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Spelling Detective

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Put on your Sherlock Holmes hat and become a spelling detective! Scholars hunt down the spelling errors in a short passage of a high-interest current events text. Here is a great way to develop editing and reading skills.
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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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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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Every Day Edit - President Ronald Reagan

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this everyday editing worksheet, 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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Proofreading Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
Have your scholars search for spelling errors in a passage about presenting in public. They find 10 spelling errors total.
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Beat the Spell Checker 1-- Going on Holiday

For Students 4th
For 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...
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 4

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, learners analyze the ten words in each of 3 boxes and circle the five words that are spelled wrong. Students write the correct spelling of each word they circled. The vocabulary on this page is standard in the...
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Proofreading--Spelling

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Develop proofreading skills in writing with spelling. Elementary and middle schoolers begin to make their own corrections in writing. They then complete a worksheet example of proofreading. Afterwards, they share techniques for proper...
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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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Advanced Sentence Correction 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this advanced sentence correction worksheet, students find and fix errors in sentences. In this sentence writing worksheet, students write five answers.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #2

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

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this beginning paragraph corrections activity, students read a passage and determine corrections for underlined errors. Students choose eight multiple choice corrections.
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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 #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 learning exercise, students read a passage and correct underlined errors. Students determine corrections from eight multiple choice answers.
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ESL Spelling-Multiple Choice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL spelling worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct spelling of a word. A website reference is given for additional activities. 
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Mastering Spelling

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this spelling activities worksheet, learners read each sentence, circle the spelling errors in each sentence and then write the correct spelling on each line.
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You Be the Editor

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Young editors work in teams to find all the errors in a text. They identify grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Use this activity to reinforce correct usage of prominent punctuation symbols, such as apostrophes and ellipses. You...
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #10

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this paragraph correction worksheet, students read a passage and answer questions to correct grammatical and spelling errors. Students determine eight multiple choice answers.
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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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How To Use The Spell Check

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use their editing techniques and use the spell check on their computers using writing techniques and any word processing programs. Then they type the paragraph found on the accompanying sheet full of mistakes. Students also go...
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Common Errors: Life's Minor Irritations

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

For Students 4th - 6th
In this find the error worksheet, students read and analyze an extract from an article in a magazine and then proof the article for mistakes in apostrophes, articles, punctuation and spelling.

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