Math comments

You might find these report card comments useful for writing comments for your math report cards.

report card comments

  • He is beginning to show an interest in numbers and counting.
  • He is beginning to use some number names/language spontaneously.
  • He joins in with number rhymes/songs.
  • He shows curiousity about numbers, and offer comments/questions.
  • He can use number names accurately in play.
  • He willingly attempts to count with some numbers in the correct order.
  • He recognises groups with 1, 2 or 3 objects.
  • He shows increased confidence with numbers, by requesting number activities.
  • He can count up to 3 or 4 objects using 1-1 correspondence.
  • He recognises some numerals of personal significance.
  • He is beginning to represent numbers, using fingers, marks on paper, or pictures.
  • He can recognise numerals 1-5.
  • He can recognize numerals 1-9.
  • He can count up to 6 objects from a larger group.
  • He can select the correct numeral to represent 1-5.
  • He can select the correct numeral to represent 1-9 objects.
  • He can count an irregular arrangement of up to 10 objects.
  • He is able to say the number after any number up to 9.
  • He is beginning to count beyond 10.
  • He can say and use the number names in order, in familiar contexts.
  • He is able to count reliably up to 10 everyday objects.
  • He is able to say some number names in familiar contexts, such as nursery rhymes.
  • He can count reliably up to 3 everyday objects.
  • He can count reliably up to 6 everyday objects.
  • He can say number names in order.
  • He can order numbers up to 10.
  • He is able to compare two groups of objects, saying when they have the same number.
  • He shows an interest in number problems.
  • He can separate a group of 3 or 4 objects in different ways, and beginning to recognise that the total is still the same.
  • He can find the total number of items in two groups, by counting all of them.
  • He can use own methods to solve a problem.
  • He can say the number that is one more than a given number.
  • In practical activities and discussion, he is beginning to use the language involved in adding and subtracting.
  • He can use language such as ‘more’ or ‘less’, to compare two numbers.
  • He can find one more, or one less, than a number from 1-10.
  • He is beginning to relate addition to combining two groups of objects, and subtraction to taking away.
  • He responds to the vocabulary involved in addition and subtraction in rhymes and games.
  • He recognise differences in quantity when comparing sets of objects.
  • He can find 1 more and 1 less from a group of up to 5 objects.
  • He can relate addition to combining 2 groups.
  • He relates subtraction to taking away.
  • He uses coins in play shopping. 
  • He can recognise differences in quantity when comparing sets of objects.
  • He can add, and subtract numbers when solving problems involving up to 10 objects.
  • He can use a range of strategies for addition and subtraction, including some mental recall of number bonds.