Writing a Personal Narrative for Kids - Episode 7: Editing
6 min1st2nd3rdReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Editing is the polish step: checking capital letters, punctuation, and spelling. Kids learn to use an editing checklist to catch and fix mistakes before publishing.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Editing makes your writing easy for anyone to read.
- What does an editor look for?
- Where do capital letters belong?
- Why does editing come near the end, after revising?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: edit, capital letter, punctuation
- Check every sentence for a capital at the start and a mark at the end.
- Circle a word you're unsure how to spell and check it.