Editing Your Writing For Kids - Grammar, Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling
3 min2nd3rd4thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
A complete editing mini-lesson covering grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling, with a checklist kids can use on any piece of writing.
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Discussion questions
Editing is the polish step that fixes grammar, punctuation, capitals, and spelling.
- What four things does an editor check?
- Why edit after you revise?
- Which editing job is trickiest for you?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: edit, grammar, punctuation, capitalization
- Use an editing checklist on a piece of your writing.
- Fix one capitalization and one punctuation mistake.