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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pair Editing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Practice thinking critically and editing by finding basic errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Partners read the stories What's Up? and Cold Water Clean. They look for and edit any mistakes they find. Worksheets are available...
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Fastest Sport in the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this proof reading instructional activity, students read a paragraph about Jai Alai, Arguably "The Fastest Sport in the World." Students locate and correct 10 errors in the paragraph.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edits: Ellis Island

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this proof reading instructional activity, learners read a paragraph about Ellis Island. Students locate and correct 10 errors in the paragraph.
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - How Dry Can a Desert Get?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing a paragraph worksheet, students read and edit a short paragraph on "How Dry Can a Desert Get?" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Paragraph Editing

For Students 3rd - 5th
This worksheet includes a list of proofreading marks and asks readers to edit the paragraph provided. The exercise is replicated twice on the page so that you can cut reproductions in half to save paper. There is also a key.
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Worksheet
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Curated OER

Proofreading

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Do your second graders like riddles? Give them a giggle and a lesson about proofreading at the same time. After reading two riddles, young writers fix punctuation and capitalization errors. They write the answer to each riddle at the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Proofreading

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this editing worksheet, students read eight sentences, find the two mistakes found in each one and then rewrite the corrected version of each sentence. Students study the first one done for them.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling Proofreading Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Looking for a quick spelling activity to use as a quiz or warm-up? This resource provides a paragraph of eleven sentences, all of which contain a spelling error. Young learners list the mistakes on the lines below. Make a game out of...
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Worksheet
Incentive Publications

Building Proofreading Skills

For Students 3rd - 6th
Designed to build proofreading skills in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and language usage, as well as proofreading for clarity, transition, and order, this workbook is packed with activities for all kinds of writing.
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Writing
Curated OER

Punctuating a Paragraph

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Do your fourth graders need a little help with punctuation? Use this run-on paragraph to demonstrate proofreading for capitalization, punctuation, and separating ideas into separate paragraphs. At the end of the activity, learners...
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Worksheet
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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th
The focus of this writing worksheet is to have writers revise and edit a three-paragraph passage to eliminate wordiness and repetition. The paragraphs are quite long, and this should take most students quite a while to complete.
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Writing
Dorling Kindersley

Punctuation Practice

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Need some punctuation practice? Challenge your third or fourth graders' editing skills with a helpful instructional activity on punctuation. After naming different types of punctuation marks, they rewrite a paragraph that has multiple...
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Lesson Plan
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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Peer Editing and Proofreading

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students present their editorials to a small group and peer edit and proofread the papers.  In this peer editing and proofreading lesson, students watch as the instructor models a peer editing on the Smart Board.  Students work in groups...
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edits: Betsy Ross

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this proof reading instructional activity, students find ten errors in a paragraph about Betsy Ross. They correct the errors using standard editing symbols.
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Activity
Education World

Every Day Edit - The First Mail-Order Catalog

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this editing learning exercise, students read and edit a short paragraph on "The First Mail-Order Catalog" to find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Hot Dogs!

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing learning exercise, students read a short paragraph on "Hot Dogs!" and find the 10 errors in the paragraph dealing with capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Longest Road on Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, students read a short paragraph on "Longest Road on Earth" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Editing

For Students 4th - 6th
In this proofreading worksheet, students examine a letter and identify any grammatical mistakes they find. Students correct the errors they identify.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Proofreading Sentences--Week 26

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this sentence editing worksheet, students read each of the five sentences and proofread them for errors. Students rewrite each sentence on the line.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Extra Word Worksheet 10

For Students 5th
In this editing/proofreading worksheet, 5th graders read and proofread eight sentences to find the one extra word not needed in each sentence. Students cross out each word not needed.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fix It

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Word processing practice and vocabulary blend with proofreading in a multi-purpose lesson that makes excellent use of an hour in the computer lab. Learners edit the grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors in a given paragraph (not...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Mechanics: Section 2, Letter

For Students 5th - 7th
Proofreading is an important skill to master. Prepare your young writers by having them complete this online worksheet, where they read a formal letter and correct the underlined spelling, capitalization, and punctuation mistakes. They...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Mechanics: Section 1

For Students 5th - 7th
Your class can get online and practice editing with this online activity. They read a letter, then examine each underlined section noting if there is or isn't a mistake to be corrected. They then choose the best fix to the proble:...