Welcome to episode 118 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your

host Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into

the minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. and progress and generating awesome report card comments.

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One year when I taught third grade, our brand new principal had to read

and approve all of our report card comments. That was a grueling task for her, I'm

sure. I'll never forget the kind words that she put on a sticky

note before returning the reports to me. The note said, Angela, these are beautifully

written and an absolute pleasure to read.

Thank you for putting so much time and effort

into describing each child.

Here's the thing, though.

What my principal didn't know

was that it really didn't take me long at all to write those comments.

I had simply created a system. There was a formula that I followed each time,

and I drew heavily from that formula when reworking the comments for each student.

These are actually easily replicable steps.

I use them every single year of my teaching career in every single school and every single grade level that I taught at.

And that means it's a system that could work for you too.

You see, the biggest pitfall that I find most teachers faced with report card comments is over complicating the task and that creates

overwhelm. I want to help you keep this super simple by staying focused on

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