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Proofreading Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing and grammar worksheet, learners proofread 24 sentences. Students correct wordiness, noun use, subject-verb agreement, tenses and spelling.
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Proofreading Practice

For Students 8th - 10th
In this proofreading activity, students find six misspelled words in a paragraph. Students write the misspelled word in the appropriate box in order to complete this online interactive activity.
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Proofreading Sentences--Week 26

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence editing instructional activity, students read each of the five sentences and proofread them for errors. Students rewrite each sentence on the line.
Interactive
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Proofreading Practice

For Students 6th
In this proofreading practice online worksheet, 6th graders retype three passages correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage, with answers available.
Activity
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Every-Day Edit: Ida B. Wells

For Students 3rd - 8th
Practice language convention usage with this brief proofreading exercise. Together your class can verbally correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Ida B. Wells. Then individual learners can rewrite it or mark the hard...
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Every-day Edit: Rubber Duck Voyagers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learners correct errors in spelling and usage in a quick, six-line proofreading exercise. Makes a nice warm-up and reinforces editing skills. I've seen work like this called Daily Oral Language (D.O.L) practice; the class reviews the...
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Every-day Edit: Hobo Turned Poet

For Students 3rd - 8th
Pupils proofread a short paragraph about Carl Sandburg. The errors span capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Useful as a warm-up and language conventions review. Go over it together as a class verbally and have individual...
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 L 29

For Students 2nd - 5th
For this proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences for grammatical and punctuation errors. Students do this for 5 sentences.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 lesson 27

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 lesson 28

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Daily Proofreading: theme 6 lesson 30

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Proofreading

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts instructional activity, students read 5 incomplete sentences with four choices of words or phrases. Students select the correct group of words with the proper spelling, capitalization, grammar and punctuation which...
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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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Every-Day Edits: Ellis Island

For Students 3rd - 8th
In 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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Iguana

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading worksheet, 3rd graders identify the ten errors in the six sentences. Each sentence is about an iguana. Errors include capitalization, spelling, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Armadillo

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading instructional activity, 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.
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Camel

For Students 3rd
For this proof reading worksheet, 3rd graders find the errors in each of five sentences about camels. They find errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar. There are ten errors total on the page.
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Zebras

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading instructional activity, 3rd graders read five sentences about zebras. They identify the ten errors in the sentences. Errors include capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar.
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Jaguar

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading learning exercise, 3rd graders identify the ten capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors in the five sentences.
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Llama

For Students 3rd
In this proofreading learning exercise, 3rd graders read six sentences about Llamas. They find the ten errors in the sentences. Errors may include capitalization, punctuation, spelling or grammar.
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Buffalo

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading activity, 3rd graders correct seven sentences about the buffalo. They find ten errors total on the page. Two identical worksheets are included on this page.
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Diamondback Rattlesnake

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this proof reading worksheet, students read and correct five sentences about the diamondback rattlesnake. There are ten errors total.
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Cheetah

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading worksheet, 3rd graders correct ten errors in the five sentences about cheetahs. Two identical worksheets are on each page.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction #6

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Intermediate level ESL classes could benefit from this worksheet 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.