Grade 5 ADST report card comments - British Columbia

12 sample Grade 5 ADST comments for British Columbia's Learning Updates, from Extending to Emerging: 6 strengths and 6 next steps (ADST is Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies). Adapt any sentence to what you have seen in class, or write them for your whole class in the free Studio.

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Sample comments

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Each chip links to the official BC curriculum page for the area and grade. No curriculum text is copied here.

BC Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies, Grade 5

Extending

Strength. Sam tests and improves models with insight and sticks with a design until it truly works. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Next step. Next, Sam can combine the best parts of two classmates' ideas into one stronger design. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Next step. To keep growing, Sam can share a design with an audience beyond our class and invite feedback. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5

Proficient

Strength. Sam shows each product clearly and explains how it was designed and built. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Strength. Sam gathers ideas from users and checks each design idea against the goal. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Next step. A next step is for Sam to help a team combine ideas into one stronger design. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5

Developing

Strength. Sam is building skill in making prototypes and records some changes along the way. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Next step. A next step is for Sam to explain whether a product met its goal and what they would change. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Next step. Sam is encouraged to learn a new tool or technology for a design task. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5

Emerging

Strength. Sam uses tools safely when steps are modelled. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Strength. Sam is beginning to list ideas for a design and choose one to pursue. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5
Next step. Moving forward, Sam can ask people who might use a product what features would help most. Curricular competency Written for Grades 4-5

How British Columbia reports

Grades K-9 use the four-point Provincial Proficiency Scale.
grades K-9: The four-point Provincial Proficiency Scale is used (Emerging, Developing, Proficient, and Extending.)
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 Student Reporting Policy: Educator Summary Guide (Ministry of Education and Child Care, 2023), p.3 · Source
Two of the year's communications of learning are written Learning Updates.
2 written Learning Updates in a printed or digital format
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 Student Reporting Policy: Educator Summary Guide (Ministry of Education and Child Care, 2023), p.3 · Source
Comments focus on strengths and areas for further growth.
should focus on student strengths and areas for further growth
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 Student Reporting Policy: Educator Summary Guide (Ministry of Education and Child Care, 2023), p.3 · Source
Comments are concise and family-friendly; bullets are fine.
should be concise (bullets are okay) and in parent/caregiver-friendly language
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 Student Reporting Policy: Educator Summary Guide (Ministry of Education and Child Care, 2023), p.3 · Source
Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies is a required area of learning in K-9.
(h) Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies.
Province of British Columbia, Required Areas of Learning in an Educational Program Order (M295/95 as amended, 6 Mar 2025), s.2 · Source

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What should a Grade 5 ADST comment in British Columbia say?

Comments focus on strengths and areas for further growth. Comments are concise and family-friendly; bullets are fine. Comments should not summarize lesson plans or the Learning Standards. Source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 Student Reporting Policy: Educator Summary Guide (Ministry of Education and Child Care, 2023), p.3.

Are these Grade 5 ADST comments tied to the curriculum?

All 12 comments name a skill and show the British Columbia curriculum match for Grade 5 beside the sentence, with a link to the official page (the Studio does not reproduce BC curriculum text). A match shows the skill is taught at this grade; judge the fit yourself.

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Sample comments for teachers to adapt; no prescribed or mandated comments exist in BC.
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British Columbia Report Season Kit — Kindergarten to Grade 9: Four resources in one download for written Learning Updates: a 16-page evidence organizer, 17 pages of student Core Competencies self-reflection, 1032 Learning Update comments and 63 comment frames. Nothing in the kit rates a competency.