Ontario Report Card Qualifiers Gr 1-8

Write your Term 1 subject comments for the whole class in one sitting. Type first names once, then the grade you are giving in each subject: a letter for Grades 1-6, a percentage for Grades 7-8. The picker finds the level and builds a strengths and next steps comment for every student in every subject, with the qualifier word that matches the level. Then read, edit and paste.

For the first Ontario provincial report card (January to February).

What’s included:

• 1,248 subject comments for Grades 1-3, 4-6 and 7-8: Language, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies (Grades 1-6), History and Geography (Grades 7-8)
• For each of Levels 4, 3, 2 and 1: four strengths (one for each achievement-chart category: Knowledge and Understanding, Thinking, Communication, Application) and two next steps, in four focus areas per subject
• Qualifier words built in: thorough or a high degree of, considerable, some, limited
• The comment picker for up to 40 students (Excel .xlsx; opens in Google Sheets)
• A 96-page PDF of every comment by grade band, subject, focus area and level, with a character count on every line

How the picker works:

• Type first names and the class grade; for a split class, type each student’s grade (a Grade 7 student in a 6/7 class gets History and Geography)
• Pick a letter (A+ to D-, R, I) or type a percentage; the subject tab shows the level, for example B+ · Level 3 · considerable
• Choose 1-2 strengths and 1-2 next steps per comment
• Character counter against your own limit; any comment over it turns red
• Focus areas rotate between classmates, or pick the focus yourself
• Type the current Science or Social Studies unit and the unit comments name it
• Try another and Variation reshuffle the wording; He/She is optional; add your own comments to the Bank tab

Written for Ontario classrooms: Canadian spelling, pronoun-free bank, no marks, letter grades or level numbers inside the comments, kind and honest Level 1 comments with a small next step. Works in Excel (offline) and Google Sheets: no add-ons, no sign-ins, and names stay in your own copy.

Try it first with the free Qualifiers Cheat Sheet in our shop. Also in this shop: Ontario Learning Skills Comments + Picker (page 1 of the report card) and Ontario Progress Report Subject Comments + Picker (fall).

Not included: The Arts, Health and Physical Education or Core French (both come with this pack in our Term 1 bundle). Grades 7-8 lines are written for the band; a few name a Grade 7 or 8 topic. With 24 lines per subject, band and level, a sentence can repeat in a large class (Try another changes it). R and I get no comment from the picker: write your own.

Please read and edit every comment so it is true for your student. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Ontario government.

Licence: one teacher, your own classes, year after year