Writing report card comments is exhausting. You’ve just completed days of marking, your desk is piled up like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and all you want to do is take your new novel outside to the finally warming spring sunshine.
Until I found this fabulous editing solution!
*Time for some tears and a glass of wine.*
- spelling
- punctuation
- verb tenses
- word choice
- fluency
A colleague and friend introduced me to my ultimate writing solution, and I want to do for you what she did for me.
What Is This Solution to Error-Free Writing?
While you’re writing, Grammarly is checking everything and highlighting problem spots. A small Grammarly icon appears in the bottom-right corner of your text field, and a color-coded number indicates how many errors or problems have been found.
When you click on this icon, an editor pops up:
With a free Grammarly account, you’ll be notified of any critical grammar and spelling errors on all your favorite sites! Get corrections when you write in Gmail, Outlook, Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Docs, and so much more!
A free account is beneficial, but with Grammarly Premium, you receive much, much more:
- Advanced checks for punctuation, grammar, context, and sentence structure.
- Vocabulary enhancement suggestions.
- Genre-specific writing style checks.
- The teacher’s favorite: A plagiarism detector that compares text to more than 16 billion online sites.
- Explanations of grammar rules.
- See definitions and synonyms with a double click.
- Add words to a personal dictionary.
- Access to your documents across multiple devices.
There is even a free download to integrate Grammarly with Microsoft Office if you’re using a Windows device.
I have also loved using Grammarly on the go with the Grammarly keyboard for iOS.
While the benefits of using Grammarly for writing report card comments are clear, this writing assistant really is perfect for all your everyday writing tasks.
Whether you’re writing the most informal social media comments, an email to your family members about an upcoming birthday celebration, or a letter to your local government representative sharing your feelings about that new tax hike, you’re going to want to use Grammarly.
What About Writing Report Card Comments?
Every district has its own rules and guidelines about writing report card comments, but I do have some general tips to share:
- Begin with your specific curriculum expectations or standards in mind.
- Keep your comments clear, personalized, and meaningful.
- Start the comment by referring to the specific skills or knowledge from the curriculum that you have assessed. (What was the student supposed to learn?)
- State the specific strengths the student demonstrated. (What did the student do that showed me they learned it?)
- Indicate the next steps for improvement. (What will we do next to support this learning?)
- Use Grammarly to ensure that your comments are free of errors!
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