<P> Kindergarten report cards are also provincially standardized as of the 2016 - 2017 school year . These are strictly comment based report cards and are issued on the same schedule that the grade 1 - 8 report cards are issued . </P> <P> Note - As of 2018, only the public and catholic school boards in Ontario are required to used the provincial report cards . Many private schools choose to use the provincial report card to maintain the standards set by Ontario's Ministry of Education . </P> <P> The report cards for Grade 1 - 6 use a common template . The first quarter of page 1 shows the student's information . The bottom 3 / 4's of the first page includes the Learning Skills descriptors regarding the student's behaviour, teacher comments on the learning skills and overall level for each skill (marked on a scale of E - Excellent, G - Good, S - Satisfactory, N - Needs Improvement). The learning skill categories are Organization, Collaboration, Initiative, Independent Work, Self - Regulation, and Responsibility . Page 2 and 3 contain all of the core subjects . Ontario's education includes seven mandatory subjects: English, Second Language (French or Native), Mathematics, Science and Technology, Social Studies, Health and Physical Education and The Arts . English, French, Mathematics and Art are further divided into Reading, Writing, Oral Communication and Media Literacy for English, Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing for Second Language, Number Sense and Numeration, Measurement, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Patterning and Algebra and Data Management and Probability for Mathematics, and Music, Visual Arts and Drama, and Dance for The Arts . Subject specific comments appear beside the marks for each subject . Page 4 details the marking scale used on the report card, possible marks include R (Remediation required), I (insufficient evidence) D -, D, D+, C -, C, C+, B -, B, B+, A -, A, and A+.is for Parent Comments and Signatures and also for Students to plan goals for the future .' A' marks mean the student is exceeding the provincial standard,' B' marks mean that they are meeting the provincial standard,' C' marks mean that the student is approaching the provincial standard and D marks mean that the student falls below the provincial standard . </P> <P> The grade 7 and 8 template has a few differences from the 1 - 6 report card . This report card displays the median for the subject / strand / course . Social Studies is also divided into History and Geography . The 7 and 8 report card offers percentage marks instead of letter grades . These marks are still viewed as equivalent letters as detailed in the above grade 1 - 6 information . </P>

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