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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 one...
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #4

For Students 3rd - 4th
In 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, students 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 #15

For Students 4th - 6th
In this beginning paragraph correction worksheet, learners 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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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 proper...
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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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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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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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Every-Day Edit: Anne Frank

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical errors in a short paragraph about Anne Frank. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
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Every-Day Edit: Harry Potter

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing learning exercise, students correct grammatical errors in a short paragraph about Harry Potter. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - The Hope Diamond

For Students 3rd - 8th
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about one of the most famous diamonds in the world, the Hope Diamond. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal...
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15 Common Grammar Mistakes in Written and Oral Work

For Students 4th - 12th
In this grammar worksheet, students will read 5 of the 15 most common grammatical errors in written and oral work. There are 2 examples of each mistake and 2 examples of the corrected mistake.
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Common Errors: Life's Minor Irritations

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this common errors worksheet, students fix the sentences with common spelling, grammar, or language errors in them. Students complete 15 sentences.
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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 - Pocahontas

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Pocahontas. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
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Every Day Edit - George Gershwin

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing instructional activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Gershwin. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - Chris Van Allsburg

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the author of The Polar Express and Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - St. Lawrence Seaway

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the St. Lawrence Seaway. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - President Abraham Lincoln

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President Abraham Lincoln. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - George Frederick Handel

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about George Frederick Handel. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.