Feedback Comments for Student Writing

BEST SELLER!! Does it seem like you give students the same generic compliments on their writing over and over? Do you struggle to find kind, supportive ways to suggest improvements? Have you given up on detailed feedback because it's just too time-consuming to provide?

This document contains hundreds of comment suggestions to help you give meaningful feedback to students on their writing assignments. You can use these comments to help guide your conversations during writing workshop and writing conferences. Or, use them in your written feedback at the top of student work or on sticky notes. These comments can also be used to help describe student writing for portfolio assessments, progress reports, report cards, or in parent conferences.

This 21-page PDF includes one set of the following for narrative writing assignments AND one slightly modified set for expository writing assignments:

• General compliment phrases
• General suggestion phrases
• Specific compliments and suggestions on effort and overall writing progress
• Specific compliments and suggestions for each of the 6 traits of writing: Ideas and Content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions

I used the 6 Traits model because it's a simple way to organize the types of feedback. However, you can use these comments with ANY writing system.

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Great product! Sometimes I feel that I am using the same comments for everyone. This will be my quick "cheat sheet" of comments. Thanks! - Sheila R S.

This has so many things I wanted to say, but didn't know how to say them. Thanks. - Melinda S.

Comments are for narrative and expository writing. This resource is well organized. Teachers can use this to arrange these comments based on success criteria to make it quicker to use. Very good product. Creative way with words. Thanks. - Melanie L.

Today one of my students commented on how my comments were so personal. Obviously this was a great buy! - Bobbie Bonilla

Very helpful. I used this very often this weekend when grading writing and it saved me so much time! - Cassie W.

Used them this year for the first time and found my writing conferences with the students more productive. - Sandra R.

This packet contains clearly organized expressions to encourage, support, and celebrate writers in your classroom. It's a great buy! - Sharyn T.

I have printed this out and keep it with me for my writing conferences. I am always struggling to give students meaningful feedback that is in kid friendly language. This product helped immensely! - Heather L.

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NOTE: This resource is included at no cost for members of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club, as part of our focus in the month of JANUARY on Grading and Assessment in the Full Year Program and week 6 of the Fast Track program.