Grade 9 science report card comments - British Columbia

12 sample Grade 9 science comments for British Columbia's Learning Updates, from Extending to Emerging: 6 strengths and 6 next steps. 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 Science, Grade 9

Extending

Strength. Sam asks complex questions and forms more than one hypothesis. The thinking is deep and careful. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Next step. A next step is for Sam to design a long-term study and refine the method as data comes in. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Next step. Sam is encouraged to explore how First Peoples knowledge and other ways of knowing add to science. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9

Proficient

Strength. Sam describes how variables relate. Each conclusion is backed by the data. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Strength. Sam explains science ideas clearly, with the right terms, diagrams and graphs. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Next step. Moving forward, Sam can test science claims in the media against evidence from class and other sources. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9

Developing

Strength. Sam graphs data with growing skill and is working on how two variables relate. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Next step. Next, Sam can check that each conclusion fits the data and the hypothesis. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Next step. Moving forward, Sam can name possible errors in a lab and explain how each might change the results. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9

Emerging

Strength. Sam follows lab safety rules when the rules are reviewed first. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Strength. Sam records data in a prepared table and is starting to graph the results. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9
Next step. A next step is for Sam to name the variable being changed and the one being measured in each lab. Curricular competency Written for Grades 8-9

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

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What should a Grade 9 science 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 9 science comments tied to the curriculum?

All 12 comments name a skill and show the British Columbia curriculum match for Grade 9 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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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.