Teacher Feedback Stems

This resource provides a comprehensive set of teacher feedback stems aligned to WHY, Procedural HOW, and Relational HOW prompt types. The stems are designed to focus feedback on thinking alignment—helping students understand whether their response matches the cognitive demand of the prompt—rather than on writing mechanics alone. Organized by affirmation, redirection, revision guidance, and metacognitive reflection, these stems support consistent, precise feedback that builds student independence, improves revision quality, and reinforces accurate prompt decoding across instruction, practice, and assessment.