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Every Day Edit - First Hot-Air Balloon

For Students 3rd - 8th
Daily practice develops skills! Use this half-sheet to help learners correct grammatical errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Today's topic is a hot-air balloon flight. 
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Education World

Every Day Edit - President Ronald Reagan

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President Ronald Reagan. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Education World

Every Day Edit - Sir Isaac Newton

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice everyday! Have learners correct grammatical errors in a short paragraph about Sir Isaac Newton. The errors are in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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In Cold Blood: Cloze Procedure

For Students 8th - 10th
What is the reading level of your language arts or English class? If you're not sure if In Cold Blood would be an appropriate reading level for your kids, give them this cloze procedure. They read the complete reading selection once, and...
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Beat the Spell Checker 1-- Going on Holiday

For Students 4th
In this language arts worksheet, 4th graders practice proofreading skills by reading and correcting the errors in 8 sentences. The words that are misspelled are highlighted; students write the correct spelling underneath each incorrectly...
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Fly Swatter Spelling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars practice spelling words by swatting fake insects.  In this vocabulary lesson plan, students participate in a spelling game in which teams must spell a word correctly one letter at a time.  Young scholars may fix...
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 1

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with spelling errors worksheet, students read groups of words and identify the five words that are spelled incorrectly in each group. Students circle 15 answers.
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words that are misspelled worksheet, students identify five words in each group that have spelling errors. Students circle 15 answers.
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with spelling errors worksheet, students read groups of words and identify five words in each group that are misspelled. Students circle 15 words.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #4

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this beginning paragraph corrections worksheet, students read a passage and determine corrections for underlined errors. Students choose eight multiple choice corrections.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #13

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, learners read a passage and observe the underlined errors. Student choose eight multiple choice answers that correct the errors.
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Advanced Paragraph Correction 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students red a passage and determine errors that are underlined. Students choose eight multiple choice answers that correct the errors.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #14

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and determine errors that are underlined. Students choose eight multiple choice answers that correct the errors.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #15

For Students 4th - 6th
In this beginning paragraph correction instructional activity, students read a passage and correct underlined errors. Students determine corrections from eight multiple choice answers.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #12

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and determine the types of errors that are numbered in sentences. Students choose eight multiple choice answers that correct the errors.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #5

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this beginning paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and determine corrections for underlined errors. Students choose eight multiple choice answers.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #6

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Intermediate level ESL classes could benefit from this activity that requires reading a passage and correcting the identified errors. The mistakes include verb tense, spelling, and syntax. This might also prove useful for middle schoolers.
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Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore writing conventions. First they play a ball toss game to practice spelling high frequency words. (A link to a 2nd grade list is attached.) The class works together to correct spelling, punctuation, and...
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Every-Day Edit: Peanuts Comic Strip

For Students 3rd - 8th
Catch up with the Peanuts gang and correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph. Learners will correct errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Editor Travels U.S. Fixing Errors on Signs

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
An interesting article on editors helps young writers understand the conventions of written English. They read a news article about an editor traveling America correcting spelling and punctuation errors on signs.  They discuss...
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Examining Paragraphs for Errors: Spelling

For Students 8th - 11th
Learners review a job advertisement to find the error and then select which kind of mistake it is from a multiple choice list. To extend, have them correct the error. Note: It is a spelling mistake. Advertisement is written in British...
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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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Kenan Fellows

Electricity: Sources, Usage, Challenges, and the Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What does the future of energy look like? Junior engineers collaborate to discover a solution to the global energy crisis during a very hands-on lesson. The unit focuses on learning through collaboration to develop a deep understanding...
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Armadillo

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading worksheet, 3rd graders correct errors in six sentences. Errors may be capitalization errors, punctuation errors, spelling errors, and grammar errors. There are two identical worksheets on this page.