BC ADST Report Card Comments, K-Grade 3
Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) covers applied design (understanding a need, generating ideas, prototyping, testing, making, sharing and reflecting), applied skills (safe use of tools and materials) and applied technologies, including coding and computational thinking, with attention to social, ethical and sustainability factors.
Below are 9 sample sentences for K-Grade 3: one strength and one next step for each of the 4 comment levels (Extending / Proficient / Developing / Emerging), plus a tip for families. They are a small selection from the 144 applied design, skills, and technologies sentences in the full pack. Copy one, then add a detail only you know about the student.
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Extending X
Strengths
- When a design does not work the first time, [Name] tries new ideas through trial and error and can explain what each change did to the creation.
Next step
- To stretch [his/her/their] design thinking, [Name] could draw a plan with labelled materials before building, then compare the plan with the finished creation.
Proficient P
Strengths
- In design play, [Name] tries out an idea, notices what happens and changes the creation to make it work better.
Next step
- With practice, [Name] can test a creation with a simple question, such as whether it holds a toy or rolls down a ramp, and use the answer to improve it.
Developing D
Strengths
- [Name] is learning to use scissors, tape and glue safely and continues to practise choosing materials that fit a design.
Next step
- A next goal is to find out why a block or loose-parts build falls down and change one part at a time, such as widening the base, to make it stand.
Emerging E
Strengths
- When sharing a creation, [Name] can point to the materials used and, with adult support, name what the creation is for.
Next step
- Playing direction games such as "two steps forward, then turn" in a small group will help [Name] follow and give step-by-step instructions.
Support at home
- Cooking together and talking through the recipe as your child gathers the tools and follows each step builds planning and safe kitchen skills.
How to write applied design, skills, and technologies comments for K-Grade 3
- Describe a design challenge or building task, such as making a bridge from loose parts, and what the child did: chose materials, tried an idea, changed it when it did not work, or told the story of how they made it.
- Following and giving step-by-step instructions is early computational thinking. Mention whether the child can order steps for a partner or a simple robot, and suggest a home version such as giving directions in a game.
- Name safe and careful use of simple tools and materials as a skill in its own right, with a concrete example such as using scissors, tape or glue to join pieces securely.
Watch out: Avoid judging ADST by how polished the final product looks. Testing, revising and reflecting on a design that did not work at first is central to this area and deserves a sentence.
The Ministry's guidelines describe Emerging as an initial understanding of the concepts and competencies, Developing as partial, Proficient as complete and Extending as sophisticated. Proficient is the goal and does not mean perfect; Extending is about depth and complexity, not extra work or work from a higher grade. Here the four names only choose the wording: report the indicator itself in your reporting tool, and let the comment describe the learning behind it.
What Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies covers
Big ideas and curricular competencies for applied design, skills, and technologies:
- Applied design: understands the need or user, generates and chooses ideas, prototypes, tests and makes a product
- Shares the product and the story of designing and making it, and reflects on how well it works
- Applied skills: uses materials, tools and technologies safely in physical and digital spaces, and builds new skills
- Applied technologies: chooses and uses tools and technologies, including coding and computational thinking, to extend what can be done
- Considers social, ethical and sustainability factors in design
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