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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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Correcting Paragraph Errors

For Students 5th - 6th
In this advanced paragraph correction worksheet, learners read a paragraph about Pompeii and identify, and correct grammatical and spelling errors. Students answer eight multiple choice questions.
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Find the Error 26

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this grammar instructional activity, students locate an error in an extract adapted from a national newspaper's guide. Students also identify what kind of error they see.
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Spelling

For Students 6th - 8th
Commonly misspelled words are featured in this activity. Learners have to identify the correct spelling for various words, such as business and jewelry, in this 10 questions worksheet.
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling activity, students examine 3 boxes with 30 common words. Students identify and correct the 5 misspelled words in each box.
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 4

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students examine 3 large boxes which contain 30 commonly used words. Students identify the 5 misspelled words in each and correct them.
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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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Education World

Every-Day Edit: President Gerald R. Ford

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this proofreading worksheet, students identify spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar mistakes in a descriptive paragraph and use editing marks to correct them.
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Phonemic Awareness Instructional Routine: Isolation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This phonemic awareness activity would be great for morning meeting or circle time. Teacher calls out a word, s/he identifies the final phoneme. The class then take turns saying other simple or cvc words that also have the same ending...
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Teach-nology

Editing Informal Letters

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Editing a letter isn't quite the same thing as fixing an autocorrected word on your phone, but it's an important skill that can help kids with their language arts skills. Young readers take a look at a short letter before identifying the...
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Find the Error 49

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts learning exercise, students examine a newspaper article which appeared in print in the U.K. Students identify the errors in grammar, spelling or punctuation. In this particular text, there are several errors in the...
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School Magazine

Horrible Homonyms!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Park/park, spring/spring. do your class members need extra practice with homonyms? The first exercise on this worksheeet asks learners to identify the homonym, while the second asks kids to identify at least two meanings of the...
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Find the Error: Apostrophe

For Students 6th - 12th
Your emerging editors review a newspaper advertisement and hunt for the single grammatical error included. They identify what kind of mistake it is and circle that from a list of six possibilities. Grammatical errors may include:...
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Vocabulary Instructional Routine: Synonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars work with word cards to define and identify synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. Participants listen to instruction, read word cards, discuss their new-found knowledge, and put it into action by creating sentences and...
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Spelling Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students read sentences from the book Mystery in the Attic and choose which word is spelled incorrectly and then correct it. Students complete this for 5 sentences.
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 17, 2003

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss common grammatical errors made in spelling.  In this spelling lesson, 8th graders examine homophones and homographs to discover the reason why they are often misused.  Students create sentences using...
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Proofreading - Spelling, Capitalization, Grammar and Punctuation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice proofreading a passage. In this proofreading lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet by reading a passage and circling twelve errors. They proofread for errors in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
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Homonyms

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this homonyms worksheet, young scholars identify homonyms or words which are frequently confused with words that sound the same but are spelled differently in three paragraphs.
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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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Two Letters, One Sound

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders spell double-letter words.  In this spelling instructional activity, 8th graders practice pronouncing words that contain double consonants.  Students examine words with one or more sets of double letters, and...
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Proofreading: Lesson 2

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Identify and develop strategies for proofreading with your class. They read and identify the grammar rules for capitalization, end punctuation, and commas, correct errors as a class, and complete three worksheets. This resource includes...
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Persuasion and Parallel Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Discuss the definition of parallel structure with your high school class. In small groups, they read a section of "The Declaration of Independence" to identify examples of parallel structure. Each learner writes an essay explaining the...