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How to Interpret the Writing Feedback

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The feedback report for your child’s writing provides a detailed analysis to help you understand their strengths and areas for improvement. Here’s how to interpret each section:

1. Email Subject Line: Exciting and Imaginative Story
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This line is a brief summary of your child’s writing, highlighting the creativity and engagement of their essay. It gives you a quick overview of what the story is about.

2. Overall Grade: Great Work!
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This section provides an overall grade for the essay. It could be one of the following:

  • Nice Try
  • Not Bad
  • Great Work
  • Perfect
  • Fabulous Work
  • Amazing Work

In this case, the grade is “Great Work!” indicating that your child’s essay is commendable and shows good effort and creativity.

3. Essay Summary
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A brief description of the essay’s content is provided. In this case, it describes pigeons traveling to New York and Singapore, emphasizing the excitement and differences in travel times.

4. Detailed Feedback
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  • Positive Reinforcement: Mikyla commends your child for creating an interesting story.
  • Suggestions for Improvement: Specific advice is given on areas to work on, such as spelling, punctuation, and sentence clarity.

5. Statistics
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  • Total Words: The total number of words in the essay.
  • Unique Words: The number of unique words used, which gives an idea of your child’s vocabulary range.

6. Spelling Mistakes
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This section lists the spelling errors found in the essay along with the correct spellings:

  1. died should be dead
  2. New york should be New York
  3. singapore should be Singapore

7. Writing Spelling Correction
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  • Original Text: Displays the original sentences with spelling errors.
  • Corrected Text: Shows the corrected version of the text with proper spelling and capitalization.

Summary for Parents
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The feedback report is designed to provide constructive feedback in a supportive manner. It highlights the positive aspects of your child’s writing and offers clear, actionable advice for improvement. By reviewing the statistics, spelling corrections, and overall comments, you can help your child understand where they excel and where they can improve, fostering better writing skills and confidence.

Sample Feedback From Mikyla