studying his spelling words nightly has made much of the difference. Thank-you for your help.

• Although _______ is trying very hard, she is having difficulty writing smooth, fluent sentences. Can we meet to discuss some helpful strategies?

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Phrases for Students' Report Cards

• _______ enjoys listening to stories.

• _______ is able to distinguish sounds in words.

• _______ has difficulty distinguishing sounds in words.

• _______ learns new vocabulary quickly.

• _______ needs to increase his speed and comprehension in reading.

• _______ has developed a mature reading vocabulary.

• _______ reads extensively.

• _______ now knows and is able to use _____ consonant and vowel sounds.

• _______ confuses the sounds ___ and ___.

• _______ is able to blend short words using the vowel(s) _____ without assistance.

• _______ is learning to attack words independently.

• _______ uses the phonics skills to attack new words.

• _______'s reading is... (smooth, jerky, hesitant, rapid, irregular, or fluent).

• _______ comprehends what she reads.

• _______ is interested in books and reading.

• _______ can read to follow directions.

• _______ can now recognize ____ sight words.

• _______ reads for pleasure.

• _______ needs a lot of repetition and practice in order to retain reading vocabulary.

• _______ is still confusing words that look alike.

• _______ is beginning to read words in groups and phrases.

• _______'s reading is becoming automatic.

• _______'s reading is not yet becoming automatic.

• _______ enjoys discussing the stories we read.

• _______ is able to read his sentences back.

• _______ speaks in complete sentences.

• _______ speaks clearly.

• _______ has difficulty using (pronouns, verbs) correctly.

• _______ enjoys dramatization.

• _______ has a good oral vocabulary.

• _______ uses punctuation correctly.

• _______ uses colorful words while speaking.

• _______ uses (complex, simple) sentences while speaking.

• _______ participates in group storytelling.

• _______ needs to apply skills to all written work.

• _______ excels in writing original stories and poems.

• _______ is able to place periods and question marks correctly.

• _______ uses colorful words in his writing.

• _______ uses (complex, simple) sentences in her writing.

• _______ is now able to write a complete sentence independently.

• _______ can write an original story containing two to four sentences.

• _______ puts words in the appropriate order.

• _______ shows self-confidence in writing.

• _______ can compose several related sentences.

• _______ is building a good spelling vocabulary.

• _______ uses the dictionary to find unfamiliar words.

• _______ enjoys learning to spell new words.

• _______ is able to learn to spell words easily.

• _______ sometimes reverses letters in a word.

• _______ has difficulty remembering the spelling of non-phonetic words.

• _______ is helped by using hand or body motions to remember spelling.