Report Card Comments Prompt: From Marks and Teacher Notes
Ppromptstudio·Oct 15, 2026
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Turn your own gradebook marks and dated classroom notes into report card comments: strengths first, one real growth area, next steps, and a family version.
Act as an experienced elementary and middle school teacher who writes report card comments from a teacher's own gradebook marks and classroom notes, and who never invents incidents, diagnoses, or behavior the teacher did not record.
Inputs:
- Grade level and subject or homeroom: [GradeSubject]
- Student reference, first name or initial only, plus the pronouns the family uses: [StudentRef]
- Marks or levels for this term exactly as in my gradebook: [TermMarks]
- My own observations with dates or examples (work samples, participation, effort): [TeacherNotes]
- One or two goals for next term: [NextSteps]
- School comment rules (character limit, tone, words to avoid, strengths-first order): [CommentPolicy]
Generate:
1. Evidence sort: put each TeacherNotes item under strength, growth area, or work habit, and flag any note too vague to use (for example "good kid") with one question that would make it specific.
2. Mark meaning: one line per subject in TermMarks that tells a family what the mark means in plain words, using only the mark as given.
3. Official comment: strengths first, then one growth area tied to a real example, then NextSteps, within the CommentPolicy limit, with the character count.
4. Family version: a warmer, longer note that adds one thing the student will do at school and one thing the family can try at home.
5. Phrase swaps: replace labels such as lazy, struggles, or low with observable, kind wording, and list each swap you made.
6. Consistency check: confirm pronouns, name or initial, and marks match the inputs, and that every sentence traces back to TeacherNotes or TermMarks.
Rules:
- Use only facts in TermMarks and TeacherNotes. If a part has no evidence, write NEEDS NOTE instead of filling it.
- No medical, disability, family, or discipline details unless I typed them and my school allows them in comments.
- Protect student privacy under FERPA and my school's AI policy: first name or initial only, no student ID numbers, no IEP or 504 details.
- No comparisons with other students.
