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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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Proofreading

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the proofreading process. They practice proofreading for errors in sentence structure, usage, and mechanics. Students develop strategies for proofreading and differentiate between commonly confused words.
Worksheet
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...
Organizer
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Practice Book: The Boy Who Saved Baseball

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
An array of reading comprehension, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary activities are at your fingertips with a language arts practice packet. Second, third, and fourth graders work on various skills using reading passages and word banks,...
Worksheet
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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.
PPT
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Proofreading

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Reading backward and moving from word to word with a pencil are just two of the many strategies employed by proofreaders that are included in a presentation about the editing stage of the writing process. In addition, viewers are asked...
Worksheet
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Tequila's New Sunrise

For Students 5th
For this editing/proofreading worksheet, 5th graders read and proofread the text "Tequila's New Sunrise" for spelling mistakes. Students correct each spelling mistake they find.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Wind Cave

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, learners read and edit an article about the national park, Wind Cave, and find the 10 errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Pupils correct each error they find.
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The Argument

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
After brainstorming, middle schoolers write an expository essay for a writing project. They focus on supporting points, organization, and writing conventions to develop a well-integrated paper. In addition, they revise, proofread and...
PPT
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Spellcheck Outlaws

For Teachers 7th - 10th
These outlaws are hard to catch! Spellcheckers do not notice certain grammatical mistakes when they are technically correctly spelled words. For instance, one does not want to say that the colors compliment each other on the slide since...
Worksheet
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English Skills Assignment 6.205

For Students 5th - 6th
Study words and word choice with this resource. Although the presentation is overwhelming, several topics are covered here. Alliteration, root words, parts of speech, and word meanings are just some of the topics! There's also a...
Worksheet
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Similar Words

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling and grammar learning exercise, students study words which look or sound alike such as "desert" and "dessert." Students use the 24 words in the word bank to choose correct words to complete 20 sentences.
Activity
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.
Activity
Education World

Every-Day Edit: Longest Road on Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this editing instructional activity, students read a short paragraph on "Longest Road on Earth" and find the ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
Worksheet
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Spelling Exercise: -ible or -able

For Students 5th - 9th
From the Purdue Online Writing Lab, an editing practice exercise that focuses on the correct spelling of words that end in -ible or -able. Young authors proofread a paragraph about a date gone awry (high interest content). Onscreen it...
Worksheet
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Advanced Spelling Challenge 8

For Students 11th
In this spelling worksheet, 11th graders examine 15 words which are spelled wrong. Students correct the spelling , then translate the word "into your own language." This is intended for ELL students.
Worksheet
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Mixed Spelling Challenge 1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, 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, learners 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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Proofreading Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing and grammar worksheet, students proofread 24 sentences. Students correct wordiness, noun use, subject-verb agreement, tenses and spelling.
Interactive
McGraw Hill

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.
Worksheet
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Proofreading Sentences--Week 26

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

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice proofreading skills. For this proofreading lesson, 5th graders check their work for capitalization, punctuation, and spelling errors. They participate in a proofreading relay where each person takes a turn fixing...
Lesson Plan
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Spelling Success: correct spelling

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders circle the word in each row that is spelled correctly. In this spelling lesson plan, 4th graders read four words in each row and circle the correct one.
Interactive
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Proofreading Practice

For Students 6th
In this proofreading practice online instructional activity, 6th graders retype three passages correcting errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage, with answers available.