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Animals A to Z: Manatee

For Students 3rd
For this manatee worksheet, 3rd graders will read 10 facts about a manatee to gain an understanding of the animal's characteristics. Students will locate 10 errors of punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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Jaguar

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

For Students 3rd
In this proof reading worksheet, 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 learning exercise, 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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Improving Editing and Proofreading Skills

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore interactive web sites to improve their editing and proofreading skills. Using the SMART Board, students identify capitalization and punctuation errors in a given sentence. Students discuss proofreading strategies.
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Proofreading Lesson 6

For Teachers 8th
Explore proofreading strategies with this instructional activity. Eighth graders practice finding errors in punctuation, capitalization, and formatting. Then, they write about a given topic and then proofread their compositions, looking...
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Thank You Letter: Correct Mistakes

For Students 3rd - 5th
Focus on mechanics with your upper elementary schoolers. Provided here is a short business letter and 10 questions. The quiz-taker must decide if certain things in the text are presented correctly. For example, they decide if a comma...
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Months of the Year 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this capitalization worksheet learners see the months of the year. Students write them using capital letters. Learners then correct 5 sentences which have capitalization errors.
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Boxcar Children--Surprise Island Chapter 2 Housekeeping

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, students answer 6 comprehension questions about Chapter 2 of Boxcar Children: Surprise Island. Students are given the first few words of the answer in italics to help them respond in a complete sentence. Note:...
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Daily Language Review Quiz #3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts review instructional activity, students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors. Students write an antonym for happy, give the plural of cherry, and write 2 words in the ch family.
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Language Arts Review Quiz #5

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises. Students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors, circle 2 words spelled correctly, circle the words that go together, and choose the correct...
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Friendly Letter Edit

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this letter editing worksheet, students recopy a 2 paragraph letter to "Francis" from a friend, correcting all spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors. 
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All That's Fit To Print

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use an editor's checklist to help them proofread examples of other students writing, then edit a worksheet embedded in the plan. In this writing and editing lesson, young scholars look for capitalization, spelling, and...
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Proofreading

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice proofreading skills. In this proofreading instructional activity, 5th graders check their work for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors. They participate in a proofreading relay where each person takes...
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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.
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Proofreading Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
in this proofreading worksheet, students read a set of passages and rewrite, correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage.
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Getting to Know You Through Peer Editing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders get to know their classmates through 'personalized' sentences that feature one student each day, and offer practice in proofreading and peer-editing related to capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and/or grammar rules.
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Improving Editing and Proofreading Skills

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore language arts by correcting grammatical errors. In this proofreading lesson, students identify the importance of editing their own writing and demonstrate their proofreading abilities by correcting several incorrect...
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Daily Language Practice Builds Skills, Test Scores

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students develop their proofreading skills. For this daily language practice lesson, students improve their writing skills as they edit passages. The editing work encompasses capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
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The Titanic

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use various sources to compare and contrast information about the Titanic. In groups, they create a list of questions and use the internet to find the answers. They write a report with the new information and use their...
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Third Grade Editing III

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts learning exercise, students correct the errors in capitalization, punctuation and grammar in 10 sentences. Students rewrite each sentence correctly.
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Fifth Grade Editing

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students demonstrate proofreading and editing skills by fixing the errors in 10 sentences. Students identify the capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors and rewrite each sentence correctly.
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Third Grade Editing

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts instructional activity, students demonstrate proofreading and editing skills by finding the errors in 10 sentences. Students rewrite the sentences using the correct capitalization, punctuation and grammar.